{
  "id": 16923302,
  "title": "Change Party flags tender system failures amid decay of major cities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/change-party-flags-tender-system-failures-amid-decay-of-major-cities",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T15:40:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/change-party-flags-tender-system-failures-amid-decay-of-major-cities/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Change Party leader Lesiba Molokomme has blamed the crumbling state of South Africa's major cities on a \"failing tender system\". The leader spoke to the SABC in Johannesburg about his party's primary objectives for the city, emphasizing the need to revitalize struggling municipalities prior to the upcoming local government elections. According to Molokomme, the first step towards restoring stability to the metros is to abolish the tender system. \"All right, first of all I think the city of Johannesburg and all other cities in South Africa, are now in a ruined state and one can associate that to this issue of tenders. Tenders, the tender processes and the tender system has collapsed and that is in this way, first taking away the jobs,\" Molokomme stated. He argued that using the knowledge and resources available within municipalities would result in better employment opportunities, as a single contractor could employ only a few people while failing to complete a project, whereas a local municipality could hire more young people, ultimately benefiting the nation.",
  "summary": "Molokomme says doing away with the tender system is the first step in returning stability to metros",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}