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South Africa is at a crossroads.
In Hammanskraal, a small town situated close to the capital, Pretoria, at least 23 people have died following a cholera outbreak in May.
Health authorities have not identified the source of the outbreak, but the town’s residents have lacked access to safe and clean water for years, a situation that is extremely common across the country amid catastrophic service delivery failures in countless badly managed and dysfunctional municipalities.
On May 30, the Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke, described the deaths as a “harsh reminder” of leadership…
