Analysis On DA’s Private Sector-Assisted Municipal Recovery Plan

This past weekend, the DA announced in its manifesto that it had plans to allow private-sector firms to provide municipal services. Trade union federation, COSATU, has rejected the DA’s call to privatise municipal services, claiming that it would be a recipe for disaster. What do analysts make of this plan? Let’s find out from… GUEST: Sandile Swana, Political & Governance Analyst and Principal Consultant at Centre for Strategic Leadership

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