John Maytham is joined by public law attorney Michael Evans to unpack his five point plan for rescuing South Africa’s struggling municipalities. With only 13 percent of municipalities achieving clean audits in 2024 and over R107 billion owed to Eskom and water boards, Evans outlines practical structural reforms including cutting the number of municipalities, banning cadre deployment, and changing coalition governance rules to restore service delivery and local accountability ahead of the 2026 elections.

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