Huge corruption pressures faced by Africa's urban planners: some answers
Corruption has always been a huge problem in Africa, here are some answers as to how urban planners are dealing with this problem.
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Corruption has always been a huge problem in Africa, here are some answers as to how urban planners are dealing with this problem.
The majority of planners believe that land is captured with impunity by powerful interest groups in Zambia and South Africa.
Crispian Olver, executive director of SA's Presidential Climate Commission, tells Peter Bruce the commission is finalising a framework for a just transition, the first in a range of mountains it has to climb to get SA's economy off coal and into renewables.
5 May 2022 - Part 4 of the Zondo Commission report into state capture came out last week. It primarily rehashes and reaffirms the story of how Eskom was captured by the Gupta family with the help of former President Jacob Zuma. But, despite the commission’s ever-growing price tag (R1bn and counting), it provides the country with little new information.
This story contends that the Zondo Commission has brushed over the manipulative role BEE plays in advancing the interests of a select few.