My wish this week had been to concentrate on the turmoil sweeping across various council and local government authorities across the country.
To say Minister Ketlhalefile Motshegwa is engaged in firefighting is to put it mildly.
What is happening at local level is of paramount importance, not least because that is where the people.
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