Friday, 21 August 2026

CDE’s new Joburg Matters paper says Johannesburg’s decline is a political leadership failure: nine mayors and eight administrations in a decade, no long-term planning, and corruption thriving amid instability.

The fix for Johannesburg, according to Bernstein, starts with stable leadership, competent senior appointments, transparent procurement and keeping utilities like City Power and Joburg Water under better rules, not reintegration.

TMPD and other metro officers were accused of targeting Uber and e-hailing drivers without valid permits, impounding cars and demanding cash payments of R1,500 to R4,500 instead of issuing arrests or warnings.

On the DRC-Rwanda conflict, the analyst said peace will not hold without real pressure on Kagame and Tshisekedi, urgent army reform in Kinshasa, and stronger African leadership rather than reliance on outside mediators.