About this video
Anne Bernstein joins Mike Sham to expose the financial crisis, alleged corruption and failing services threatening Johannesburg.
With the city facing enormous debt and another coalition government, can a new mayor save South Africa's economic powerhouse? Anne reveals what must change — and warns that Joburg could get much worse.
Chapters
00:00 Johannesburg After the Elections 01:11 Anne Bernstein Joins 02:11 CDE's Plan to Fix Joburg 04:27 Nine Mayors, Eight Administrations 05:18 Criminality Inside the City 07:01 Johannesburg's Financial Crisis 08:48 Infrastructure Spending Collapses 09:22 Is Johannesburg Bankrupt? 09:57 The R10.3 Billion Union Deal 11:22 Joburg's Growing Debt 13:06 The Abandoned Civic Centre 14:35 How to Rescue Johannesburg 16:05 No Engineers on the Board? 20:34 Replacing Political Appointments 21:41 A Gang of Thieves? 22:55 R30 Billion in Investigations 25:04 Fighting Municipal Corruption 26:04 Joburg's Economic Decline 28:39 A New Economic Pla 30:40 Why Joburg Matters to SA 31:14 Cape Town vs Johannesburg 34:14 Should Mayors Be Directly Elected? 36:43 The Mayor's Real Job 37:24 A Fantasy, Not a Strategy 39:22 Reforming Local Elections 41:29 ANC's Turbulent 2027 43:39 Could Joburg Get Even Worse? 44:37 One Step From a Mafia State? 46:17 Where to Find CDE's Research
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