STATE OF THE CITY: Morero’s swan song — defiant jabs at Cape Town can’t hide Joburg’s R5.3bn debt

In his final State of the City address, outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero delivered an upbeat farewell filled with cherry-picked statistics and swipes at political rivals. However, the optimistic tone was overshadowed by a crippling R5.3bn Eskom debt threat and widespread municipal collapse.

Original source: Daily Maverick