
The best-run province in South Africa – and it isn’t even close
South Africa’s best-run province has three times less unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure than its closest competitor.
MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026, 15:37

South Africa’s best-run province has three times less unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure than its closest competitor.

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