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South Africa’s water crisis is hitting hard, with crumbling infrastructure and failing municipal services driving shortages and pollution—President Ramaphosa admits government has failed, promising accountability for those responsible. A new water-focused agency, modeled after Eskom, aims to overhaul infrastructure by attracting private investment and public-private partnerships, but skepticism lingers over whether it’ll deliver or just replicate past state enterprise failures. The president’s blunt honesty signals a potential shift toward stricter performance management, but whether this bold move can actually fix the crisis remains uncertain.

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