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Watch – Joburg: How is it possible for a city to pay so much… and deliver so little?

Right now, as residents deal with load reductions, water outages, and waste collection that’s hit-or-miss at best… Joburg’s top executives are earning some of the highest municipal salaries in the country. In fact, some are taking home packages that rival – and sometimes exceed – what the President earns. We explain.

City Skylines As Richest South African City Seeks Private Power to Cut Blackouts The Telkom Tower, right, surrounded by residential tower blocks and commercial offices, viewed from the Ponte City Apartments building, in the Berea district of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Reporting by: Anna Cox
Script by: Alet Louw
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Voice-over: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative Lead: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

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