{"id":14168,"date":"2026-08-21T11:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=14168"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:55:24","slug":"joburgs-collapse-is-becoming-a-national-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=14168","title":{"rendered":"Joburg\u2019s collapse is becoming a national crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Harlan Cloete unpacks how failing local government is hitting households with soaring municipal bills. CDE\u2019s Ann Bernstein warns Joburg\u2019s political and governance crisis now threatens the country. Dr Reitumetse Mpholle reveals why women feel failed by key institutions, while Yuppiechef co-founder Andrew Smith shares the story behind building one of South Africa\u2019s best-known retail brands.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>Business wants to help City of Joburg, but after the elections<br \/>If we don\u2019t fix Joburg, there\u2019s little hope for the country<br \/>Business and government\u2019s bold plan to bolster SA\u2019s growth<br \/>Mr Mayor, in what city do you live?<\/p>\n<p>Guests on today\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p>Dr Harlan Cloete: Local governance and public leadership research fellow, Centre for Gender and Africa studies, University of the Free State<br \/>Ann Bernstein: Executive director, Centre for Development and Enterprise<br \/>Dr Reitumetse Mpholle: Senior manager of insights and research initiatives, 1st for Women<br \/>Andrew Smith: Co-founder, Yuppiechef<\/p>\n<p>                        #Joburgs #collapse #national #crisis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm\u00a0here. Dr Harlan Cloete unpacks how failing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1111,1243,9562,1786],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}