If I ever raise examples from places like CT, it’s not to show what good looks like. It’s to show what the ordinary looks like. When in crisis, the ordinary looks glamorous. That in itself is a problem.
A brief analysis of who has governed Johannesburg since 1 January 1995
Time governed by a party that isn’t the ANC or isn’t in an ANC-lead coalition: 4 years, 3 months = approximately 14.8%
Time governed by the ANC or ANC-lead coalition: 24 years, 8 months = approximately 85.2%
Undoubtably the first intersection many foreigners coming into Johannesburg see coming off the highway from the airport.
Crumbling road. Not a single traffic light functioning.
First impressions.
@ortambo_int
I can’t keep having to deal with having my bags being broken into each time I fly in or out of South Africa and my personal items stolen by your employees the whole time. This is too much now and it’s a constant thing!
Rea Vaya station on Louis Botha avenue.
Frame 1: construction (2017)
Phase 2: Unfinished and derelict (2021).
Share 3: Unfinished and derelict (2024) - 7 years later.
1/3: The investigations on this page paint a harrowing picture. Over the past 10 years, Johannesburg has deteriorated to the point it resembles a city affected by armed conflict.
Conclusion: The scale of atrophy and urban regression in Johannesburg is unprecedented. I can’t think of anywhere else in the world that has experienced such an intense collapse in such a short span of time - cities bombed in the Middle East, maybe.
Images of a Rea Vaya station on Katherine drive in Sandton every year between 2020 and 2024.
Built. Never been used - tender money in bank accounts no less.
@RSA_Broadcaster
@geordinhl
I don’t think a well done is even in order. We should stop congratulating fish for swimming in SA. If the governance bar is the ANC then you will always look good.
There’s a portion of people in Jozi who either don’t know what good looks like or have been in the mess so long they have stopped seeing the decline around them.
One of the reasons I started this twitter account.
@jozivsjozi
@selabae_
absolutely shocking, and it's simply everywhere, everywhere
what i cannot understand is how these people just cannot see that obvious difference
#urgh
simply no patience
Very good rebuttal. The notion that the DA is some service delivery ‘super force’ must be debunked. They’re just doing what they have to.
If you look at my comparisons of what Joburg looked like just 10 years ago, the city was no different to Cape Town today.
@TheBear4791
They do a competent job, which is the same job any other non-corrupt party would do. Being passably competent is good, but not something to boast about.
2/3: The decay is visible at all levels—from the gradual breakdown of infrastructure in wealthier suburbs to the complete destruction in working-class areas like the central east and west.