Empty promises — why SA local government fails the gogo test

Daily Maverick | 17.08.2026 03:09
Gogo said the amount before she sent me to the store – what we owed Mam Nxele, down to the cent. I went hoping to catch her out. Mam Nxele would turn the book round on the counter so I could find our name and read the figure myself, and I would read it twice, and walk home with nothing to report.