# [TOP STORY] Local government failure is now systemic, engineers warn

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Podcast: [Moneyweb@Midday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneyweb-midday-60224)
Published: 2026-07-14T12:19:00+00:00
Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1696181
Audio file: https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_216/epi_1696181_medium.m4a?p=rss
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‘As much as these are technical failures from an infrastructure perspective, it's also a governance architecture that ensures that these technical failures keep happening,’ says Sekadi Phayane-Shakhane, CEO of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering. Moneyweb

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