Experts point to maladministration and decaying infrastructure as reasons for Joburg’s failure to achieve world-class status. As City of Joburg mayor Dada Morero this week reflected on challenges and resilience in his year-end appraisal of the metro’s performance, experts yesterday said Joburg has struggled to live up to its aspirations of being a world-class city. At the core of challenges faced by Johannesburg is its failure to address its financials, water security and decaying infrastructure. In his 2024 assessment of the city’s performance, Morero said the city was marked by “challenges and resilience” – conceded that pressing issues included the ongoing strain on infrastructure, especially water systems, “which has resulted in significant service interruptions in various parts of the city”. Joburg marked with ‘challenges and resilience’ “This has tested our
