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28 Oct 2025 Conversations with Tyler Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era
“It’s also one of the cities that I don’t know best, Tyler, but I think that the main issue is absolutely shocking local-government management, and that is a symptom of the corruption of the ruling party.”
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- 28 Oct 2025
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…I asked GPT what happened with land prices in Durban. Now, some while ago, people used to tell me Durban was a fantastic place. I’ve never been there. And over a few decades, it seems land prices have fallen 20 percent, 25 percent, which is unusual in this world, right? Land has become a lot more valuable. It’s one of the largest cities. What exactly went wrong with Durban? It’s also one of the cities that I don’t know best, Tyler, but I think that the main issue is absolutely shocking local-government management, and that is a symptom of the corruption of the ruling party. Local governments in Johannesburg and in Durban and in one or two other major cities have been ruined, and the result is that the basic infrastructure of the place is deteriorating over time. The result is that commerce flees that. The cost of doing business escalates. So yeah, a great deal of South Africa’s problems are about the nitty-gritty of governance at local and regional levels. How has the struggle against HIV AIDS gone?…
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