{"id":95838,"date":"2026-02-13T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/big-promises-little-change-in-ramaphosas-crackdown"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:26:29","slug":"big-promises-little-change-in-ramaphosas-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/big-promises-little-change-in-ramaphosas-crackdown","title":{"rendered":"Big Promises Little Change in Ramaphosa&#8217;s Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s promise to deal with the water crisis, illegal miners and gang violence, scepticism remains.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the National Water Crisis Committee, which he will chair, as well as the deployment of the army to combat gang violence and illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to 702\u2019s Bongani Bingwa, veteran journalist Ferial Haffajee explained that similar committees have been established in the past without fundamental change.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasised the importance of addressing the root causes of the crisis, including corruption and inadequate infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Joburg, we have three or four kinds of structures, and they are clearly not talking to each other because we are not seeing the changes on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy experience of the city is that if you don\u2019t change the governing body of the entities or the board that supplies water, then you have the same extractive patterns that have resulted in what we are seeing in Joburg.<\/p>\n<p>To listen to Haffajee in conversation with <b>702\u2019s Bongani Bingwa,<\/b> use the audio player below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s promise to deal with the water crisis, illegal miners and gang violence, scepticism remains. Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the National Water Crisis Committee, which he will chair, as well as the deployment of the army to combat gang violence and illegal mining. 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