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Um, you know, we are going to local government elections on the 4th of- November ... of November.

And I would argue that it's a high stakes game right now, the local government elections.

This is the make it or break it moment for many parties.

Some of them might never come back [laughs] into the political formation fray.

[sniffs] But I would want to argue that this is a critical time in South Africa's political space.

There are positions, there are positions of influence and power and authority that people want, desperately so.

Yes.

I, I wa- I, I suppose I, I wanna ask you a question.

And the question says, "Is it po- is it possible that... [laughs] Okay.

That in a high stakes political moment like where we are now, that somebody can forget to, to pay the guys that supply the chlorine for the chlorination of water in a particular district of a particular town? Not because there's negligence, but because it is a moment of political sabotage.

I- is that a possibility? Some, some are asking the question to say, "Who benefits out of a crisis that is well calculated to say, 'No, you just need so much,' or you need to not have so much chlorine in the water to create a particular crisis- Mm ...

that is political death for some?" I- is, is that a possibility? I'll tell you why I'm saying that.

Somebody's just sent me a message to say, "Have you, have you thought about that, Aubrey? That in all of the various districts," this is according to a report that came through by the Department of Water and Sanitation that says that only Bronkhorstspruit- Yeah ...

at this time had this particular situation.

And if we do enough scratching, start to ask who's in charge of paying those people who must supply the chlorine- Mm ... those people who are dependent on whether or not that project works or not for their political reasons, which can perhaps at some point be, be understood to translate into financial reasons.

Yes.

And how come you guys are not asking that question at this time? Well, I'm asking the question.

Yeah.

I'm asking the question.

And let me further add to that question.

Uh, in the context of what Eisomath Dabadovhini said just a few weeks ago, to say that we are in the middle of the tornado of the politics of inefficiency.

Yes.

What I have called many a times malicious incompetence, that politicians will sabotage each other using their, the power of patronage.

In other words, using service providers to either weaken a service delivery situation or unduly streng- strengthen it.

Yeah.

Um, you know, we are going to local government elections on the 4th of- November ... of November.

And I would argue that it's a high stakes game right now, the local government elections.

This is the make it or break it moment for many parties.

Some of them might never come back [laughs] into the political formation fray.

[sniffs] But I would want to argue that this is a critical time in South Africa's political space.

There are positions, there are positions of influence and power and authority that people want, desperately so.

Yes.

I, I wa- I, I suppose I, I wanna ask you a question.

And the question says, "Is it po- is it possible that... [laughs] Okay.

That in a high stakes political moment like where we are now, that somebody can forget to, to pay the guys that supply the chlorine for the chlorination of water in a particular district of a particular town? Not because there's negligence, but because it is a moment of political sabotage.

I- is that a possibility? Some, some are asking the question to say, "Who benefits out of a crisis that is well calculated to say, 'No, you just need so much,' or you need to not have so much chlorine in the water to create a particular crisis- Mm ...

that is political death for some?" I- is, is that a possibility? I'll tell you why I'm saying that.

Somebody's just sent me a message to say, "Have you, have you thought about that, Aubrey? That in all of the various districts," this is according to a report that came through by the Department of Water and Sanitation that says that only Bronkhorstspruit- Yeah ...

at this time had this particular situation.

And if we do enough scratching, start to ask who's in charge of paying those people who must supply the chlorine- Mm ... those people who are dependent on whether or not that project works or not for their political reasons, which can perhaps at some point be, be understood to translate into financial reasons.

Yes.

And how come you guys are not asking that question at this time? Well, I'm asking the question.

Yeah.

I'm asking the question.

And let me further add to that question.

Uh, in the context of what Eisomath Dabadovhini said just a few weeks ago, to say that we are in the middle of the tornado of the politics of inefficiency.

Yes.

What I have called many a times malicious incompetence, that politicians will sabotage each other using their, the power of patronage.

In other words, using service providers to either weaken a service delivery situation or unduly streng- strengthen it.

Yeah.