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Erwin Rode's avatar

Congrats, Johan, on an excellent piece.

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Conrad Strasheim's avatar

Great piece :)

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colin johnstone's avatar

Is Karen Jennings still a member of VOC Foundation? I wish her luck with 'Crooked Seeds'.

Thanks

Colin

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Michael Musau's avatar

Great piece. however Would really like to know how developed countries in Europe, or some like Singapore have addressed such challenges.

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janpampoen's avatar

But you tend to see this in most sectors - if the state is not going to give you what your needs are, it is filled privately. And how does the state (in SA at least) respond? With a tried and true "if we can't fix it, we'll break the alternative". See Bela, NHI, the new talked about regulations on security.

I do get your point on tragedy of the commons, but the quickes solution to this is elected officials that actually do their job.

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