The closure of Dickon Hall Foods in Johannesburg should send shockwaves through every level of government. It is far more than the loss of a manufacturing plant.
THE closure of Dickon Hall Foods in Johannesburg should send shockwaves through every level of government. It is far more than the loss of a manufacturing plant.
It is a stark warning that the City of Johannesburg is becoming an increasingly unreliable destination for investment, manufacturing and industrial growth.
When businesses begin abandoning South Africa’s economic powerhouse because they can no longer rely on basic municipal services such as water, we are no longer dealing with isolated service delivery failures.
We are witnessing the direct economic consequences of years of political neglect, administrative incompetence and collapsing infrastructure.
