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03007aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 BF191EC8586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 191019s2019 sa b b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781868429684 020 $a 1868429687 035 $a (OCoLC)1123188027 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d OI@ $d OCLCF $d OUN $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a JS7539.C36 $b O48 2019 082 04 $a 320.8509687355 $2 23 100 1 $a Olver, Crispian, $e author. 245 12 $a A house divided : $b the feud that took Cape Town to the brink / $c Crispian Olver. 264 1 $a Johannesburg : $b Jonathan Ball Publishers, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 307 pages : $b map ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "It's 2018 and Cape Town is wracked by its worst drought on record. The prospect of 'Day Zero' - when the taps will run dry - is driving citizens into a frenzy. Then the ruling Democratic Alliance removes control of the water issue from Mayor Patricia de Lille. While politicians turn on each other, revealing deep-lying faultlines and new enmities, it raises a critical question: who will lead the Mother City through the crisis? Against this fraught backdrop, author and academic Crispian Olver resolves to explore how the city of his childhood is run, and he sets his sights in particular on the relationship between local politicians and property developers. Interviewing numerous people - including many dropped from the City administration in often-questionable circumstances - he uncovers a Pandora's box of backstabbing, infighting and backroom deals. Olver explores dodgy property developments in the agriculturally sensitive area of Philippi, on the scenic West Coast and along the glorious - and lucrative - Atlantic Seaboard, delves into attempts to 'hijack' civic associations and exposes the close yet precarious relationship between the mayor and City Hall's 'laptop boys'. And in blistering detail he gets to grips with the political meltdown within the DA and the defection of De Lille to form her own party"--Back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-278) and index. 610 20 $a Democratic Alliance (South Africa) 610 20 $a City of Cape Town (South Africa) 610 27 $a City of Cape Town (South Africa) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00793086 610 27 $a Democratic Alliance (South Africa) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01780511 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 650 0 $a Local government $z Cape Town. $z Cape Town. 650 0 $a Municipal government $z Cape Town. $z Cape Town. 650 7 $a Local government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01001300 650 7 $a Municipal government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01029299 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 0 $a Cape Town (South Africa) $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 651 7 $a South Africa $z Cape Town. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204844 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317032219.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BF191EC8586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search