88: Chippy Olver-Environmental activist, author, medical doctor

Voices from SA

Chippy was one of my early guests on the podcast. He had recently published his first book, How To Steal A City which looked at state capture and ANC corruption in Nelson Mandela Bay.
His new book, A House Divided turns his attention to the City of Cape Town. What started out as a look at the mismanagement by the Democratic Alliance (DA) of the water crisis that rocked the city a few years ago became an investigation into party funding, property development and land policy as well as an insight into tensions between city officials and politicians, particularly Patricia de Lille who was mayor at the time.
We chatted about some of these issues but also about the current state of the DA, some of the difficult choices facing the ANC, and why he supports President Ramaphosa.
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