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Waste not, want not: A woman sorting plastic items from trash to be sold at recycling shops in Manila. The city – and the country – is organised into barangays, and refuse collection and recycling schemes are the responsibility of this fourth tier of government. (Maria Tan/AFP)

How to refresh SA’s jaded democracy

We should look to the Philippines, where barangays, or neighbourhood governments, help to empower communities

Ivan Turok
Andreas Scheba