Over the last few weeks, The Herald has been running a special series — 30 Years of Democracy — and will continue to do so over the next six weeks as the seventh national and provincial elections approach. 

“As the country gears up to commemorate 30 years of democracy, our team hit the road to assess the good, the bad and the ugly of service delivery in parts of the Eastern Cape over the last three decades,” reads the blurb that accompanies the stories to explain the context...