A tale of two countries

It is impossible to drive very far through the city without suddenly descending into squalor.  Not far from the manicured roads devolved into stony gravel, burst sewers snake alongside the ramshackle houses that have a distinct appearance of being homemade. From businesspeople in shiny suits, the scene morphs into forlorn faces and the inevitable wood-fire smoke that is a reminder of the service delivery failure on this side of town.

It is this dichotomy that the government and its private sector partners are battling to erase, where extreme poverty and wealth co-exist in an uncomfortable homage to the inequality that has accompanied the Diamond Miracle.