Troubles a long time coming: iLIVE
Limpopo's limping fiscus, where rampant spending by [officials] has gone undetected and necessitating the intervention of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, was a phenomenon in the making long before the tender saga of the former ANCYL leader.
Now broke and seeking help from the treasury, the minister's wielding of the axe is the right step, and must also be applied to other provinces.
Criminal charges, where gross mismanagement has taken place, will be the only solution to this growing cancer in our fragile democracy.
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