Treasury: DA too generous
17 September 2015 - 02:13
The DA-run City of Cape Town is "over-generous" in its provision of subsidised services, according to an assessment of the city's 2015/16 annual budget by the Treasury. Free basic services like water, refuse removal and sanitation cost the city R1.9-billion a year.Based on statistics provided by the city, the municipality has 382000 indigents registered on its database but it provides 6000 litres of free water to 1.
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