Greed sucks Amathole coffers dry
17 January 2021 - 00:21
The collapse of the Amathole district municipality in the Eastern Cape may be traced back to a council decision taken seven years ago to upgrade the municipality from a grade 6 to a grade 7 - thereby ballooning perks and salaries for officials, which ultimately led to it running out of cash this week...
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