Rotten! Millions blown on containers costing R1.75m

Taxpayer millions blown on a failed farm-stall project, with containers costing R1.75m each and 16 ‘thermo storage’ bicycles at 16K each

17 November 2024 - 00:05

Gauteng provincial government forked out R28m on 16 converted shipping containers to be used as fruit and vegetable stalls — at R1.75m each as part of an empowerment project that is now being scrapped...

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