Municipal manager answers to budget spending
According to a statement by Mr Bosman Grobler, DA Mpumalanga spokeman, 21 municipalities in Mpumalanga are failing to spend their 2015 capital budgets.
According to a statement by Mr Bosman Grobler, DA Mpumalanga spokesman, 21 municipalities in Mpumalanga are failing to spend their 2015 capital budgets.
Lekwa Municipality being one of these municipalities, had an original budget of R34 784 000-million, but to date have only spent R5 424 000-million or 15,6% of the budget.
This is according to the 2014/2015 second Quarter Financial Report for Municipalities tabled by the Mpumalanga Department of Finance.
Capital projects amount to deliverable services and without them, Mpumalanga will remain underdeveloped and unable to deliver services.
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