Still chewing, still choking

Friday, December 15, 2017

Two years ago, at the release of the Water Utilities Corporation’s 2014 Annual Report, Mmegi chronicled the utility’s troubles in swallowing the Department of Water Affairs. The 2016 Annual Report was released this week and Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI finds the Corporation is still choking

By comparison, Mmetla Masire is more diplomatic than his predecessors when he describes the state of the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC)’s finances. In the Annual Report released this week and containing a P137.6 million loss, the CEO treads lightly when broaching the topic.

“The Corporation’s financial position has not improved significantly when compared to the last reporting periods,” he writes in his commentary.

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Still chewing, still choking

Two years ago, at the release of the Water Utilities Corporation’s 2014 Annual Report, Mmegi chronicled the utility’s troubles in swallowing the Department of Water Affairs. The 2016 Annual Report was released this week and Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI finds the Corporation is still choking

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