Plight of street children haunts outgoing Council Secretary

Leaving: Molepolole has unfinished business
Leaving: Molepolole has unfinished business

As the Gantsi District Council (DGC) secretary Nelson Molepolole gathers his belongings preparing to bid farewell to the office he occupied since 2013, there is still one thing that bothers him – the township street children. Mmegi Correspondent, LEINANYANA TSIANE reports

Despite the achievements he made in implementing a number of projects, Molepolole regrets that the township is still grappling with the numbers of street children who roam the shopping complexes in search of leftover food. He said in terms of GDC projects, which include orphanage, destitute and also service delivery his office has done well.

“We have completed planned projects within budget and according to specifications. We have also been very prudent with our accounts with our books whereby we were able to present our well balanced books before the Local Authority Public Accounts Committee,” he sad.

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