Council investigates breach of donation rules

The city Council is on the case
The city Council is on the case

Gaborone City Council (GCC) is investigating a case in which one of its organs, former Phase 2 Ward Development Committee (Phase2WDC) allegedly used its members’ personal bank accounts to solicit funds for Independence Day celebrations, contrary to the established practice.

Guidelines governing donations prohibit receipt of such by individual members. The council dictates that donations should be received through established official channels.

The issue came  to light in 2018 after some members in the Committee took a resolution to raise funds for the Independence Day celebrations. The funds raised were reportedly credited into an individual member’s personal bank account. “It is true we have a report that the old committee which handed to the new one last December used a personal account belonging to one of its members to raise funds for independence in 2018,” GCC deputy city clerk, Olebile Mafala told Mmegi.

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