Poor development planning costs Palapye residents

The residents of Palapye have decried this lack of foresight that has affected provision of services, ushering in more negatives than the objective of decent living as they had hoped for.

The surge in the population of the areas came as a result of the developments, resulting in the increased unemployment rate in the area, shortage of services at health facilities, inflated classrooms at schools, poor standard of living and escalating crime, the villagers reckoned.