Francistown City Council owed P76 million

Mayor of Francistown, Godisang Radisigo PIC. KEOAGILE BONANG
Mayor of Francistown, Godisang Radisigo PIC. KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: Residents of Francistown owe the City P76 million in service levy arrears.

The Mayor of Francistown, Godisang Radisigo revealed this during a special full council meeting at the council chambers last Friday. 

Radisigo said that the council could be getting P1, 25 million every month in service arrears but was getting far less than that due to oustanding debts. 

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Time to end informal sector fronting

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