GCC introduces refuse collection levy

Eyesore: Waste often lies uncollected in Gaborone, raise health hazards
Eyesore: Waste often lies uncollected in Gaborone, raise health hazards

The Gaborone City Council (GCC) wants each household in the city to pay P10 per month for waste collection from next April as a way of trying to improve the troubled service.

City mayor, Kagiso Thutlwe, said the levy was an effort to end the traditional troubles of refuse collection in the capital.

“This arrangement is viewed as one of the opportunities through which GCC could generate income which could be used for improving waste collection services,” he said.

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