Kgatleng council in financial distress

The situation has prompted the council to engage central government departments housed in the Rural Administration Centre (RAC) to share costs on utilities (water and electricity). Addressing councillors this week, Molokwe said the arrangement will help the council to deliver on some of its projects since budgetary constraints have a negative impact.

“The situation is being further exacerbated by our inability to raise our Own Revenue Source (ORS) that otherwise we are to generate to augment the Revenue Support Grant (RSG) from government.