SEDC's Segokgo bemoans restrictive budget

Phenyo Segokgo
Phenyo Segokgo

South East District Council (SEDC) chairperson, Phenyo Segokgo has raised a complaint over the allocated restrictive budget saying it is not enough to cater for maintenance needs in his jurisdiction.

Segokgo was addressing his last full council meeting yesterday in Ramotswa when he highlighted that though the council’s budget was recurrent, it was also restrictive. 

“This meagre budget allocation has resulted in a backlog of maintenance of council facilities. However, with the little budget over the years council has tried to fight this backlog, but this has not eliminated the existing backlog that came as a result of the inadequate annual average allocations that the council ran on for several years. 

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