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YDF injects over P6m into Serowe youth projects, but...

Serowe District Council PIC: SDC
Serowe District Council PIC: SDC

The Youth Development Fund (YDF) continues to shape the entrepreneurial landscape of the Serowe sub-district by supporting youth-led ventures.

According to the latest District Development Committee (DDC) report presented during a full council meeting last week, a total of 711 projects have been funded since the programme's inception.

Furthermore, it states that these projects are spread across the three main administrative routes of the sub-district, with Serowe South accounting for 259, Serowe North with 242 and Serowe West contributing 210.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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