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Sol Plaatje Municipality has to return over R50 million of allocated bulk funding for infrastructure

Kimberley’s to the National Treasury. This follows the municipality’s failure to find suitable contractorsResidents who have been struggling with unstable water supply for years have for the past few weeks enjoyed uninterrupted supply. The last water shutdown in the area was in April.

An expert says municipalities that struggle to attract contractors that can successfully bid for tenders need to plan better. He says the current situation faced by the municipality could have been averted with better planning. The municipality says despite successfully spending some of the allocated grant monies, it remains a struggle to attract all needed contractors. It says it underspent largely on bulk funding for infrastructure.

Residents who want to see improved services have called for the fixing of all ailing infrastructure across the city.

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