By Thebe Mabanga
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has handed the Ditsobotla Local Municipality its revised Financial Recovery Plan (FRP), which is meant to tackle a R2.1 billion cash shortfall, creditor payment days of more than 3,000 days and bloated staff costs of 720 workers, when the municipality is said to require just over half that number, or about 450 employees.
The handover was witnessed by North West Finance MEC Kenetswe Mosenogi, Ditsobotla mayor Molefe Morutse and National Cabinet Representative, effectively the municipal administrator, Kopung Ralikontsane.
Ditsobotla is in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in North West and is anchored in the town of Lichtenburg, with surrounding towns including Coligny and Biesiesvlei. The municipality is mainly an agricultural hub, but it has also lost dairy producer Clover due to poor infrastructure and services.
Ralikontsane was appointed last September when the municipality was placed under an intervention through section 139(7) of
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