LETTER: Business principles must apply to municipalities
If they don’t accept this responsibility they should be forced to resign
10 March 2021 - 16:24
Surely unfunded municipal councils — and the local government ministry — must insist that these councils cut the expenditure to be equal to or less than the expected income? (“Councils still adopt budgets with spending set higher than income (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2021-03-09-councils-still-adopt-budgets-with-spending-set-higher-than-income/),” March 9).
If they don’t accept this responsibility they should be forced to resign. That’s the reality of running a business. Our municipalities must be run on the same principle...
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