Despite the heavy strain on the economy, councils buckling under corruption and poor service delivery, Patricia de Lille, Cape Town’s mayor until the end of the month, announced that R4.5 million was allocated for a single evening party when lights will be switched on to enter into 2019.
Sandar Dickson of CoCt criticized the waste in the light of the fact that some households are struggling to keep their heads above water.
Once again, it is a call for residents to be inclusive and to come and meet, drink and fight, to honour the terrorist Nelson Mandela.
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