South Africa: R75 Million Bugdet for This Year is R8m Less Than Last Year = R83m, Not R67m

19 March 2003
East Cape News (Grahamstown)

Bisho — Members of the provincial legislature (MPLs) could have their allowances and perks cut following another lean budget allocation for the running of the Bisho legislature.

Presenting the legislature's policy speech this week (subs: Tues) Legislature speaker Mkangeli Matomela lamented that his "much lower" R75m allocation -- R8m less than last year's R83m -- had turned the legislature's stragegic plans into a "farce".

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