‘Review devolution amounts’

PLUMTREE Town Council has appealed to Treasury to increase the amount of money allocated to local authorities to fund devolution projects, saying the $41 000 it recently received was too little and had been eroded by hyper-inflationary pressures.

Speaking during a national budget consultative meeting conducted by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Finance recently, Plumtree town secretary, Dumezweni David Luthe said devolution funds should be reviewed as a matter of urgency.

“There should be review of the devolution fund upwards so that it will have a meaningful contribution to the development of communities.

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