EDITORIAL | R15m stadium is yet another monument to wasteful expenditure

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EDITORIAL | R15m stadium is yet another monument to wasteful expenditure
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The squandering of taxpayers’ money is endemic to municipalities and South Africans are sick of it

It’s not often that SA’s attention focuses so intensely on Komani in the Eastern Cape, but this week the country’s spotlight has very much been aimed there.

This thanks to the controversy around the R15m Lesseyton Sports Facility in the Enoch Mgijima municipality, as ordinary citizens and politicians alike slated the multi-million price tag...A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content.Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Sign in with the same details.

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