Tshwane mayor Brink unveils a rescue plan to boost revenue and slash expenditure, targeting a billion-rand turnaround in six months.
Tshwane mayor Brink intensifies "Tshwane ya Tima" campaign, aiming to collect debts and improve financial performance.has a R1 billion rescue plan to save the capital by intensifying the “Tshwane ya Tima” campaign to try and collect over a billion rands of“We have set a bold goal for the city’s financial performance. There is simply no other way to unlock the needed resources and drive performance,” he said.
“This also buys us the time to fix problems with tariffs and to achieve better value for money in supply chain management.” “Our costs are, in turn, affected by factors like the productivity and compensation of our employees and the value we receive from tenders. Of the total consumers of the city’s services, too few are being metered due to defective meters and illegal connections.
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