[TOP STORY] Municipal funding in focus: Is 2025’s budget enough?

This year, through the theme ‘Connect and Engage,’ The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, aims to reinforce the importance of building strong relationships, embracing innovation, and elevating the role of procurement in creating sustainable, strategic impact across industries.

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‘Civil servants get close to 20% of GDP. That's how much we pay civil servants in South Africa. It's completely out of line,’ says the chief economist at the Efficient Group.

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‘The way forward is for the municipalities and the wastewater treatment facilities to implement measures to make sure that the water is treated properly, because properly treated water can be safe,’ says Herman Stoop, Worldwide Industrial and Systems Engineers.