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

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‘There's a small pot of money for local government, there's a lot to be done with it, and if you spend well, and if you spend on the right things, you will be rewarded for that in terms of access to better grants in the future,’ says Kevin Allan, MD at Municipal IQ.

14 Mar 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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