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The Limpopo Premier Chupu Stanley Mathabatha threw a little party in Polokwane on Monday to hand over 57 of these bad boys. That’s a cool R540,000 per bakkie. And hold your horses because the remaining 45 are apparently going to be handed over “as soon as [they] have been delivered” before the year-end. Now, here’s the backstory. MEC for Limpopo Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA), Basikopo Makamu, spilled the beans on this massive giveaway during his department’s 2023/24 budget vote earlier this year.
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