While delivering the Metro's budget speech, Mayor Mxolisi Siyinzana announced that they will be moving with speed to upgrade informal settlements. 

Meanwhile the African Alliance of Social Democrats' (AASD), Lucky Mongale lashed out at Metro for being inconsiderate of towns such as Botshabelo and Thaba 'Nchu. He said the Metro only focuses on Bloemfontein when it comes to addressing issues of infrastructure and informal settlements amongst others.

"This budget must be about people of Botshabelo. Those who have been told that the bucket system will be eradicated, those who have been given the false statement that the pit latrine will be eradicated... but it has not been removed. Even today the budget is not even talking about it," adds Mongale.

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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC Mxolisi Dukwana previously stated that the government is currently implementing 35 projects, covering 43 informal settlements, which include town planning and installation of internal infrastructure throughout the Free State province.

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Whilst In July 2020, Human Settlements MEC in the province Mamiki Koloi, had raised concerns over the mushrooming of informal settlements within the province, which at that stage already had 161 informal settlements.

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