KZN Budget prioritises archiving of history and culture
During her Budget Speech in the KZN legislature, Finance MEC Belinda Scott made a plea to government departments to keep existing infrastructure well maintained.
She says the province is budgeting to spend just R12.041 billion in 2017/2018, R12. 250 billion in 2018/2019 and R13.2 billion in 2019/2020.
Scott has urged government departments to work with what they have saying the construction of new facilities - should only happen when necessary.
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"Arts and Culture shows that this is department received R169,35-million over four years and this is for the construction of the archive repository in Pietermaritzburg at a total cost of R300-million. This is long overdue. We've got to a state where the archiving in KwaZulu-Natal is at risk and we have to put money to look after the history and the culture of this province," she said.