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Mec ’s Lebogang Maile symbolic handover of houses and title deeds to deserving beneficiaries of the Lufhereng Housing Project in Soweto is part of the Gauteng Government’s program to accelerate service delivery projects within the Gauteng City Region.
The Gauteng Human Settlements remains committed in tackling the housing backlog and is prioritising the elderly and 1996-2000 applicants.
For the 2023/24 Financial Year, 609 houses will be built in extension 5.
Minister Senzo Mchunu opens completed Spring Grove Water Treatment Plant and Bruntville Reservoir in Mooi River in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, as part of the Greater Mpofana Bulk Water Supply Scheme.
The Greater Mpofana Bulk Water Supply Scheme, funded by the Department of Water and Sanitation and Umgeni Water Board at a tune of R1.5 billion, consists of:
20 megalitres-a-day RosettaSpring Grove Water Treatment Works;
8 km long Nottingham Road Pipeline;
13.2 km long Bruntville Pipeline;
12 megalitres Bruntville, 5 megalitres Nottingham Road
1 megalitre Rosetta Reservoirs.
The Scheme is being implemented by the Umgeni Water and sources water from the Spring Grove Dam in Rosetta.
The water is treated at the Rosetta-Spring Grove Water Treatment Plant and transferred to the reservoirs.
The water will ultimately supply the arears of Lions River, Belgian, Mount West, Vaaleskop, Bruntville, Nottingham Road and Rosetta located in the Mpofana and uMngeni Local Municipalities.
Minister Mchunu, joined by his deputies, Mr David Mahlobo and Ms Judith Tshabalala and other representatives from provincial and local government, also had an engagement with community members on issues related to water and sanitation services.
Minister Senzo Mchunu Department of Water & Sanitation
Most of the Polokwane City streets will now be drivable as construction work to repair some of the dilapidated streets has begun, following Roads Agency Limpopo’s (RAL) intervention with its expertise to address road maintenance issues in several municipalities in Limpopo.
RAL’s intervention in Limpopo’s local municipalities follows a Memorandum of Agreement signed with the Limpopo government and several local municipalities in the province. The Agency will draw on its road construction expertise to assist ten municipalities in Limpopo.
As a custodian of provincial roads in Limpopo, RAL seeks to ensure parity in quality on all roads within the province inclusive of the municipal and national roads. This will ensure uniformity on all the roads, thereby encouraging investment at all levels of government in Limpopo.
In the City of Stars, Polokwane, the construction work has commenced at Nelson Mandela Drive in Nirvana and will be carried out around the city in streets such as Landros Mare, Dorp and Vermikuliet amongst others.
The initiative which will restore Polokwane City streets in identified areas to their former condition, is expected to be completed within a period of two months. Upon completion, motorists will drive efficiently and safer than before.
Polokwane Municipality and other nine municipalities, namely, Collins Chabane, FetakgomoTubatse, Elias Motsoaledi, BelaBela, Musina, Ba-Phalaborwa, Modimolle–Mookgophong, Ephraim Mogale and Makhado local municipalities, are among the municipalities party to the MoA.
