No roads, no tourism, mining and agriculture

NO ROADS, NO TOURISM,

MINING AND AGRICULTURE

oads Agency Limpopo remains one of the critical enablers of the development of Limpopo Province’s economy. Without roads, no tourism, mining, and agriculture will be enhanced to support the growth of the economy.

Not only will quality roads support the growth of the economy, it is also through an enabled economy that communities will be able to get more employment opportunities.

Communities remain at the centre of our planning and implementation cycle. Without the involvement of communities, the Agency will fail to execute and achieve optimal results as directed by its founding Act. We, therefore, are working closely with municipalities and communities to ensure that the road infrastructure service delivery is not only efficient, but effective.

Calls for new roads by communities continue to intensify amid the Agency’s budget constraints. Whilst we receive most of our funding from the provincial government, we continue to explore other means of funding to augment the delivery of road infrastructure services. Through the adoption of the strategic partnership approach, we are hopeful that our efforts will continue to bear fruits. We have over the years collaborated with various companies to carry out some maintenance and upgrading projects that strategically support their business operations.

We will continue to invest efforts and resources to solicit strategic partnerships that would in turn improve the socio-economic livelihoods of communities. We further understand that good corporate governance is essential to ensure value for the use of public funds. Our goal in attaining a clean audit also remains top priority.

In the past few months, RAL has strengthened its efforts in maintaining some of the provincial roads that needed attention. We believe the focus on maintenance will assist in preserving the existing road infrastructure. Natural disasters such as rain which negatively affect our roads, continue to impact negatively on our work. In the past years, RAL lost a number of roads due to floods and heavy rain. It is these natural occurrences that set us back, given the funding challenges.

We remain resolute in building road infrastructure that serves as an enabler of the province’s key strategic economic pillars, agriculture, tourism, and mining sectors.

RMR GABRIEL MALULEKE

RAL Chief Executive Officer As we prepare ourselves to spend well deserved holidays with our families, I want to urge all the road users to be vigilant this festive and beyond. The loss of lives on the roads continue to be worrisome and require me and you to join hands. Let us do our part in ensuring that our roads are safe. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the Chairperson of the Board, Mr Matome Ralebipi and our political pricipal, Honourable MEC of the Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads and

“WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST IN EXECUTING OUR MANDATE. WE REMAIN RESOLUTE IN BUILDING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES AS AN

ENABLER OF THE PROVINCE’S KEY STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PILLARS, AGRICULTURE, TOURISM, AND MINING SECTORS.” Infrastructure, Mme Nkakareng Rakgoale for their continued support. The same gratitude goes to our beloved and hardworking staff who continue to do their best in serving the province. Thank and enjoy your holidays…. Together for better roads.

RAL’s

main functions and responsibilities are to plan, design, construct, manage, control and maintain all provincial roads for the Limpopo Province.