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CoGTA MEC Empowers Masilonyana with Cleaning Tools

MEC for Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements, Saki Mokoena. Picture:  Matshidiso Selebeleng
MEC for Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements, Saki Mokoena. Picture: Matshidiso Selebeleng

By: Matshidiso Selebeleng

The MEC for Cooperative Governance, Tra ditional Affairs and Human Settlements, Saki Mokoena, has handed over a range of environmental tools to the Masilonyana Local Municipality to help empower communities in maintaining cleaner, healthier environments and strengthening local service delivery. As part of a departmental outreach programme held at Majwemasweu in Slovo Park Extension 5, Brandfort, earlier this week, the municipality re ceived 25 wheelbarrows, 20 chainsaws, 20 petrol bush cutters, and other tools. Mokoena said the handover would support Community Work Programme (CWP) workers who had long requested the equipment. He urged both workers and residents to safeguard the tools as a shared community resource. “These tools are meant for the improvement of the community; they are not given to individu als for personal use. It is very important to report anyone who misuses or attempts to sell them,” Mokoena stressed. He added that government’s efforts were aimed at restoring dignity to the people and en suring they live in an environment they can be proud of. Community member Lucky Klass welcomed the initiative but called for greater focus on the youth. “I came here because I wanted to know how this would benefit the young people sitting around without jobs. I did not come to hear only about CWP,” he said. Alongside the handover, the department part nered with Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC) to install 1,943 water meters, a sewer network with 20.57 km of pipes, a fibre duct, and other infrastructure. The R167-million project, initially scheduled for completion at the end of Septem ber, was finalised three months early, creating temporary jobs for local residents during con struction. “This reflects not only the technical success of the project but also its significant socio-economic impact, particularly in terms of job creation and skills development,” Mokoena said. The informal settlement upgrading project will be extended to other municipalities.

 

 

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