According to the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM), Ramotshinyadi will receive 132 connections, and Mokgwathi will receive 120. These 252 households are new extensions. GTM says it will take four months to complete the two projects. “These projects started on November 1, and will be completed by March 31,” said Conny Ramothwala, councillor.
R2.6 million will be spent on the Ramotshinyadi project and R2.4 million on the Mokgwathi project. GTM has appointed Edy EM Technical as a consultant and Marsh P Trading and Projects as the contractor for Ramotshinyadi village. For the Mokgwathi project, the municipality appointed Phadzani Projects as the consulting engineers and Leba Group as the contractor.
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Residents from both villages will benefit from these projects. Adverts for the community liaison officers and safety officers for the community members to apply have been published. The projects will employ 25 labourers, with 12 in Mokgwathi and 13 in Ramotshinyadi The labourers will be recruited using the EPWP database. The database was compiled during August and September this year when residents were asked to register.
GTM says it has more than 125 villages in the municipal area and they all have electricity except for some of the newer extensions.
