CITY OF MBOMBELA - HANDS OVER LIFE-CHANGING PROJECTS TO COMMUNITIES

The City of Mbombela Municipality Mayor Sibongile Makushe-Mazibuko is hard at work delivering services as per the mandate given to the City by its citizens.

The handover of projects emanates from the service delivery enhancement program that stemmed from the Mayoral Imbizo.

“The imbizo enhanced service delivery enormously, and as a result, the City is ready to hand over quite a number of projects from April until the midyear,” stated the Mayor.

Three Completed Projects for the Northern Region

In April the Honourable Mayor handed over three completed projects to the communities of Mganduzweni and Jerusalem in the Northen Region of the city as part of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) process.

The three projects include a 52.6m foot bridge in Mganduzwenu, the Khulani 23m pedestrian bridge in Jerusalem, and a State-of-the-Art Community Hall built in Jerusalem.

The Executive Mayor said that the bridges had brought much needed relief to the communities who had seen their children crossing the waters of raging streams during the rainy season and risking their lives because of imminent snake bites in the bushes on their way to school.

The Executive Mayor further stated that the construction of the Khulani pedestrian bridge, addressed the challenge of the temporary slippery wooden bridge installed by community members to mitigate the challenge of crossing the flooding stream during heavy rains.

The Mayor stated that children will now be able to attend school during heavy rains, and the community would now be able to cross the stream from Maswazini to Khulani block safely and with ease.

Speaking of the State-of-the-Art Community Hall, the Executive Mayor mentioned that not only were many jobs created during the construction phase, but the newly constructed hall will now bring an end to meetings and events being held at schools and under trees.

The community hall has a capacity of 600 people, with a boardroom and a kitchen to mention just a few of its amenities.

The Mayor made a special appeal to the communities to guard these assets jealously. "Those who destroy public property are doing great disservice to you as communities as you suffer the consequences of their selfish actions. It will be a very sad day to see so much investment fall prey to selfish individuals." she concluded.

State-of-the-Art Roads for the citizens of Pienaar

In May the Mayor, together with the CoGTA MEC, Mandla Msibi, led a team of Councillors and community members during the official opening and handover of the new roads to the citizens of Pienaar.

The new roads that stretch over a combined 4km, were constructed and handed over in record time to elevate the state of the fast-growing township.

Makushe-Mazibuko said she was impressed by both the contractors and community members for creating a conducive environment for work to be done without any challenges and hiccups, as witnessed in other parts of the province.

“We shall not dare fail in this mandate to provide all our communities with better services they so deserve,” says the Executive Mayor.

“We are continuing with our work of delivering services as mandated by the people of Mbombela….and that is a sign that as a municipality we are forever on the ground, working.” - Mayor Sibongile Makushe-Mazibuko