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Ngwathe outlines developement projects to FS Forum
Despite a worrying financial and service delivery picture painted by the High Court in Bloemfontein when the ruling was made that the provincial government must intervene in the Ngwathe Local Municipality's affairs, an image of a municipality committed to economic development was presented at the quarterly meeting of the Free State Provincial IDP Managers Forum hosted in Parys the past week.
Addressing the Municipal IDP Managers represented at the Forum, Ngwathe's Municipal Manager outlined the municipality's key development programmes, including a shopping mall between Schonkenville and Tumahole and a private hospital outside Parys along the R59 and a Five Star Hotel as part of the Selete Precinct development.
The municipal manager, Dr. F.P. Mothamaha, added that the municipality will keep a watchful eye on spending of grants for current infrastructure projects in all five Ngwathe towns (Parys, Vredefort, Heilbron, Edenville and Koppies).
He said the municipality has responded to the call by President Cyril Ramaphosa to professionalise local government by appointing highly qualified individuals, such as doctors and engineers, while ensuring that other municipal workers are enrolled with academic institutions as part of rebranding and repositioning the municipality.
Selete Precinct
The Selete Precinct entails a multibillion-rand development for Parys announced in November last year by project owner, Dr Eric Molefe, and Ngwathe's Executive Mayor. Molefe said the development by Rand Holdings would among others, include a solar plant, rehabilitation of the Parys Airfield to operate as a strategic freight hub, a private hospital, a stepdown facility, private primary and high school, a hotel, a truck stop, and a service station.
Although Molefe originally estimated construction teams to be on site by February/middle March, once all plans were submitted and as soon as council gave the final go-ahead, progress has been halted due to various factors since the sod turning, Molefe said during a meeting in May.
He then gave the assurance that plans for the development are going ahead.
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