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MARULENG Municipal Mayor Pule Mafologela looks on when the Deputy Minister of
Environmental Affairs Rejoyce Mabudafhasi cut the ribbon at Buy Back waste centre.
DEPUTY Minister of
Environmental Affairs
Rejoyce Mabudafhasi,Maruleng
Municipal Mayor
Pule Mafologela and
ANC chief whip of
Mopani Othaniel
Mushwane looks at
the tree that was
planted by the
deputy minister.
DEPUTY Minister of Environmental Affairs Rejoyce Mabudafhasi shows her building skills.
Millions pumped into
The Oaks project
By Thandy Ndlovu
DEPUTY Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, handed over the
R11.4 million to Mopani District Municipality,
as part of Mandela Month celebrations in The
Oaks under Maruleng Municipality.
The Department of Environmental Affairs
through its Environmental Protection and Infrastructure
Programme (EPIP) funded the implementation
of Mopani Waste Recycling and
Buy Back Centre Project in Mopani District
M u n i c i p a l i t y.
The department is using labour intensive
methods as per the requirements of Expanded
Public Works Programme (EPWP).
"The objective of waste recycling is to save
resources as well as to reduce the environmental
impact of waste by reducing the
amount of waste disposed at landfills. To meet
these objectives, waste separation at source
should be pursued as the quality of recyclable
materials is higher when separated at source,"
said Mabudafhasi.
She said In addition recycling has the potential
for job creation and is a viable alternative
to informal salvaging at landfills,
which is undesirable due to problems of health
and safety associated with salvaging.
Mabudafhasi also encouraged the community
of The Oaks to recycling their scraps
during but warn them not to commit crime.
"Recycle everything that you are not using
like old machines and cars but please don't
steal cars and recycle them," said Mabudafhasi.
The project is focused on establishment of
waste recycling and buy-back facilities in
Maruleng, Greater Giyani and Greater Letaba
Local Municipalities respectively.
Each facility comprise of the waste sorting
area, administration block, boundary fence,
main entrance gate, guard house, access road,
parking and paving, signs, bulk infrastructure,
ramp for loading and off-loading.
To this effect, the project has employed 96
local people. They also employ 58 women and
56 young people.
Deepening the Mandela Month activities the
Deputy Minister visited Maatla Primary School
where she led a team of government officials
and community members in executing the
following activities, planting trees (water berry
trees), painting of classrooms, rehabilitating of
a bore hole and connecting a water tank.
Addressing the people at Maatla Primary
School Mabudafhasi urged them to make a
difference in other people's lives and encouraged
everyone to make every day a Mandela
Day.
Community members who attended the
event were also encouraged to get educated as
skilled people are needed for bricklaying,
plumbing and other engineering fields.
BASKETS and vases made out of bobbin's,
how interesting!
HOW creative! Animals
as well as other
creative stuff made
out of recycled materials.