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The old Vuwani Police Station receives an upgrading.

Construction resumes at last at Vuwani police station

 

The residents in the Vuwani policing area and police officers are looking forward to the completion of the Vuwani Police Station building, after construction had ceased some two years ago.

The Department of Public Works had found a new contractor to complete the police station, after the previous contractor failed to finish the project amid allegations of funds mismanagement.

A delegation from the Department of Public Works met with all relevant stakeholders, such as the contractor, the principal agent and representatives of the local SAPS and community, to launch the construction project on 27 February at the Vuwani Police Station.

The project manager for the station’s construction, Mr Frans Motimele, said the upgrading of the police station and the construction of additional accommodation will be completed by the end of August 2016.

“The project we are launching today has a contract duration of 18 months,” Motimele said. “We understand police officers and the community want to make use of the new, up-to-standard police station.”

A community representative, Mr Robert Tshivhenga of theVuwani Development Task Team, requested the contractor and project manager to make sure that the project is completed, because service delivery is needed at Vuwani. “This police station project should have come to an end a long time ago,” he said. “It’s long overdue. And we want to see the contractor employing our poor people on this project. Most people here are unemployed and they need poverty relief by means of short-term jobs with projects like this one.”

The contractor, Mr Sydney Molokoane of Mums Business Enterprise, urged all stakeholders to work together, so that the project is finally realised. “We are going to work together and see that this project is a success,” he said. “We don’t want to see this project flop and then a new, third contractor has to be sought or employed. Tomorrow, we are going to say that, as a team, we have all achieved.” A police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the previous contractor had left the place riddled with deep, hazardous trenches and some bricks strewn all over and within the police station.

“It’s not safe to work in a place like this,” he said. “If a suspect were to escape, how would you chase him without falling into the holes which they had dug and left open for many months? I am happy now that a new contractor will sort all these problems.”

News - Date: 18 March 2015

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Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.

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