KHALAVHA – A large number of jobs will possibly be created by a project created by the Bee Foundation and launched by the Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, at Khalavha Village fortnight ago.

The programme has been initiated by the Bee Foundation, a company concerned with job creation in rural areas and the conservation of the bee population, as well as the welfare of the natural resources.

The project is Nepad driven and it is expected that Limpopo alone the initiative will create several thousands of jobs.

Mabudafhasi said people must prevent pollution and ecological degradation, promote conservation, secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development. “My department has since 1999 ensured that the poverty relief programme rests on a triangle of independent goal of growing tourism market share and in-vestment, protecting and conserving South Africa’s environment and building the nation,” she said.

“The Environmental Department and the Bee Foundation enter into partnership to ensure that our biological, cultural and natural resources base provides the goods and services upon which our people could depend on,” Mabudafhasi ads. She said this project would be used to combat poverty and contribute to the socio-economic development in Africa.

Mr Jean Marie Julienne, the CEO of the Bee Foundation, said they will further work in conjunction with the University of Pretoria and the Oppenheimer Foundation and de Beers in the areas of ongoing research, nature conservation, community development, education, product development and the environmental conservation.