MEC cuts out middleman for cheaper services

The Limpopo provincial government is to use internal resources to deliver small projects to speed up service delivery, instead of issuing tenders for all projects.

Public works and infrastructure MEC Tonny Rachoene said some projects that would be handled in-house were re-gravelling roads, painting government buildings, gardening, touching up government properties, changing bulbs and purchase of a fleet of vehicles for departments in some cases.

The MEC said the decision would affect community projects in the regions of Waterberg, Vhembe, Sekhukhune, Capricorn and Mopani.

This month, Rachoene crisscrossed the province facilitating the construction of bridges in rural areas.

He said the bridges were crucial for residents to go in and out of their villages as it was the rainy season and rivers and dams often overflowed during this time.