Sub-district will continue Ipelegeng as a stopgap measure

Mmegi: The council chairman said out of the 144 projects, 83 labour intensive projects had started while 61 technical projects would start as soon as logistics were finalised. Motlokwa told his fellow councillors that despite delays in the release of funds by the Ministry of Local Government, the logistics were at an advanced stage. At least 60 percent of the funds had so far been released for use by the sub-district, he said. He said that they plan to start all technical projects by August 2012 and close them by December 2012. Furthermore, Motlokwa said the Ipelegeng Feeding Programme is underway after the village leadership identified suppliers as per council ward. He added that each supplier signed a three month contract. He said among the 56 suppliers across the sub-district, 12 are youths. He revealed that suppliers are paid at the same time as other Ipelegeng beneficiaries . He noted that the Ipelegeng office and the village leadership continuously monitor the supply process.