10 Nov 2020

President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi says Ipelegeng programme will be re-engineered with focus on maintenance of public facilities.

Delivering State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on November 9, he said the revamped Ipelegeng would empower beneficiaries through capacity building and development of technical skills.

He added that their training would be conducted in partnership with institutions such as Madirelo Training and Testing Centre, Construction Industry Trust Fund-CITF and brigades.

Dr Masisi also stated that poverty eradication was one of government’s key policy deliverables, saying government had broadened scope of measurement of poverty to include the Multidimensional Poverty Index-MPI, which measured non-income deprivation levels of the poor in the areas of education, health and living standards.

He explained that under the Poverty Eradication Programme, as of July 2020, 39 971 projects were funded.

Out the projects, he indicated that 31 829 or 80 per cent were operational and employing 34 791 Batswana, while 2 286 projects were not successful, resulting in a 5.7 per cent failure rate since inception of the programme.

He noted that so far, 5 856 projects were at different stages of implementation. ENDS