25 Mar 2021

Kgalagadi District councillors have unanimously agreed that an operational plan for the Tsabong multi species abattoir should be ready by the time construction of the facility is complete.

In a virtual full council session recently, Tsabong East councillor, Mr Peter Megano said there was need to come up with a plan of how the abattoir would be run once complete while construction was ongoing.

He said it was critical to leverage on efficiencies to avoid a state of the art structure becoming a white elephant.

Other councillors, Messrs Edward Coetzee and  Piet Bock for Tsabong North and of Khawa respectively called for quarterly updates on the project to enable them to track progress and give communities feedback.

Regular updates would place councillors in the best position to act in the event the contractor experienced challenges.

In his opening speech, Kgalagadi District Council chairperson, Mr Hendrick Jacobs had said construction activities started on January 12 and that the sub-contractor, Agri Holdings, was on site for mobilisation purposes.

“He has been engaged by the main contractor Innovative Process Solutions Botswana to do the earthworks and civil works such as the perimeter fencing, water drainage, setting up for offices and ablutions. However, shortage of water is a challenge,” he said.

So far, he said, 27 Batswana had been employed.

 

The P161 million project was commissioned by President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi in December last year and is expected to be completed in 18 months. ENDS