The Best Municipality Accredited Level 1 was awarded to Tlokwe Local Municipality at the 2013 North West Govan Mbeki Awards held at the Rustenburg Civic Centre on Tuesday evening.

 

 

 

Toro Ya Africa was also awarded the Best Community Residential Units Category for the housing project in the same municipality at the annual awards ceremony held to honour human settlements stakeholders and contractors who contributed towards the North West Province delivering 14331 housing units and being declared the best performing province in housing delivery across the country during the 2012/2013 financial year. 

 

“All the recipients of the awards are the honourees and our partners who excelled in making it possible for us to delivery upon our mandate in the past year of providing houses to our people. These are woman and men who have laboured hard, paid attention to detail, loved their output of their work and demanded nothing else but excellence,” praised Acting Premier, Raymond Elisha. 

 

The prestigious awards seek to promote best practice, create a healthy competition and are used as a monitoring tool to ensure service delivery.

 

 

 

The Provincial department of Human Settlement has set aside a budget of R2 billion to deal with thehousing backlog in the current financial year. The department managed to spent 100% of its budget and was declared the best performing department in housing delivery during the 2012/2013 financial year. 

 

Acting PremierElisha emphasized that government would need men and woman inside and outside government who are dedicated to build vibrant human settlementsfor the people of the province. 

 

Also in congratulating winners of the awards, Human Settlement and Public Safety MEC, Nono Maloyi said the people who have won awards are the people who have contributed in the successes of his department.

 

 

 

He promised that his department will continue to lead in providing quality houses to the people of the province through the help of companies that are prepared to do excellent work.

 

 

 

“We hope that the people who have won in these awards will encourage others who are willing to do work with the department that we believe in excellence not shoddy work,” he said.

 

The Best Finance linked Subsidy Project Category was awarded to Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) Mine for the Seraleng Integrated Housing Development Project.

 

Synchrocom (Pty) Ltd was crowned the Best Informal Settlement Unpgraded Project Category for the Boitumelo Extension 5 Bloemhof housing develoipment Project while Godieral Civils scooped the Best Rural Housing Project award for construction of 500 units in Dryhaarts and Myra in Taung.

 

 

 

Best Enhanced Peoples Housing Project was awarded Tlhabangani Trade Enterprise for housing development in Welverdien and Ga-Motlatla.

 

 

 

Best Woman Contractor Category awarded to Lebo Aaron of L& R Welding and Tools Suppliers for housing development project in Manthe and Tlapeng in Taung

 

 

 

She has established her company L&R Welding and Tools in 2003 with the intention to make phased transition from leisure industry marketer to Contraction Company.

 

 

 

She has done 250 units of houses mostly in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality.

 

 

 

“Winning this award for me it means it is another step in the right direction.

 

 

 

It’s tough in the contraction industry especially if you are a woman but for me so far so good,” she said.

 

 

 

Another winner, Cecilia Thomas, 28, was crowned a Best Youth Contractor of Barzani Development, Project Management & Contraction.

 

 

 

Her Company successful contracted 48 units of house in Itsoseng of Ditsobotla Local Municipality.

 

 

 

“Winning is very good for me because it’s an indication that I do have talent in the contraction sector.

 

 

 

I worked hard day and night to make sure that what I give to the people is the best,” she said.