Picture: The North West MEC for Health, Sello Lehari during his visit at Phokeng Forensic Pathology/Supplied 

By REGINALD KANYANE

4 September 2024- The North West MEC for Health, Sello Lehari said upon completion at the end of November 2024, the Phokeng Forensic Pathology with a capacity to carry around120 bodies, will be the biggest in the province.

Lehari, who was accompanied by senior management from both Bojanala District and Provincial offices, conducted oversight visits at both Phokeng Forensic Pathology, in Rustenburg and the Brits Forensic Pathology.

Lehari’s visit follows his initial intervention visit last month, when work was stalled due to community disputes and disruptions on site, demanding allocation of some work to locals on site. He further said the members of the local business community had disrupted construction work demanding 30% of the work.

“However, through our Kopano Ke Matla oversight programme, we have brought all warring groups together, including the contractor, CLO, local leadership and two business forums and commitment was made that there shall be no further disruptions.

“Today’s visit was a follow-up since intervention was made and it was intended to monitor progress registered, since all parties agreed to work together to complete the project on time. As of today, at least 75% of work has been completed,” said Lehari.

He added that Phokeng is quite an important project because it serves so many areas in the province’s biggest and busiest region of Bojanala.

“We owe our people this service and we need no more excuses to finish this project. It must be completed within the set time frame of a month.

“It’s important that we bring people real services, not lip service that will cost them more time and money. This mortuary should be operational in a month,” said Lehari.

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