During his State of the City (Soca) address, Mayor Koketso Calvin Seerane announced more multi-billion rand future projects and plans to curb water losses and the commencement of Gauteng’s first waste-to-energy project on Friday (29 April).
The R5 billion Waste to Energy project has moved apace and will commence when the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) issues a license to the Independent Power Producer, Blue Waste To Energy.
“The first of its kind in Gauteng, the project will see waste material at the Luipaardsvlei Landfill being turned into energy through patented technologies of the company,” municipality spokesperson, Nkosana Zali said.
In his last address as Mayor, a position he has held for the past ten years, Seerane said the R2 billion N14 Greengate Development, the R6,2 billion Leratong City residential and commercial development and the R6 billion solar energy project in Fariaville are all part of the expected future projects in the municipality’s region.
These developments follow the R300 million redevelopment of Key West Shopping Centre, the R2 billion development of Cradlestone Mall which Seerane said has now applied for further expansion, the R30 million development of the Action Ford Showroom, the hundred to 300 bed Netcare Pinehaven Hospital and the R300 million upgrade of Silverstar Casino from 2011.
Zali also said the municipality is in the process of registering a property company “which will be responsible for productive use of the land and property endowment of the city”.
On the issue of wasted water, Seerane said investments were made to reduce unaccounted water.
“The Kenmare Reservoir was resealed at a cost of R12 million,” he said.
“We also focused on improving revenue collection through installation of 39 000 new Prepaid Water Meters. This also assists consumers across the board to manage their own water consumption. We have appointed a contractor to install a telemetry system for water reservoirs, pump stations and related software. The system will assist in real time fault detection in these strategic installations and will come at a cost of R5 million.”
Seerane ended his address by thanking all councillors, “including the opposition political parties for keeping us on our toes and making sure that they raise sharply the grievances, words of appreciation, needs and wants of our people. It is in that spirit that our city can get better and all of us can flourish.”
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