Western Cape Premier, Provincial Minister of Infrastructure and Drakenstein Executive Mayor will visit Vlakkeland housing project and handover houses fitted with solar geyser panels
On Monday, 19 February 2024, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde, Provincial Minister for Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, and Drakenstein Municipality’s Executive Mayor, Conrad Poole, will be visiting and handing over more houses fitted with solar geysers at the Vlakkeland housing project.
The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure’s energy crisis mitigation continues to change lives. In the last financial year, Minister Simmers committed to launching a pilot project to assist indigent households and beneficiaries with disabilities from five provincial housing projects will solar geyser to combat the effects of load shedding. The pilot has been so successful that it will continue in key projects going into the 2024/25 financial year.
“I have witnessed the joy and difference this initiative has brought to the lives of our beneficiaries when I’ve visited these sites. This initiative translates into a R 27.5 million investment in improving the lives of those in most need,” said Minister Simmers.
ALL MEDIA ARE INVITED TO ATTEND:
Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Venue: Vlakkeland Housing Project, Paarl.
Media queries:
Mr Ntobeko Mbingeleli
Spokesperson for Provincial Minister Tertuis Simmers
ntobeko.mbingeleli@westerncape.gov.za
021 483 8067 (o)
061 447 7851 (m)
Jandré Bakker
Head of Communication
Department of Infrastructure
Email: jandre.bakker@westerncape.gov.za
