Villagers to benefit from Alfred Nzo Legacy through multi-million rand community facility
Thousands of villagers from Matatiele are set to benefit from the opening of a R25 million world class multi-purpose centre at Thaba-Chicha village in Matatiele. The facility will be officially opened by MEC Helen Sauls-August on the 14th of July 2016.
Alfred Nzo, a freedom fighter is a bonafide of Thaba-Chicha village in Matatiele. After the first democratic elections, Nzo was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Nelson Mandela.
The facility, built to honour the legacy of the late Alfred Nzo will accommodate 10 villages including Thaba-Chicha.
The facility has a soccer field, boardroom, indoor courts, clinic, and early childhood centre and government offices. The facility will afford villagers a one stop shop where they can access government services and also a venue for their communal gatherings and sporting activities. There is currently no such facilities in the village and villagers must travel to town access such facilities. It will mark the end of long travels to the town of Matatiele to access such facilities.
The community centre is part of the human Settlements Development Project in the village wherein 500 houses are built in the Thaba-Chicha village.
The opening of the centre will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday, 14 July 2016
Time: 10h00
Venue: Thaba-Chicha village, Matatiele
Enquiries:
Lwandile Sicwetsha
Director: Corporate Communications
Tel: 043 711 9679
E-mail: lwandiles@ecdhs.gov.za
