This phase of the project will supply electricity to 480 households and will also see the installation of 120 street lights.
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba on Wednesday turned the sod and launched the second phase of the electrification of the Meriting informal settlement, south of the city.
Mashaba encouraged community members by telling them to first take care of themselves and their family before taking care of their neighbours. "As the new administration, we are working to get people houses to live in the city, we are looking to put people and want them to live next to places of employment."
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