Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Sihle Zikalala, says it has been marred by several delays due to incompetent contractors.
Construction of the only police station in Vuwani, Limpopo, started in 2012 and is yet to be finished. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Sihle Zikalala said construction has been delayed several times over the years because of incompetent contractors. The second contractor worked on the project from 2015 to 2021. The department said it again had to terminate the contract because the contractor had"cash flow problems". About R36-million had been paid to this contractor.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
The department's acting deputy director, Nkosana Kubeka, said the current contractor has been tasked with completing the community service centre which included the police barracks, administration block, 11 holding cells, paving the station, the laboratory, installing a water tank and a fence.
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