New Gates for Kruger National Park

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The money is from Government Development, Lis, which is a bit of an oxymoron. If you read the articles, money has been diverted here and there... O**

These small gates, like Mjejane, don't really get many vsitors, but are added to the quotas for the Park, a bit of a loophole.

In this instance, as said, Mandela Gate is in a tricky area with no tourist roads, in fact the biggest unspoilt wilderness area left in the South, with only a couple of trails camps. It is simply unfeasible without massive road infrastructure input both inside and outside the Park, straight from the airport? -O-


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Hello Liz,...
Lisbeth wrote:I wonder how/where they will find the money
Would you mind I quote here in another little box with reference
too the bigger box of exploitation????!!!


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Let's all try thinking from outside the box only
to be more broadminded in a quest to safeguard
National heritage!!!


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Mbombela municipality excited about farming city
A preliminary projection shows the development will cost an estimated R8,5 billion and construction is planned to commence in February 2018.
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MBOMBELA – The leaders of the planned Nkosi City said they are happy with the progress made regarding the settlement.

On Friday the City of Mbombela Local Municipality (CMLM) met stakeholders in a technical meeting at the council chamber to discuss the technical aspects of the settlement.

The presentation outlined a skeletal model, which will be presented to the minister of rural development and land reform, Mr Gugile Nkwinti.

He is expected to release the land to the Nkosi City Community Property Association (NCCPA).

The city is planned to be a complete, integrated human settlement and an economic hub which will enable residents to receive training and work in cooperatives for the community’s benefit.

A preliminary projection shows the development will cost an estimated R8,5 billion and construction is planned to commence in February 2018.

Also read:New city a first of its kind

Spokesman of NCCPA, Mr Mandla Msibi, said the project will be realised through public-private partnerships.

“As there are plans to make the City of Mbombela a metro, Nkosi City will help collect more revenue which will contribute to the GDP of the municipality and the province as a whole,” he said.

Msibi, now speaker of CMLM, has been at the helm of the project since its inception in 2010.

Also read: Residents are making progress on dream city

Through commercial banks, bond houses will be made available to inhabitants.

Nkosi city is expected to have 2 510 RDP houses, 332 bond houses, hospitals, schools, an industrial site, FET College, community health centre, veterinary clinic, office complex, 40 000-square metre shopping centre, a fresh-produce market, a lodge with traversing rights and tourism opportunities into the KNP, a bus terminal, cemetery and land for agriculture.

Msibi added that the project will create jobs for locals.

He emphasised that no tenders will be issued, but that locals will play a role in the construction though cooperatives.

“We don’t want corruption. Tenders only enrich a few people. We want everyone to benefit from the project,” he said.

In November delegates from Nkosi City visited Poland to do a case study on an integrated human settlement.

The five-day visit was made by representatives from the department of rural development, administration and land affairs, CMLM and NCCPA.

The visit emanated from the meeting between Nkwinti and the leadership of the NCCPA in June. Nkwinti visited the area to forge a way forward for the construction of the development.

Also read: Watch: The community of Pienaar is taking fate into their own hands

After the meeting the minister recommended that the project leaders visit Poland to do a study.

Msibi said their visit to the country opened their eyes with regard to what a farming city should look like.

“Poland has a little land compared to us in South Africa, but they are doing a lot with their’s. Production is great,” he said.

The visit reaffirmed that the project will proceed and succeed.
Msibi also said those residing in rural areas in the country are doing more to farm with their land.

The delegation is currently preparing a report to present to Nkwinti. It will detail their findings and what is needed to proceed with the project.

“We have approached the construction Seta to fund us to train those who will be role players,” said Msibi.

Fieldworkers have been recruited to do a community survey. “Our projections are that we have about 10 000 people who are going to be accommodated in the city. We want to be sure of our numbers so that we can plan accordingly,” Msibi concluded.


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Rich and other, you will realize these situations to be
the realities that Kruger will be faced with!!!

It can only get worse. Should there be any refrain from
abuse then one can class it the powers above in contention!!

A sad state of affairs!!!

It is astonishing to witness the bottomless promises advocated
by most in higher positions, untouched morally!!


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Ja, H.! This "city" one may work in principle, as they want to keep tenders out of it, so maybe a wakeup, but Mpumalanga is firmly in the chief thief's pocket, so who knows?

But as said, there is no realistic way a gate can be built there, unless a tiny mess like Mjejane and Nkambeni... :O^


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Richard let's make a long story short!!!
>Gov applying every effort to make a lousy
thought meaningful in any destitute brain,..

.Gov, the so called liberators of poverty, the
the very crusader in creating doom.

nuff said,...


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What is this -O- Is this a joke 0*\

I find the following statement quite fascinating :

“Poland has a little land compared to us in South Africa, but they are doing a lot with their’s. Production is great,” he said.


Well , for one , the people in Poland work 0*\


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okie wrote: Well , for one , the people in Poland work 0*\
=O: X#X


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