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CDWP CASE STUDIES

Transport reportedly committed R87 between Ga-Mankele to Penge and the provincial Office of the Premier to
million, managed under its subsidiary rest of the surrounding areas. improve the living conditions of Ga-
the Limpopo Roads Agency, to construct Mankele residents. This is a bottom
the 13 kilometre road. The bridge was The Department of Basic Education up approach to integrated community-
officially opened by the premier at the completed the construction of two based planning, which includes the
time, Hon. Cassel Mathale. schools: Mankele Primary School and community, government and key
Segashifa Secondary School. Eskom stakeholders.
In his opening remarks he reflected: has connected all households, including
rondavels, with electricity as a part of fast That stakeholders such as Eskom,
“many lives which were lost during tracking the expansion of infrastructure the Department of Education, the
the crossing of the river through development. Department of Health and Social
Segwaigwai did not perish in vain Development and the Limpopo Road
for today we are here to open a Ga-Mankele now has a bridge, two Agency have all come together to join
monument that will always remind schools, electricity, and a fortnightly hands and empower the Ga-Mankele
us of the history of our struggle for mobile clinic for ease access to primary community is a realistic grassroots
development. health care services. The children of innovation, and a way of improving
Ga-Mankele had been referred to the service delivery. n
… due to the legacy of [the] Department of Home Affairs for birth
apartheid regime in [the] forceful certificates and identity registrations,
relocation of people, the process as well as for assistance with other
inevitably disconnects people from application forms from the Department
their history. of Health and Social Development.
The Segwaigwai was very important, All 74 households are now on a waiting
not only to the people of Mankele, list to receive RDP housing. Ga-Mankele
but to all the people of Limpopo and village is now an integrated community
humanity as a whole, for it connected with access to basic service delivery
them with the loved ones and the from government.
rest of the society.”
Overall, the lives of Ga-Mankele
The Limpopo Department of Health residents are no longer at risk, as they
donated a mobile clinic to offer primary no longer have to cross the Mankele
healthcare services to patients, although River using a rickety cable car.
the mobile clinic only operates once
every two weeks. After the construction An initiative led by a CDW resulted
of the bridge, it became easier to travel in a war room being declared by the

Case study Portfolio of evidence

A bridge donated by UMSO construction as a result of a
public/private partnership

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