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Trailblazer at 74: Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado's inspiring journey in nursing and advocacy
Trailblazer at 74: Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado's inspiring journey in nursing and advocacy

Daily Maverick

timea day ago

  • Health
  • Daily Maverick

Trailblazer at 74: Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado's inspiring journey in nursing and advocacy

With humour, warmth and steely resolve, Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado speaks to Spotlight about her long journey as a nurse, of creating solutions in the public health system, and her burning passion for motivating women and girls to unlock their talents. Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado has worn many hats: that of midwife, professional nurse, motivational speaker, farmer, seamstress, mother and author. Her latest achievement was graduating last year with a PhD in advanced nursing science from the University of Venda at the age of 74. And Makhado is still learning. She recently returned home to Louis Trichardt in Limpopo armed with fresh insight after a month in Beijing visiting her son, who is teaching English in China. 'In China, I observed a lot,' she says. 'It's peaceful and very clean. I've never seen such beautiful red roses right in town, and no one steals these roses. And the elderly there, no one I saw was limping; people are working and they have purpose.' Reflecting on this, she recalls telling her group of retirees in Louis Trichardt that if they want to stay healthy, they need to make an effort to exercise more and keep busy. Keeping busy has been a hallmark of Makhado's life. Fittingly, she describes herself as 'results oriented' and 'thirsty'. She adds: 'I ask God to send me where there is a need.' Makhado's competing priorities came to a head in 2015, when she applied for a Master of Nursing course at the University of Venda. She was 65 at the time. 'The dean said: 'I can't take you' and I said: 'Why?' And she said: 'You got 59.8 marks for your Honours degree.'' This is just below the 60% minimum typically required to qualify for a Master's programme. Looking back, Makhado explains that during her Honours studies, which she completed in 2010, she was also juggling a demanding role as nursing services manager at Midlands Provincial Hospital in Graaff-Reinet, a position she held for six years. 'I had been running an institution where I found nursing issues to not be up to a good standard,' she recalls. The rejection hit hard. 'I cried then, I cried like a baby,' she says. 'Then in 2017, I went back to the university, and I said: 'I am back to repeat my Honours now'.' She completed the degree a second time, earning her graduation in 2018. That same year, she enrolled for her Master's, which she completed in 2020. Child-headed households Her Master's research, which focused on the experiences of child-headed households, was inspired by her work with a non-profit organisation she founded in 2018 called Voice of the Voiceless. Building on this, her PhD explored strategies to improve support for these children. She interviewed 15 child heads of households, aged 14 to 19, along with 15 of their relatives, and conducted additional focus group discussions within the community. 'Many of these children, when asked about their parents, would say: 'We heard that our mother died but we're not sure when, we don't even have a picture of our mum.' And many of them didn't know their father,' she says. A key finding in Makhado's research was a need to educate men around family values. 'That's why, in my recommendations, I said there should be man-to-man programmes because men are [conceiving] children and leaving the children there. Men must learn to take care of their children. Not just dump the mother with the baby. Then the mother has HIV and dies — and the children?' Another key recommendation was that traditional leaders should play a greater role in caring for orphaned children. 'I went to the traditional leaders, and I said: 'You are a traditional leader. What are you doing for these children? You need to have a list of the children who are heading families in your area, and you must visit them.'' With high crime rates, alcohol and drug use, and some child-headed homes unable to secure their doors, Makhado also questioned the role of the community policing forum. '[A]re they aware that these children must be protected and kept safe? The drug sellers know there are no parents and know they can abuse these kids.' Reflecting on conditions in these communities, she says: 'It is painful my darling, traumatic.' From Sophiatown to Limpopo and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Makhado grew up in a tightly-knit family. The second born of seven siblings, soon after her birth in Johannesburg's Sophiatown in 1950, the family moved to Sibasa in Limpopo where her father worked for the then Native Affairs Department and her mother was a school teacher. 'My mother was so neat and clean and organised,' she says. 'My mother taught us never to take no for an answer and to never settle for less.' After attending Shingwedzi Secondary School, she trained and worked first as a teacher, then as a typist. But one day entering a hospital, she recalls: 'I saw the crisp white uniforms, my heart bled and I knew this is what I wanted.' At 27, she started her Diploma in Nursing at the then Groothoek Nursing College in Polokwane, moving to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto to specialise in midwifery. She says her first job as a nursing sister in Baragwanath's buzzing casualty and neurology sections was 'wonderful, really'. Chuckling, Makhado recalls how one patient grew so enamoured with her, that she suggested Makhado marry her brother: 'So the guy was invited to come and meet me. But he was a short guy and I was not interested in short guys.' How does one become a good nurse? 'Nursing starts with you,' she says. 'The question is: 'How would you like to be treated when you are ill?'' In 1984, Makhado moved back to Limpopo to Elim Hospital and then to the former Transvaal Provincial Hospital — which is now the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital — as a clinic sister supervisor, with tasks including managing mobile clinics in the area. 'Working directly with the vulnerable and disadvantaged, women working on farms from a tender age, carrying their babies, I felt a strong need to empower them,' she says. Another issue close to her heart is children with special needs. In 1998, Makhado says she helped set up Tshilwavhusiku Razwimisani, a special needs school for children 25km outside of Louis Trichardt. 'I used to visit schools in that area and picked up so many children who had some type of disability.' As a results-orientated person, she says she couldn't turn a blind eye to this. 'So we sat down and identified an area where we could start a school for the mentally challenged.' Makhado says Tshilwavhusiku Razwimisani started with just 30 pupils and volunteers, including mothers preparing meals. Today, the provincial education department is running the school, which has 298 learners. 'There are moments where I feel like crying. We started from nothing,' she says. Training nurses in Graaff Reinet In 2008, Makhado became the nursing services manager at Midlands Provincial Hospital in Graaff Reinet, in the Eastern Cape. 'There was a lot of unemployment, and many young people would say to me they wanted to do nursing,' she says. But the challenge was the nursing colleges were far away in Mthatha or Gqeberha. The solution came to her: starting a nursing training college at the hospital. 'So I applied to the South African Nursing Council in 2010. Oh, and God has been wonderful, the college was approved in 2012. The next challenge was, where do I get the structures where the school would operate?' Makhado says she then negotiated with the provincial Department of Public Works to renovate buildings for student nurses' accommodation, and with the then mayor of Camdeboo Local Municipality, Hanna Makoba, to secure classrooms. 'I used to go out to furniture shops and ask for whatever furniture… for the nurses,' she recalls. This would become the Midlands Hospital Nursing School, today still an accredited institution within the Eastern Cape health system. During our interview, she checks the spelling of Makoba's name on her phone, saying they have kept in touch. The Master Lock Key Upon retiring from the public sector at Midlands Hospital in 2013, Makhado returned to Louis Trichardt where she focused on motivational speaking, continuing her community outreach work and studies. She also wrote a book called The Master Lock Key. 'It has been and will always be in my deepest innermost thoughts that women are the backbone of the nation. If women can learn to stand firmly in great numbers and become more assertive in issues that concern themselves, their families and the nation, I believe there will be a better future,' she wrote. Makhado is divorced and a mother of three children: two daughters and a son, and three grandchildren. When she struggled to make ends meet on a nursing salary, she says she sewed for extra income. 'My mother, when we grew up, she used to show us how to sew. She gave me that skill. So when times were tough, I did some sewing. I used to produce track suits for schools. When I came back from working as a nurse, I would take out my sewing machines.' Makhado relays how farming and growing food has been another enduring joy. Presently, she heads gardening projects that supply the Spar in Louis Trichardt with spinach, beetroot and garlic. 'It's quite amazing,' she says. 'I encourage all, I urge women and girls, let us work and fight poverty and hunger instead of idleness and being dependent. Women have this dependency syndrome. I said: 'Oh no, we cannot go on like this!'' As our conversation draws to a close, Makhado underscores South Africa's need for women leaders, saying that 'anything is within a woman's power'. She adds: 'This country needs women's listening ears and caring touch, but also thinkers, risk takers. Risk is the spice of life. What we women can achieve is virtually limitless.' DM

With a PhD at 74, this veteran nurse is still leading with grace and grit
With a PhD at 74, this veteran nurse is still leading with grace and grit

TimesLIVE

time5 days ago

  • Health
  • TimesLIVE

With a PhD at 74, this veteran nurse is still leading with grace and grit

With humour, warmth and steely resolve, Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado speaks to Spotlight about her long journey as a nurse, of creating solutions in the public health system and her burning passion for motivating women and girls to unlock their talents. Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado has worn many hats: that of midwife, professional nurse, motivational speaker, farmer, seamstress, mother and author. Her latest achievement was graduating last year with a PhD in advanced nursing science from the University of Venda at the age of 74. And Makhado is still learning. She recently returned home to Louis Trichardt in Limpopo armed with fresh insight after a month in Beijing visiting her son who is teaching English in China. 'In China, I observed a lot,' she says. 'It's peaceful and very clean. I've never seen such beautiful red roses right in town, and no-one steals these roses. And the elderly there, no-one I saw was limping; people are working and they have purpose.' Reflecting on this, she recalls telling her group of retirees in Louis Trichardt that if they want to stay healthy, they need to make an effort to exercise more and keep busy. Keeping busy has been a hallmark of Makhado's life. Fittingly, she describes herself as 'results oriented' and 'thirsty'. She adds: 'I ask God to send me where there is a need.' Makhado's competing priorities came to a head in 2015, when she applied for a Master of Nursing course at the University of Venda. She was 65 at the time. 'The dean said: 'I can't take you,' and I said: 'Why?' And she said: 'You got 59.8% marks for your Honours degree.'' This is just below the 60% minimum typically required to qualify for a Master's programme. Looking back, Makhado explains that during her Honours studies, which she completed in 2010, she was also juggling a demanding role as nursing services manager at Midlands Provincial Hospital in Graaff Reinet, a position she held for six years. 'I had been running an institution where I found nursing issues not up to a good standard,' she recalls. The rejection hit hard. 'I cried then, I cried like a baby,' she says. 'Then in 2017, I went back to the university, and I said: 'I am back to repeat my Honours now.'' She completed the degree a second time, earning her graduation in 2018. That same year, she enrolled for her Master's, which she completed in 2020. Child-headed households Her Master's research, which focused on the experiences of child-headed households, was inspired by her work with a nonprofit organisation she founded in 2018 called Voice of the Voiceless. Building on this, her PhD explored strategies to improve support for these children. She interviewed 15 child heads of households, aged 14 to 19, along with 15 of their relatives, and conducted additional focus group discussions within the community. 'Many of these children, when asked about their parents, they would say: 'We heard that our mother died but we're not sure when, we don't even have a picture of our mum.' And many of them didn't know their father,' she says. A key finding in Makhado's research was a need to educate men around family values. 'That's why, in my recommendations, I said there should be man-to-man programmes because men are [conceiving] children and leaving the children there. Men must learn to take care of their children, not just dump the mother with the baby. Then the mother has HIV and dies — and the children?' Another key recommendation was that traditional leaders should play a greater role in caring for orphaned children. 'I went to the traditional leaders, and I said: 'You are a traditional leader. What are you doing for these children? You need to have a list of the children that are heading families in your area, and you must visit them'.' With high crime rates, alcohol and drug use, and some child-headed homes unable to secure their doors, Makhado also questioned the role of the community policing forum. 'Are they aware that these children must be protected and kept safe? ... The drug sellers know there are no parents and know they can abuse these kids.' Reflecting on conditions in these communities, she says: 'It is painful my darling, traumatic.' From Sophiatown to Limpopo and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Makhado grew up in a tight-knit family. The second born of seven siblings, soon after her birth in Johannesburg's Sophiatown in 1950, the family moved to Sibasa in Limpopo where her father worked for the then Native Affairs Department and her mother was a school teacher. 'My mother was so neat and clean and organised,' she says. 'My mother taught us never to take no for an answer and to never settle for less.' After attending Shingwedzi Secondary School, she trained and worked first as a teacher, then as a typist. But one day entering a hospital, she recalls: 'I saw the crisp white uniforms, my heart bled and I knew this is what I wanted.'

Sex-for-cash and lobola arrest claims debunked as hoaxes
Sex-for-cash and lobola arrest claims debunked as hoaxes

News24

time04-08-2025

  • News24

Sex-for-cash and lobola arrest claims debunked as hoaxes

AFP Posts shared in July 2025 claim to show police arresting South African men for using counterfeit money, in one case to pay women for sex and in another to settle a dowry. However, the claims are false, according to the police. The images in the posts were taken in connection with old cases that include a drugs bust and the arrest of a rape suspect. 'A 43 years old man was arrested for paying three young women with fake money after sleeping with them almost the whole night (sic),' reads a Facebook post published on 12 July 2025. The post adds that 'Peter Mukwevho from Makhado Biaba in Limpopo, Venda lured three young women to spend a night with him'. Screenshot/AFP The post, shared more than 700 times, includes three photos: a man being arrested by officers from the South African Police Service (SAPS), a roll of what appear to be 100 rand notes, and counterfeit bills in the same denomination. Similar claims were shared thousands of times on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X, as well as in Portuguese. 2019 case A reverse image search of the first picture in the post leads to a SAPS statement published on 6 December 2019, related to an arrest in the Northern Cape province (archived here). 'Members of SAPS Crime Prevention in Hartswater arrested a 23-year-old suspect for being in possession of suspected drugs,' the statement reads. Screenshot/AFP Hartswater is about 900 kilometres from Makhado, the town named in the false posts. AFP Fact Check could not source the original image of the rolled-up cash bundle, but the photo of the loose counterfeit notes appeared in a 2019 community article warning residents about fake money scammers operating in Benoni, east of Johannesburg (archived here). Screenshot/AFP The recent false claim says the man was 'arrested for paying three young women with fake money after sleeping with them'. Sex work is criminalised in South Africa, so it's unlikely the purported victims in the claim would have reported this to the police (archived here). A Google search for credible reports matching the details in the claim uncovered an unrelated case from 2022 involving extortion, fraud and corruption charges against a woman in the Eastern Cape (archived here). Dowry hoax The same Facebook account 'Koos de Klerk' is circulating another false claim about a Nigerian man who 'was arrested for paying R120 000 Lobola with fake money'. Lobola is a dowry. 'The parents of the bride noticed that the money is fake when they wanted to deposit it at the ATM (sic),' reads the post dated 20 July 2025. The post features pictures of a man being arrested by a SAPS officer and two other pictures showing various South African banknotes on the ground next to a black plastic bag. The claim has circulated tens of thousands of times on multiple platforms, including X, Instagram and Threads. It was also published by a Facebook account called 'Koos de Klerk Junior', which appears to be a backup for the 'Koos de Klerk' page. Screenshot/AFP However, the posts are false; a reverse image search revealed that the picture of the arrested suspect originates from a police statement published on 23 June 2015 (archived here). 'On Tuesday, 23 June 2015, police in Kimberley arrested a 46-year-old man at his house in Roodepan, suspected of committing rape,' the statement reads. At the time, police suspected the man had committed and attempted rapes in the Northern Cape. Screenshot/AFP Separately, another online search revealed that the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) issued photos of the cash on the ground in a statement dated 17 November 2022 (archived here). After a tip-off, JMPD arrested a 47-year-old Congolese male in possession of R63 000 (about $3 600) in counterfeit money in Berea. Media Statement: SUSPECT NABBED IN POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY IN BEREA A 47-year-old male arrested by #JMPD IIOC Undercover Reaction Unit in possession of counterfeit money in Berea. #SaferJoburg #WeServeJoburg #WeServeAndProtect — Jo'burg Metro Police Department - JMPD (@JoburgMPD) November 17, 2022 The dowry story was recycled from a similar claim that AFP Fact Check debunked in 2024 when posts claimed an elderly woman was arrested for using counterfeit money she had received from her Nigerian future son-in-law. Police at the time confirmed the tale was fabricated, and the image was from an unrelated raid in 2021. Additionally, on 28 July 2025, police confirmed to AFP Fact Check that the two recent claims are false. 'In Limpopo, we do not have such cases,' spokesperson for the provincial police, Malesela Ledwaba, wrote in a WhatsApp message. While these claims are false, counterfeit crimes do occur in the country. A police statement from July 2025 reports that three men in Johannesburg were arrested for possessing and printing fake notes (archived here). Recent SAPS photos published on 1 July 2025.

Old photos circulate in hoax posts about cash scams in South Africa
Old photos circulate in hoax posts about cash scams in South Africa

Yahoo

time31-07-2025

  • Yahoo

Old photos circulate in hoax posts about cash scams in South Africa

Posts shared in July 2025 claim to show police arresting South African men for using counterfeit money, in one case to pay women for sex and in another to settle a dowry. However, the claims are false, according to the police. The images in the posts were taken in connection with old cases that include a drugs bust and the arrest of a rape suspect. 'A 43 years old man was arrested for paying three young women with fake money after sleeping with them almost the whole night (sic),' reads a Facebook post published on July 12, 2025. The post adds that 'Peter Mukwevho from Makhado Biaba, Venda lured three young women to spend a night with him'. Makhado is a local municipality in South Africa's Limpopo province. The post, shared more than 700 times, includes three photos: a man being arrested by officers from the South African Police Service (SAPS), a roll of what appear to be 100 rand notes, and counterfeit bills in the same denomination. Similar claims were shared thousands of times on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X, as well as in Portuguese. 2019 case A reverse image search of the first picture in the post leads to a SAPS statement published on December 6, 2019, related to an arrest in the Northern Cape province (archived here). 'Members of SAPS Crime Prevention in Hartswater arrested a 23-year-old suspect for being in possession of suspected drugs,' the statement reads. Hartswater is about 900 kilometres from Makhado, the town named in the false posts. AFP Fact Check could not source the original image of the rolled up cash bundle, but the photo of the loose counterfeit notes appeared in a 2019 community article warning residents about fake money scammers operating in Benoni, east of Johannesburg (archived here). The recent false claim says the man was 'arrested for paying three young women with fake money after sleeping with them'. Sex work is criminalised in South Africa, so its unlikely the purported victims in the claim would have reported this to the police (archived here). A Google search for credible reports matching the details in the claim uncovered an unrelated case from 2022 involving extortion, fraud and corruption charges against a woman in the Eastern Cape (archived here). Dowry hoax The same Facebook account 'Koos de Klerk' is circulating another false claim about a Nigerian man who 'was arrested for paying R120 000 Lobola with fake money'. Lobola is a dowry. 'The parents of the bride noticed that the money is fake when they wanted to deposit it at the ATM (sic),' reads the post dated July 20, 2025. The post features pictures of a man being arrested by a SAPS officer and two other pictures showing various South African banknotes on the ground next to a black plastic bag. The claim has circulated tens of thousands of times on multiple platforms, including X, Instagram and Threads. It was also published by a Facebook account called 'Koos de Klerk Junior', which appears to be a backup for the 'Koos de Klerk' page. However, the posts are false; a reverse image search revealed that the picture of the arrested suspect originates from a police statement published on June 23, 2015 (archived here). 'On Tuesday, 23 June 2015, police in Kimberley arrested a 46-year-old man at his house in Roodepan, suspected of committing rape,' the statement reads. At the time, police suspected the man had committed and attempted rapes in the Northern Cape. Separately, another online search revealed that the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) issued photos of the cash on the ground in a statement dated November 17, 2022 (archived here). After a tip-off, JMPD arrested a 47-year-old Congolese male in possession of R63,000 (about $3,600) in counterfeit money in Berea. The dowry story was recycled from a similar claim that AFP Fact Check debunked in 2024 when posts claimed an elderly woman was arrested for using counterfeit money she had received from her Nigerian future son-in-law. Police at the time confirmed the tale was fabricated, and the image was from an unrelated raid in 2021. Additionally, on July 28, 2025, police confirmed to AFP Fact Check that the two recent claims are false. 'In Limpopo, we do not have such cases,' spokesman for the provincial police, Malesela Ledwaba, wrote in a WhatsApp message. While these claims are false, counterfeit crimes do occur in the country. A police statement from July 2025 reports that three men in Johannesburg were arrested for possessing and printing fake notes (archived here).

South Africa: Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt
South Africa: Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt

Zawya

time20-06-2025

  • Business
  • Zawya

South Africa: Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt

Seven years after its launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa, the multi-billion Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ) in Limpopo is at a standstill. R67.5m has been spent on consultants and R50m on roads and infrastructure. But there is no infrastructure, no electricity connection, no roads and no water. Described on its website as 'a flagship of the Limpopo Provincial Government' the MMSEZ is 'a green field investment platform consisting of two sites' - Artonvilla, near Musina, intended for light manufacturing, and Mopani, near Makhado, intended for heavy industry. The zone claims to offer 'state of the art logistics facilities promoting operational excellence'. But though the MMSEZ was touted to bring in R40bn in investments, so far only one company has made a firm commitment to invest. A report by the chair of the MMSEZ board, Nndweleni Mphephu, to the Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism department, shows how little has happened in what was to be a mega industrial park in the heart of the Limpopo Valley. The report, dated 28 May, follows questions in Parliament and an oversight visit by MPs to the area. According to the Minister of Trade Industry and Competition Parks Tau, R2.27bn would be needed for bulk infrastructure on the site, and R1.07bn had been set aside between 2020/1 and 2026/7 in the provincial budget. In response to a question in Parliament in May from the DA's Toby Chance, Tau added that the DTIC's Industrial Zones Programme was helping the MMSEZ with advisory support. Some of the money has already been spent, much of it on consultants. In his report, Mphephu gives a list of consultants, service providers and contractors who have benefited to date. Spending of just over R85.2m was approved for consultants, of which just over R67.5m has already been paid to 17 consultants, including engineers, planners, quantity surveyors, project managers and horticulturists. Just under R40m has been paid to service providers, including Eskom. According to the report, three contractors have so far benefited, including Tshiamiso Trading 1 and Tshiamiso Trading 2, which received a R200m contract for roads and stormwater infrastructure and a R99.3m contract for bulk sewer and wastewater treatment works. A contract for R134m was awarded to Rembu Construction, also for the construction of bulk sewer and wastewater treatment works. But though some earthworks have been done by Tshiamiso on the northern site, there are no finished roads, electricity or water on either site. After being paid just over R50.4m, Tshiamiso had to stop work on the northern site, after beginning bush-clearing, because the land belonged to a different organ of state and transfer had to take place first, the report says. Tshiamiso has now terminated the contract and is claiming more money from the MMSEZ, citing non-payment for standing time. This dispute is currently in litigation. Tshiamiso Trading is also accused of unlawfully removing white rock materials from another site to the MMSEZ site without the owner's consent or any formal agreement or compensation. The MMSEZ southern site was gazetted as a Special Economic Zone in 2017, but it turns out that the northern site at Artonvilla has yet to be gazetted, according to a response by Tau to a question in Parliament. Tau said the Limpopo government had indicated it would submit a request before the end of June 2025 to gazette the northern site. In his report, Mphephu noted fierce 'oppositions, dissenting views and pushbacks' mostly from environmental groups, over the southern site. Some of these were challenging the Environmental Impact Assessment in the Polokwane High Court. But in the absence of an interdict, the report says, 'all activities leading to the development, including township establishment processes are expected to proceed.' When President Cyril Ramaphosa publicly announced the MMSEZ in September 2018 following his return from the Forum for Africa and China Cooperation, it came with the promise of an initial investment value of more than R40bn. To date, little of that money appears to have materialised. Responding to questions in Parliament in May, Tau gave a list of investment pledges amounting to more than R8.64bn, of which R2.1bn has been verified and validated from eight prospective investors. But according to the report, only the China-based Kinetic Development Group has come to the party, with a R16bn promise of a ferrochrome smelter on the southern site, once township development on the site is approved, and subject to EIA approvals. If investors do come, one of the biggest questions will be: where is the water going to come from in this semi-arid area? The MMSEZ has approached the Water Services Authority (Vhembe) and the catchment management agency (the Department of Water and Sanitation, DWS) in the region to determine whether they have capacity, either from treated or raw water, to supply the developments. According to the report, Vhembe agreed to provide the MMSEZ with some of its allocation for raw water to kickstart development on the northern site. The DWS said treated water could be brought from Zimbabwe by pipeline for the future development of the site. 'For the south, a few boreholes were drilled in order to start the development of the site. For further development, a pipeline needs to be built to connect to the bulk pipeline from Zimbabwe. Furthermore, two dams are earmarked to be constructed in future to specifically provide water to the site as it grows,' the report says. According to the report, the MMSEZ has now implemented a 'turnaround plan' including a review of the design of roads and stormwater. A division of the Industrial Development Corporation has been appointed as implementing agent, with four professional engineers assigned to the MMEZ full-time. Construction on the first projects will start in September, the report says. This article is published in association with the Limpopo Mirror / Zoutpansberger. Published originally on GroundUp.© 2025 GroundUp. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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