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Launch of Tswelopele irrigation scheme
19 August 2008
The Member of Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture Mme Dikeledi Magadzi will on 21 August launch the Tswelopele irrigation scheme in Greater Tubatse municipality, in Sekhukhune district.
The scheme is being launched after being successfully rehabilitated through the department's Rehabilitation of Small Holder Irrigation Scheme (RESIS) programme. The rehabilitation to install new irrigation system on 440 hectors of the scheme was done at a cost of R18 million.
84 previously disadvantaged farmers are now producing potatoes on contract for Simba South Africa and will be harvesting their first crop as from the last week of August.
Details of the event are as follows
Date: 21 August 2008
Venue: Tswelopele Irrigation Scheme, Praktiseer Village
Time: 10h00
The media is welcome to attend the event.
Enquiries:
Thembi Makhuvele
Cell: 082 803 5648
Issued by: Department of Agriculture, Limpopo Provincial Government
19 August 2008