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MEC to open R3 million Richards Bay Sharks Board Base Station
30 March 2009
The MEC for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Mrs Weziwe Thusi, will tomorrow, officially open a Sharks Board Base Station in Richards Bay, on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. The station will be managed by the Sharks Board, a public entity reporting to the department.
The station is built on a 5 000 square meters lot, boasting an area of 425 square meters, costing approximately R2,9 million rands.
The complex comprises one communal kitchen, two bathrooms, one accommodation level entrance hall, seven bed rooms of which four have a magnificent bay view, one administration office with shower toilet and kitchen facilities, one beach supervisor bedroom with shower, toilet and kitchen facilities, one garage for boat and vehicle plus a workshop area, one wash bay area, two netting gear storage rooms, one external fuel bunker, one walk in deep freeze facility.
The station will help improve service delivery and tourism development in the province.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: 31 March 2009
Venue: Davidson Lane, Richards Bay (next to Zululand Triathlone Club)
Time: 10h30
All media are invited to attend.
For more information, please contact:
Ncumisa Fandesi
Cell: 083 447 0958
Issued by: Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
30 March 2009