New tourism information centre to play meaningful role in developing Musina

Matswale Construction recently handed over the newly completed tourism centre to Musina Municipality.

This comes after the council resolved that the old office site had to be vacated to make way for businesses as Musina prepares to become a city in the near future. The arrangement was that the developers would carry all the costs related to the relocation of the centre. The new office is situated next to the N1, just after the off-ramp to Bergview.

The manager responsible for town planning at Musina Municipality, Mr Musiwalo Mphephu, says he is happy that the building adheres to all requirements as per the required legislation. The developer spent R600 000 to construct the art centre, which took three months to complete. The scope of work in the new centre includes a kitchen, ablution facilities, a display area, an office, a boardroom and a reception area. During the construction period, 28 formerly unemployed members of the local community were provided with job opportunities.

When receiving the centre from the constructors, Cllr Sewani Kaunda said that the office would play a meaningful role in promoting tourism in the Musina municipal area. “Tourism plays a very important role in the economic development of any government. We are happy that our tourists will now have a modern infrastructure where they will be able to get information about Musina and the surrounding areas with ease. That is one of the reasons why we had to build a new building that is modern and user friendly to our people.”

Kaunda thanked the constructors for doing high-quality work in a very short space of time. “It is through their commitment and hard work that we have this positive end result. The fact that this building is user friendly for disabled people goes a long way in showing that our government cares about its people. We will surely take good care of and maintain the building at all times.”

Representing the constructors, Mr Chris van der Berg stated that it was a pleasure for the company to contribute to the economic development of Musina. "The fact that we created jobs through the construction of the tourism office is a true reflection that we also have the love of this town at heart.”

Date:26 May 2016

By: News Correspondent

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