Apollo lights to help curb Musina’s crime

As part of their social labour plan to improve the lives of the local people, De Beers Venetia Mine has injected R2,1 million into the Musina municipal area for the installation of high-mast (Apollo) lights.

The project has already started and the 15 high-mast lights will serve as one of the most efficient weapons to fight criminal activities in Musina. High-mast street lightning is preferred because of high levels of illumination, low maintenance costs and a smaller amount of ground-level obstruction.

The objectives of the De Beers Venetia Mine social and labour plan are to promote employment and advance the social and economic welfare of all the local people and ensure that holders of mining or production rights contribute towards the socio-economic development of the areas in which they are operating, as well as the areas from which the majority of the workforce is sourced. This is done in accordance with the local economic development programme and the integrated development plans of the areas within which the mine operates.

Municipal spokesperson Wilson Dzebu says high-mast lighting as a concept in terms of area lighting is preferred over conventional lighting, especially where large areas are to be illuminated without the need for numerous lighting columns. “This is possible because the high mast lighting system achieves very large space-to-height ratios.”

Dzebu says high-mast lighting is the most efficient method of lighting large areas with the minimum number of obstructions. “High masts can be used in confined spaces and do not require as large an area to be cleared as base-hinged columns do.”

He says the municipality thanks De Beers Venetia Mine for contributing towards the development of the local area. “The mine has undertaken countless projects amounting to millions of rands in the past. They are still going to fund more projects in our integrated development plan (IDP) and we are happy that our relationship continues to blossom.”

Date:25 November 2013

By: News Correspondent

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