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The Presidency, Pretoria, Media Statement, 15 February 2015 Electrification Programme Announced by President Zuma President Jacob Zuma announced during the State of the Nation Address on 12 February 2015 that the electrification programmes would continue, and mentioned that there were still an additional 3.4 million households awaiting electricity and announced municipalities that are to benefit from the electrification programme. The details of the municipalities that would receive infrastructure support are as follows: Amathole District Municipality has been allocated R138,4 million to electrify 7936 households. Umzinyathi District Municipality has been allocated R118 million to electrify 6 930 households. To date a total of R118 million has been transferred and 2365 households have been connected. An additional provision of R209 million has been made for the 2015/16 financial year for households' electrification and bulk infrastructure. Alfred Nzo District Municipality has been allocated R191,3 million to electrify 4688 households. To date a total of R148 million has been transferred and 2399 households have been connected. A provisional allocation of R30 million has been made for the 2015/16 financial year for households' electrification and bulk infrastructure. Lukhanji Municipality received R6,7 million for electrification. The infrastructure projects have been completed. An additional allocation of R4,5 million has been made for the 2015/16 financial year for the electrification of houses. OR Tambo District Municipality has been allocated R300 million for the electrification of 12 192 households. Houses not connected to the grid will be connected using solar home systems. A total of 2365 households have been connected. An additional provision of R357,5 million has been made for the 2015/16 financial year. Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria Enquiries: Mac Maharaj on 079 879 3203 or [email protected] www.thepresidency.gov.za www.operationphakisa.gov.za -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
