FIRST PREFERENCE FOR SWAZI BUSINESSES IN E149M PROJECT

MBABANE – Swazi entrepreneurs should have their ducks in a row in readiness to grab business opportunities presented by the E149 million (US$115) Swaziland- Mozambique Water Supply project.

Local entrepreneurs have been assured that the project contractor will source materials from locals wherever possible such as hiring excavation machinery, poles and fencing services and piping material in the trans-boundary water supply service across the borderline between Lomahasha in Swaziland and Namaacha in Mozambique.

In the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIA) and Mitigation Plan for the proposed water supply project, it has also been strongly promised that the contractor, yet to be appointed, will ensure that vending to the workers gets undertaken by local businesses especially women.

Currently, a consortium of consultancy companies in environmental and social management formed by Salomon Lda and IC Development Consultants, from Swaziland and Mozambique, respectively, has been appointed to oversee the environmental, social as well as the climate impacts associated with the project, expected to supply water to populations surrounding Lomahasha within a radius of five kilometres, at all stages.

The local government through the ministry of Natural Resources and energy and the Mozambican government through the ministry of public infrastructures, housing and water resources have entered into an agreement to ensure that Lomahasha and Namaacha are provided with potable water supply service.

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