SWAZIMED’S OVER E200M HOSPITAL APPROVED

MBABANE – The Municipal Council of Ezulwini has approved the construction of SwaziMed’s hospital valued at over E200 million.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vusi Matsebula disclosed that in August 2018, the office received an application from the Swaziland Medical Aid Fund (SwaziMed) to construct a medical facility.

“SwaziMed is proposing to construct a 100-bed referral hospital on Plot 6 of Farm 850 in the Ezulwini Municipality. The estimated cost of the proposed hospital is approximately E212 million,” said Matsebula. 

The CEO said in September SwaziMed had begun works on their boundary wall which is to be a retaining wall, as well as the bulk earthworks.
Matsebula explained that the bulk earthworks will involve the corrections of contours/levels within the site in preparation for future construction.
It should be mentioned that Ezulwini attracted investments worth over E37 million in only three months.

During the second quarter of the 2018/19 financial year, the Ezulwini Municipality has been flooded with building applications for both residential and commercial developments.

infrastructure

“Investments from private infrastructure development in the second quarter of the current financial year totalled an amount of E 37 104 000,” disclosed Matsebula. 
In terms of large- scale private developments, applications for major commercial developments, Matsebula mentioned that they had been mainly received in previous financial years.

Matsebula disclosed that the upsurge for leisure and conferencing facilities which prompted Happy Valley to construct an additional 60 rooms worth E73 million was 78 per cent complete. The expansion of the Happy Valley Hotel is being done by Construction Associates (CA), who is a subsidiary of Inyatsi Group.

erected

The priciest of the large scale structures being erected at Ezulwini is the International Convention Centre and Five Star Hotel being constructed by the Kukhanya, Inyatsi and Stefanutti Stocks Joint Venture valued at over E2 billion which is 59 per cent complete. The total number of jobs created could not be immediately ascertained but a construction expert projected that between 500 and 1 000 people had been hired when taking into consideration the magnitude of the project being undertaken.  

opposite

On the opposite direction of the state-of-the-art hotel and convention centre, is the Eswatini Revenue Authority (ERA) headquarters which was projected to cost over E300 million and is now 79 per cent complete. The principal contractor is Stefanutti Stocks and the project managers are APM Consulting while MA Consulting Engineers takes care of the engineering aspect. 

Within the same periphery, a multimillion office park and shopping complex is also being constructed by MA Properties.
The property, which sits on a 8 000 square-metre plot opposite Corner Plaza, comprises of 15 double storey office spaces and a retail centre to be operated by OK Foods as anchor tenant.

construction

The structure to be completed in November is already almost complete. The construction tender was awarded to the Mbhilibhi Group while project management is undertaken by professionals from MA Consulting Engineers. The total number of jobs created was about 200 people.

During presentation of annual report to stakeholders, property owners and residents, the CEO highlighted that there had been an increase in the applications for commercial developments, urban townships and churches.

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