Over the past few months, the capital projects in Ward 10 have created employment for more than 30 people who were previously unemployed.
In the photo: Ward Councillor Rick Crouch
These projects include the various road and water projects and the Western Aqueduct. Many of these jobs are not short term – the Western Aqueduct projects are for 2 to 3 years.
For those interested, this is how it works: the Ward Councillor meets with the contractor and the municipal department, the contractor tells the ward councillor how many labourers they need and the ward councillor then allocates those labourers from his/her list.
“I must stress that only the Ward Councillor of the particular ward can allocate labourers to a project. I always invite all people looking for general labour work to send me their names, cell numbers and ID numbers and I will include them on my list. It does not matter to me whether they are white or black or which political party they support. The main criteria is that they live in ward 10, have an ID book and a bank account,” said Ward 10 councillor, Rick Crouch.