KING OPENS MULTIMILLION PROJECTS IN LUBOMBO

SIPHOFANENI – His Majesty King Mswati III wants to see millionaires from Lubombo Region and food security being achieved in the country.

The King said this when he officially opened the E700 million European Union funded infrastructure projects at Siphofaneni yesterday.
The projects include the upgraded St Philips road and bridges, including a state-of-the-art high level bridge, as well as the provision of potable water for the communities of Siphofaneni, Somntongo and Matsanjeni under the Support to Water and Sanitation in Swaziland (SWASS) project.

Beneficiaries

Through this project, the beneficiaries will get a 20-litre of water for E0.30 instead of E2.50.
His Majesty said he had been informed that before the construction of this road and bridges, it was difficult to travel and to transport farm products to markets during rainy seasons.
He said this was because the road would be slippery while the Usuthu and Mhlathuzane Rivers were difficult to cross during the rainy seasons.

The King said this meant that farmers’ products were not reaching the market on time and sometimes remained with them until it became spoilt, something which created a huge loss to them.
Again, people could not travel from one place to another during the rainy seasons, which made farm production difficult.

“With this projects being officially opened today, and with the help you get from financial institutions, we hope we will soon see millionaires from the region because your products will not rot and will reach the market on time,” he said.
Security
Again, His Majesty the King said sometime back, the nation took a decision of ensuring that there was food security in the kingdom, adding that the newly launched projects were also meant to assist the country in achieving this goal to an extent that some food would be exported to other countries.

“I urge the communities to work tirelessly with SWADE in order to achieve these goals.”
The King said this was because communities in the Lubombo and Hhohho regions could attest to the fact that sugar cane farming had introduced a new dimension in their lives.
He said the natural vegetation had been turned into hectares of sugar cane and that they were encouraged that Swazis were playing a key role in the production of the ‘Swazi gold’, a significant contributor to the country’s economic growth.
St Philips Road was upgraded from gravel to bitumen standard, while the SWASS project entailed the construction of water reservoirs and piping system in order to ensure the provision of clean water to the three beneficiary communities.

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