M edia Release Thursday June 20 2002


To: News Editors/PR Wires


From: City Of Johannesburg


Ikwezi recreation centre to receive facelift


Soweto's Ikwezi Recreation Centre in Orlando West is to receive a R350 000
facelift, a City of Johannesburg Council meeting resolved today.


The City agreed to accept a grant of R350 000 from Gauteng Provincial
Government's Poverty Alleviation Fund towards upgrading the facility, which
is in urgent need of upgrading.


The centre's facelift will boast a complete interior renovation with
repainting and flooring, new fittings featuring the installation of a new
kitchen and ablution facilities, a new fencing for the parameter and the
complete paving and roofing of the courtyard.


Besides the positive contribution towards the improvement of the quality of
life of the community in the area, a number of the unemployed residents in
the area will cash in on the employment opportunities that will arise from
the facelift project, as only local labour will be utilised.


ENDS.


For more information contact:


Mbangwa Xaba


Media Liaison


Tel: 407 7226


Fax: 403 3494


082 467 9230


mbangwax@joburg.org.za



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