R27m from Lottery but six years later rehab still not operational | Business

A multimillion-rand grant to build a rehabilitation centre in Mpumalanga was approved just 18 days after the Southern African Youth Movement applied for National Lotteries Commission funding.

There are no patients or staff and the facility is yet to get a licence to operate from the Department of Social Development . "Take note that landscaping and stormwater are not originally part of the scope, as well as the swimming pool and the waste building. These were considered with finishings, and they were done at SAYM's own cost as per licence requirements," he wrote.

The funded projects include an old age home in Botshabelo, which SAYM says is complete, but which is also still not operational six years after receiving millions in grant funding. It also received R15 million for SAYM told GroundUp that it applied to the Department of Social Development for a licence to operate the rehab. But SAYM only sent us a

and there were"vigorous objections from neighbours" as well as"structural issues that may render the continued building operation illegal", one of which is the lack of water on the property, which is a small farm. The rehab is set in the picturesque Renosterkop Valley, a few kilometres outside Mbombela. The area is zoned for residential and farming uses, and SAYM was required to rezone the property before building and operating a rehab on it.

"The water from the river flows into the Sterkspruit and then the Crocodile River. Everyone who depends on water from those rivers will be affected if there are not proper sewerage systems at the rehab," he says. Among the objections is the placing of a drug rehab in the middle of a rural residential area, which residents say poses a security risk to them.

GroundUp_News Let me explain what this rehabilitation sentrum is: a new mercedes bems and a mansion for some corrupt anc official

GroundUp_News Can they just choke when eating food bought with the stolen money.

GroundUp_News Imagine stealing money meant to uplift the poor & youths Imagine the depravity & lack of morales you must posses to do this. These people should not be part of society for a long time.

GroundUp_News And when will those people be held accountable Not just those that were supposed to build the centre, but those on the commission to gave the money and those who were supposed to ensure it was built. Get rid of the ineptitude and corruption.

GroundUp_News That was fast. Hope it’s a Rehabilitation Centre for Vaccine injured ?

GroundUp_News The funding landscape in South Africa is extremely compromised 🙆🏾‍♂️

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