Berea, Nov 09 — Electricity installation at Khokhoba and other villages in Mosalemane Constituency is said to be delivering more than lights at night to families, but it has economically transformed lives of the locals.
This was said by Khokhoba Electoral Division (ED) Community Councillor Mr. Ntabejane Sekete during an interview with the Agency on Monday.
Mr. Sekete said the electricity installation to 11 villages of Khokhoba which have for a long time been left in dark is rapidly changing with the locals exploring different economic opportunities to sustain their lives.
He indicated that some years ago they used to travel long distances to Makhoroana only to get a cow plough fixed, but since July this year when they first switched on to electricity power, they now have people who have opened the welding workshops.
Khokhoba Community Councillor stressed that the installation of the renewable energy has positively impacted a lot of lives, particularly on sectors such as health and education.
“Mapheleng Health Centre and number of schools within Mosalemane are now connected to the electricity and as a result they are waiting in anticipation to get more productive results”, he added.
He said although it is not always easy to adapt to change for some people, community members are slowly transitioning to renewable energy as an alternative to their past practices of using fire wood for preparing food, heat energy and other purposes which were also harmful to their health.
“Relying heavily on candles, paraffin is now history, but resorting to electricity is quiet cost effective it also helps children to study effectively at night and safely”, he boldly said.
On the other hand, Mr. Sekete said having witnessed such development during their tenure in office is a sigh for relief more especially towards the community which used to demand the implementation of development projects.
Khokhoba rural electrification project was officiated by then the Minister of Energy Mr. Mohlomi Moleko in 2025 at a project cost of M27 million and it was scheduled to take at least 18 months.
The project was undertaken by a Chinese owned company named Jiang Su.
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