Park to create 1000 jobs

09 March 2010 - 02:00
By Alex Matlala

THE Limpopo government will create more than 1000 permanent jobs and 5000 temporary ones during the construction of a mining input supplier park.

This was revealed yesterday by Limpopo Premier CasselMathale.

Mathale saidconstruction would start next month in Steelpoort outside Burgersfort.

After completion at the end of the 2010/11 financial year, the park would create more than 1000 permanent jobs for local people in Sekhukhune and other areas in the province, Mathale said.