Bricks Project Alleviates Poverty in Maubelo

The project, which is under the poverty eradication programme, started in 2007 to create employment for locals in a district which is poverty stricken.

The Kgalagadi District Council public relations officer, Pearl Mogobe explained that the beneficiaries were identified by the social workers through an assessment exercise. She said the project aims to create employment using the available resources in the district, that is the Kgalagadi river sand to make bricks. She said the sand is mixed with cement and fly ash from Morupule to make it hard and strong to use.