{"id":44795,"date":"2024-03-06T07:39:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T07:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment"},"modified":"2024-03-06T08:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T08:05:38","slug":"mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment","title":{"rendered":"MZWINILA COMMENDS EMPLOYEES FOR COMMITMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Employees in the Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs have been commended for their professionalism and commitment when undertaking their duties.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs awards ceremony in Palapye on Thursday, the Minister, Dr Kefentse Mzwinila said the employees had accomplished a lot with the ministry\u2019s limited resources.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, emphasised the need to acknowledge them as they had been instrumental in the significant milestones achieved by the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the ministry\u2019s track record dating back to 2018, he said strides had been made in the water sector as evidenced by the 98 per cent in terms of access to water while access to safe sanitation was at 80 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>He said alongside other projects, the ministry took pride in the Mmamashia water treatment facility, the biggest in the SADC region.<\/p>\n<p>He said the project, which was nearing completion, had already received accolades both regionally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the land sector, he said, transformation had been witnessed since April 2018 and over the past couple of years, there had been plot allocation of more than 800 per cent of the average of the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese accomplishments were done with the same resources we have had. To get the 800 per cent increase in output with the same resources requires some kind of acknowledgement and appreciation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said through the land sector, they facilitated economic diversification in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have facilitated His Excellency\u2019s initiative in terms of land use and certain functions will now be done at the land boards as we have hired physical planners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said a lot had been done towards meeting the 100 000 target of land allocation by acquiring land from those with ploughing fields.<\/p>\n<p>He also cited the acquisition of land from the Tati company.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mzwinila, however, pleaded with the employees to improve service delivery and turnaround times to ensure customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>In moving with the times, the minister said they would implement smart prepaid meters in the near future in response to complaints of high water bills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Employees in the Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs have been commended for their professionalism and commitment when undertaking their duties. Speaking at the Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs awards ceremony in Palapye on Thursday, the Minister, Dr Kefentse Mzwinila said the employees had accomplished a lot with the ministry\u2019s limited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-44795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MZWINILA COMMENDS EMPLOYEES FOR COMMITMENT - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Employees in the Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs have been commended for their professionalism and commitment whe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MZWINILA COMMENDS EMPLOYEES FOR COMMITMENT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Employees in the Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs have been commended for their professionalism and commitment whe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T07:39:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T08:05:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/03\/sm_1709699479.065816.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1308\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"685\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MZWINILA COMMENDS EMPLOYEES FOR COMMITMENT\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-06T07:39:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-06T08:05:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment\"},\"wordCount\":361,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/03\/sm_1709699479.065816.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mzwinila-commends-employees-for-commitment\",\"name\":\"MZWINILA COMMENDS EMPLOYEES FOR COMMITMENT - 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