RACHOENE TURNS LDPWRI INTO A WELL-OILED MACHINE TO ACCELERATE SERVICE DELIVERY
- Mpho Dube
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MEC Tonny Ernest Rachoene overhauls administration, fixes roads, creates jobs and accounts to Legislature
By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief
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POLOKWANE – Limpopo MEC for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure, Tonny Ernest Rachoene, has re-engineered his department into a well-oiled machine that is accelerating service delivery across the province.
The core of the intervention: potent and imperative adjustments inside the administration of both the Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure [LDPWRI] and Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL). The result is faster approvals, tighter monitoring, and zero tolerance for backlogs.
“I made adjustments that matter,” Rachoene said. “We removed bottlenecks, strengthened accountability structures, and put consequence management in place. The department is now built to deliver, not to delay.”
The changes are administrative, but the impact is on the ground. Project management units have been reconfigured. Reporting lines are shorter. Site engineers now report directly on progress, risks and spend every week. Contractors who fail to meet targets are replaced without hesitation.
That shift has unlocked speed. Maintenance schedules are met. Emergency works are signed off within days. Audit queries are closed faster. In short: a professional, smooth administration that serves communities first.
For Rachoene, roads and infrastructure are the daily mandate. Under his leadership, RAL has prioritised flood-damaged routes and long-standing maintenance backlogs in all five districts. Gravel roads have been regravelled. Potholes have been patched at scale. Bridges and stormwater systems have been restored where weather destroyed them.
“Keeping roads and infrastructure intact is non-negotiable,” he said. “Learners must get to school. Patients must get to clinics. Goods must get to market. That is the baseline of government.”
Service delivery is also economic delivery. Every LDPWRI and RAL project now carries strict local content conditions. SMMEs, youth, women and EPWP participants are prioritised on labour and supply. From road regravelling to government building maintenance, contracts are structured to put money into local pockets.
“Infrastructure must create jobs,” Rachoene stressed. “If we build and no one eats, we have not built at all.”
With administration stabilised and delivery accelerated, Rachoene has gone to the Limpopo Legislature to account. The House considered and adopted the Portfolio Committee reports and the Annual Performance Plans of both LDPWRI and RAL.
His account was clear: adjustments made, systems tightened, backlog reduced, roads fixed, jobs created. The APP is now a delivery instrument, not a document.
“I account positively because the work speaks,” he said. “We are accelerating the core mandate: roads that work, infrastructure that stands, and jobs that grow.”
Across the province, the message is consistent: less talk, more tar. Less process, more progress. Rachoene says he leads by example, with unannounced site visits, direct engagement with engineers, and weekly delivery reviews.
“I practice what I sermonise,” he said. “Service delivery must be excellent, visible and felt in every village, township and town.”
With the department now running like a machine, Limpopo’s infrastructure mandate is moving at speed. Roads are being fixed. Backlogs are being cleared. Jobs are being created. And the MEC is accounting for every kilometre.
MEC Tonny Ernest Rachoene. Administration fixed. Roads restored. Jobs delivered.
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