{"id":49324,"date":"2022-03-03T13:25:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T11:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/first-time-electricity-for-200-households-20220302\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T11:25:48","slug":"first-time-electricity-for-200-households-20220302","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/first-time-electricity-for-200-households-20220302\/","title":{"rendered":"First time electricity for 200 households"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two hundred families in Jeffreys Bay received much-needed electricity for the first time last week.<\/p>\n<p>Kouga Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks, switched on the power to 200 sites at the informal settlement of Ebumnyameni in Ocean View on Friday, February 25.<\/p>\n<p>He shared the privilege with the Ward 14 Councillor, Mzwandile Yali.<\/p>\n<p>The project was completed at a cost of just over R1.1 million. 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