The Mossel Bay UISP – Emergency Shared Basic Services received the award for the best Community upliftment and job creation project at the biennial IMESA/CESA excellence awards.
The IMESA/CESA excellence awards are intended to recognise outstanding achievements in municipal infrastructure.
Mr Carel Venter – Director: Planning & Economic Development, Mossel Bay Municipality and Mr Lindilizwi Mngxekeza – Manager (Integrated Human Settlements), Mossel Bay Municipality accompanied Mr Rudolf Schroder – Project Manager, Zutari to receive the award at a prestigious award ceremony in Cape Town on 11 November 2021.
Zutari (Pty) Ltd and the Mossel Bay Local Municipality extends its gratitude to IMESA and CESA for this award!
2021 IMESA/CESA Excellence Awards in the category Community upliftment and job creation.
Main contractor: Entsha Henra (Pty) Ltd
Professional team:
Implementing agent: Zutari (previously Aurecon South Africa)
Design consultant: Zutari (previously Aurecon South Africa)
Construction supervision: Zutari (previously Aurecon South Africa)
Environmental supervision: Zutari (previously Aurecon South Africa)
Project funding:
The project was funded by the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements.
Below is the link to the project overview video for the 2021 IMESA / CESA Excellence awards, showing the various submissions.
Zutari & Mossel Bay Municipality won the following award:
Category 1: Community Upliftment and Job creation
Winner – Mossel Bay UISP – Emergency Shared Basic Services – Mossel Bay Municipality & Zutari
2021 IMESA / CESA EXCELLENCE AWARDS – Category 1 – Link to video: https://youtu.be/j-LaLDAbydc
MB UISP 
Congratulations to the Municipality and MB UISP Teams! You are really setting and example in UISP management
When you have a formidable team behind an initiative you will continue to bag awards. Congratulations Team-Mossel Bay for adopting ISSP “Municipal Wide approach to the informal settlement upgrading.