
Limpopo redirects festival funding to infrastructure repairs
The 2026 Marula Festival was cancelled so funding could support roads and essential services.
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The 2026 Marula Festival was cancelled so funding could support roads and essential services.

A depot is a working transport system rather than a collection of completed buildings.

The road is one of four strategic routes named in the provincial damage assessment.

The provincial route sustained extensive damage during the summer floods.

Severe flood damage affected access toward Phalaborwa.

The Besterspruit, Ngcengeni and Excelsior crossings combine connectivity goals with EPWP participation.

Three quarters of the bridge programme was complete at the reporting date.

The rural crossing is approaching its final construction stage.

The rural bridge is the first of three named structures to reach 100%.

A booster pump, storage assets and a five-kilometre pipeline sit at different points in the same reliability programme.