Work stalled on Supenaam, Parika stellings

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Ready or not? A partly-completed ramp at the Parika stelling. Transport Minister Robeson Benn had on April 16 told the National Assembly that the facility was completed and that the new ferries acquired from China would have been put into use one week after.
Ready or not? A partly-completed ramp at the Parika stelling. Transport Minister Robeson Benn had on April 16 told the National Assembly that the facility was completed and that the new ferries acquired from China would have been put into use one week after.

Story and photographs by Johann Earle

Work on the Supenaam and Parika stellings is not yet completed despite an assurance by Transport Minister Robeson Benn that they would have been ready to accommodate the two recently-acquired Chinese ferries by the end of last month.

While some work has been done at Parika, with partly constructed ramps in place, there was no change at the Supenaam stelling from December last year to this week, visits to the two facilities