​​The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) has once again delivered on its mandate of managing and facilitating infrastructure developments efficiently and innovatively with the completion of the R66 million, patient-centred Bophelong Clinic. The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Thapelo Amad, and the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Cllr Ennie Makhafola, opened the clinic on Wednesday, 29 March 2023.

The JDA implemented the 1790m² modernised facility for the City’s Department of Health. The  Department of Health identified the existing Bophelong Clinic located at Block 11 in Doornkop, Soweto, to be upgraded and refurbished to meet its new standards of a high-quality health environment.

The implementation of the project followed the national core standards for new health facilities and ensuring that it is compliant with the national Department of Health’s ideal clinic standards.

Nkomaba Trading and Projects were appointed as the contractors and begun with the construction of the new Bophelong Clinic in April 2019. Construction work was completed in April 2021.

The new clinic layouts are based on the relationship between the various wards and public spaces (areas that are accessible to all).

The different sections were be divided into the following spatial components:

• The acute ward consisting of consulting rooms, counselling rooms and a vitals area
• The antenatal ward that consists of counselling rooms, consulting rooms, an exercise room and a vitals room
• The chronic ward that consists of counselling rooms, consulting rooms, a vitals room and ablution facilities
• An emergency ward consisting of resuscitation, isolation, dressing and rehydration areas
• A central administration and waiting area that links to all of the separate wards.

All the wings of the facility were intended to function independently and be closed off according to the daily needs of the clinic.

Before construction began, stakeholder and community participation had been conducted, ensuring that a much more sustainable sense of ownership, civic pride, citizenship, unlocking development potential is cultivated.

“The JDA has a 22-year track record in the successful implementation of capital projects and we are proud that the launch of this modern clinic represents better healthcare for residents of Doornkop,” said CEO Mokgema Mongane.

The JDA coordinates its area-based development activities and other catalytic interventions with the Department of Development Planning and engages with client departments in the design and construction of infrastructure assets.

31/03/2023