Politics
Zim’s Sadc Summit preparations on course
The landscaping works are 58% complete, while the civil works are 67% complete. The Public Works Department is constructing a 2.8 mega litre water tank which is expected to be completed by June 2024.
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwengwa has announced that Zimbabwe will host the SADC Industrialisation Week, prior to hosting the 44th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government were the country will assume the Chairmanship of SADC.
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Dr Jenfan Muswere said this yesterday during the seventh post-cabinet media briefing.
Chiwengwa is coordinating preparations for the summit that to be hosted at the New Parliament Building in Mount Hampden on 17 August.
Muswere added that three Inter-Ministerial Committees, embracing all relevant ministries, departments and agencies, were established to spearhead the preparations.
He said that landscaping, rehabilitation and construction of access roads to the venue of the summit were in progress.
“The landscaping works are 58% complete, while the civil works are 67% complete. The Public Works Department is constructing a 2.8 mega litre water tank which is expected to be completed by June 2024.”
Meanwhile, the City of Harare is installing bio-digesters for managing waste-water, repairing and upgrading traffic signals at key intersections around the city and ensuring that street lights are working.
Three road rehabilitation projects which are being undertaken are the Harare-Chirundu Section from Julius Nyerere Street to 2nd Street-Lomagundi Road to Westgate Traffic Circle; the Harare-Kanyemba Section from Harare Drive to intersection with the New Parliament Boulevard; and the New Parliament Boulevard, New Parliament Loop Road, Access Roads and Old Mazowe Road.
In addition, a number of selected roads from the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to the City Centre and the access roads leading to the main access roads to the New Parliament, are being rehabilitated.
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services is coordinating provision of infrastructure to meet SADC Information Communication Technology requirements and facilitate a seamless flow of meetings and sessions during the Summit.