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Churches take over Bulawayo company premises
05 May 2013 at 14:36hrs | Views
CHURCH organisations are converting Bulawayo industrial premises into churches, as efforts to revive the city's industry fail to bear fruits.
The city's Central Business District (CBD) is also littered with Pentecostal church groups that are taking over most of the vacant premises left by shut down companies and converting them into places of worship, much to the chagrin of the unemployed residents.
Self-proclaimed prophet, Emmanuel Makandiwa's Ufic church attracted the ire of many residents after they took over Mills Textile company premises in the city and converted part of it into a church.
The company used to employ over 1 000 workers but now employs less than 200 owing to lack of capital coupled by the poor economic environment.
A drive to the industrial sites reveals a grim scenario where posters of big companies have been pulled down and replaced by those belonging to churches.
The city's Central Business District (CBD) is also littered with Pentecostal church groups that are taking over most of the vacant premises left by shut down companies and converting them into places of worship, much to the chagrin of the unemployed residents.
Self-proclaimed prophet, Emmanuel Makandiwa's Ufic church attracted the ire of many residents after they took over Mills Textile company premises in the city and converted part of it into a church.
The company used to employ over 1 000 workers but now employs less than 200 owing to lack of capital coupled by the poor economic environment.
A drive to the industrial sites reveals a grim scenario where posters of big companies have been pulled down and replaced by those belonging to churches.
Source - thestandard
