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BCC faces revolt over Ingwebu Breweries collapse
30 Nov 2015 at 06:11hrs | Views
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is under threat of being petitioned by People's Democratic Party over the influx of Chibuku's 'Batai Munhu' in the city as Ingwebu Breweries is steadily collapsing due to suspected mismanagement.
Ingwebu products used to a so popular in Bulawayo is losing a huge chuck of market share to beer products brewed outside the city.
However, PDP Bulawayo spokesperson Fortune Mlalazi said they will soon confront city authorities.
He said PDP was preparing a petition for the local authority to up its efforts in reviving and operationalising its major beer manufacturing company.
"As PDP representing the people of Bulawayo, we are discontent over the running of Ingwebu.
"It seems the council is not putting much effort to run the projects, hence some beer products coming from outside Bulawayo, such as Chibuku's ‘Batai Munhu', seem to dominate the local market when Ingwebu appear to be reluctant to take up its market share."
"We are going to petition the council soon, challenging it to come up with a proper plan of reviving Ingwebu as one of the major sources of council revenue and to create more jobs for the people in the city," he said.
"The mismanagement of the entity has cost a lot of local people their jobs and we cannot be happy to see products such as 'Batai Munhu' dominating the local market, yet people's favourite beer Indlovu (Calabash) is in short supply."
BCC has 10 beer gardens and eight liquor stores.
Ingwebu products used to a so popular in Bulawayo is losing a huge chuck of market share to beer products brewed outside the city.
However, PDP Bulawayo spokesperson Fortune Mlalazi said they will soon confront city authorities.
He said PDP was preparing a petition for the local authority to up its efforts in reviving and operationalising its major beer manufacturing company.
"As PDP representing the people of Bulawayo, we are discontent over the running of Ingwebu.
"It seems the council is not putting much effort to run the projects, hence some beer products coming from outside Bulawayo, such as Chibuku's ‘Batai Munhu', seem to dominate the local market when Ingwebu appear to be reluctant to take up its market share."
"We are going to petition the council soon, challenging it to come up with a proper plan of reviving Ingwebu as one of the major sources of council revenue and to create more jobs for the people in the city," he said.
"The mismanagement of the entity has cost a lot of local people their jobs and we cannot be happy to see products such as 'Batai Munhu' dominating the local market, yet people's favourite beer Indlovu (Calabash) is in short supply."
BCC has 10 beer gardens and eight liquor stores.
Source - Southern Eye..additional reporting by Bulawayo24.com
