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New funeral parlour opens in Gwanda
11 Mar 2013 at 05:00hrs | Views
A BEITBRIDGE-based company, Toppick Funeral Services, has opened a $1 million funeral parlour in Gwanda.
In an interview on the sidelines of the official opening of the parlour recently, Toppick Funeral Services regional manager Mr Paddington Muzambi said the company had embarked on an expansion drive hence the opening of a branch in Gwanda.
"We want to spread wings to all parts of the country. Our aim is that we open another branch in Bulawayo in the next two years. We have been operating competitively in Zimbabwe and we are a fast growing company," he said.
Toppick Funeral Services was formed in 2010 and is headquartered in Beitbridge Town. The company is wholly owned by indigenous businesspeople.
The Gwanda branch becomes the company's second branch in the country.
"We realised that there was no competition in Gwanda that is why we decided to come here. We are definite that we will bring about improvement in funeral services in this town," said Mr Muzambi.
Gwanda only has only one funeral parlour which can not accommodate all bodies resulting in congestion at the Gwanda Provincial Hospital mortuary.
Toppick Funeral Services Company services both the local and regional markets.
Speaking at the official opening of the parlour, Matabeleland South Governor and Resident Minister Cde Angeline Masuku said the parlour was a welcome development in Gwanda Town and the province as a whole.
"Gwanda was in great need for this kind of development because we only had one funeral parlour available. We are grateful that this is an indigenous project which has also created jobs for people in the province.
"We encourage you to expand and open new branches throughout the province and the country as a whole," she said.
Cde Masuku said the development was evidence enough that the Government's indigenisation policy was bearing fruit as it paved way for indigenous businesspeople to venture into funeral services.
She bemoaned lack of planning by some people who had financial resources but failed to use those resources in developmental programmes.
Cde Masuku encouraged people in the province to work hard towards developing their areas.
In an interview on the sidelines of the official opening of the parlour recently, Toppick Funeral Services regional manager Mr Paddington Muzambi said the company had embarked on an expansion drive hence the opening of a branch in Gwanda.
"We want to spread wings to all parts of the country. Our aim is that we open another branch in Bulawayo in the next two years. We have been operating competitively in Zimbabwe and we are a fast growing company," he said.
Toppick Funeral Services was formed in 2010 and is headquartered in Beitbridge Town. The company is wholly owned by indigenous businesspeople.
The Gwanda branch becomes the company's second branch in the country.
"We realised that there was no competition in Gwanda that is why we decided to come here. We are definite that we will bring about improvement in funeral services in this town," said Mr Muzambi.
Gwanda only has only one funeral parlour which can not accommodate all bodies resulting in congestion at the Gwanda Provincial Hospital mortuary.
Toppick Funeral Services Company services both the local and regional markets.
Speaking at the official opening of the parlour, Matabeleland South Governor and Resident Minister Cde Angeline Masuku said the parlour was a welcome development in Gwanda Town and the province as a whole.
"Gwanda was in great need for this kind of development because we only had one funeral parlour available. We are grateful that this is an indigenous project which has also created jobs for people in the province.
"We encourage you to expand and open new branches throughout the province and the country as a whole," she said.
Cde Masuku said the development was evidence enough that the Government's indigenisation policy was bearing fruit as it paved way for indigenous businesspeople to venture into funeral services.
She bemoaned lack of planning by some people who had financial resources but failed to use those resources in developmental programmes.
Cde Masuku encouraged people in the province to work hard towards developing their areas.
Source - TC
