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Lamentations over closure of industries
15 Oct 2015 at 07:04hrs | Views
A social commentator has lamented the massive closure of the industries in the country with much concerns as to why all this has happened when the nation has a viable government.
Mike Winston posted on Facebook that most industries have closed down and if they are not shut down, the machinery is moribund and where it works, it's old and expensive to maintain, adding to production costs.
"In Kwekwe, a small city in the Midlands, almost half-way between the capital Harare and the second city, Bulawayo, business for most of its heavy industries is at a standstill," he posted.
"A deal with an Indian company to resuscitate Ziscosteel, the iron and steel company, in the nearby town of Redcliff floundered in recent months. In its heyday, Zisco was the hub of the region, around which other smaller companies and the entire community revolved. Suppliers and consumer industries relied on it."
He said it sponsored a football club and produced superstars.
"It provided first class amenities to staff and their families, who made up the local community. Many companies that fed on it, like Lancashire Steel, Steelmakers, Zimasco are either dead or comatose, thanks to Zisco's collapse," reads the post.
"The situation around Zisco is not isolated. It is mirrored in many other communities around the country, which have become museums of 20th century colonial industry." Who would have known this would happen?? Ian Smith ??"
Mike Winston posted on Facebook that most industries have closed down and if they are not shut down, the machinery is moribund and where it works, it's old and expensive to maintain, adding to production costs.
"In Kwekwe, a small city in the Midlands, almost half-way between the capital Harare and the second city, Bulawayo, business for most of its heavy industries is at a standstill," he posted.
He said it sponsored a football club and produced superstars.
"It provided first class amenities to staff and their families, who made up the local community. Many companies that fed on it, like Lancashire Steel, Steelmakers, Zimasco are either dead or comatose, thanks to Zisco's collapse," reads the post.
"The situation around Zisco is not isolated. It is mirrored in many other communities around the country, which have become museums of 20th century colonial industry." Who would have known this would happen?? Ian Smith ??"
Source - Byo24News
