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City Council to turn beer halls 'amabhawa' into morgues
12 Nov 2011 at 06:23hrs | Views
There are reports that 14 Bulawayo City Council (BCC) run beer halls are set to be turned into mortuaries in order to generate revenue for the local authority.
Some of the beer halls will be transformed into flea markets and food outlets. An official from Ingwebu Breweries which overlooks the running of the beer halls said management was engaged in discussions with the city council management on how to transform the closed outlets into profitable entities.
"Discussions are underway to have the closed beer gardens re-opened. This time they will be opened for other business purposes than beer sales," said the official.
The official said Ingwebu Breweries management and councillors were moving around the city assessing the closed beer gardens in order to ascertain their suitability for the proposed businesses. Ingwebu Breweries marketing manager Themba Sibanda could neither deny nor confirm the matter and referred all the questions to a Mrs Ikegu, who is member of Ingwebu board.
Last year the company shut down 16 of its outlets as it emerged that the city council turned down the proposal by the board to seek loan funding from a local bank in a bid to revamp its operations. As a result of the standoff the city fathers fired the entire board. Early this year Ingwebu Breweries announced that it was leasing out 14 beer-retailing outlets to private partners on a franchise arrangement in a bid to improve their business performance.
Some of the beer halls will be transformed into flea markets and food outlets. An official from Ingwebu Breweries which overlooks the running of the beer halls said management was engaged in discussions with the city council management on how to transform the closed outlets into profitable entities.
"Discussions are underway to have the closed beer gardens re-opened. This time they will be opened for other business purposes than beer sales," said the official.
The official said Ingwebu Breweries management and councillors were moving around the city assessing the closed beer gardens in order to ascertain their suitability for the proposed businesses. Ingwebu Breweries marketing manager Themba Sibanda could neither deny nor confirm the matter and referred all the questions to a Mrs Ikegu, who is member of Ingwebu board.
Last year the company shut down 16 of its outlets as it emerged that the city council turned down the proposal by the board to seek loan funding from a local bank in a bid to revamp its operations. As a result of the standoff the city fathers fired the entire board. Early this year Ingwebu Breweries announced that it was leasing out 14 beer-retailing outlets to private partners on a franchise arrangement in a bid to improve their business performance.
Source - ZimbaNews
