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Zanu-PF youth township project kicks off next week
17 Jun 2016 at 06:56hrs | Views
THE construction of an exclusive Zanu PF youth township outside Bulawayo begins next week, Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Saviour Kasukuwere.
A ground breaking ceremony was conducted Thursday at Umvutshwa Village.
According to Kasukuwere, the first phase will have houses for more than 7,000 youth with another 150,000 youth expected to benefit from the second phase.
He claimed that that 40,000 youth have already registered to benefit from the project.
"We're fulfilling the promise we made to the people of Bulawayo and the direction we were given by President Mugabe to empower people and make sure that they have decent accommodation.
"The youth made a request to the leadership and we're here to fulfill it.
"The process of expanding the housing delivery project starts next week and there's no going back. Town planning is underway and Udcorp has done the topographical survey. Registration of the interested youth is also underway and offices have been opened in the city centre," Kasukuwere said.
He said the project would also create employment for the youth, most of whom have no jobs.
"These homes will be built by the youth. This is how we will create jobs. The builders, carpenters, plumbers and engineers are already here. All we need is to start the project. We don't want people from other provinces to come and do the work for us. We're going to come up with a careful system that won't allow other people to come and grab opportunities here.
"We know that most youth are not employed and they have no money. We've therefore come up with a payment plan where the youth will pay a small amount of money towards the construction of the houses," said the Minister.
"As Zanu-PF we're in the business of delivering not promising. We've also identified another town for the people of Bulawayo with 7,000 hectares of land. This will accommodate more than 150,000 people. Let's use this programme to develop our economy," said Kasukuwere.
A ground breaking ceremony was conducted Thursday at Umvutshwa Village.
According to Kasukuwere, the first phase will have houses for more than 7,000 youth with another 150,000 youth expected to benefit from the second phase.
He claimed that that 40,000 youth have already registered to benefit from the project.
"We're fulfilling the promise we made to the people of Bulawayo and the direction we were given by President Mugabe to empower people and make sure that they have decent accommodation.
"The youth made a request to the leadership and we're here to fulfill it.
"The process of expanding the housing delivery project starts next week and there's no going back. Town planning is underway and Udcorp has done the topographical survey. Registration of the interested youth is also underway and offices have been opened in the city centre," Kasukuwere said.
He said the project would also create employment for the youth, most of whom have no jobs.
"These homes will be built by the youth. This is how we will create jobs. The builders, carpenters, plumbers and engineers are already here. All we need is to start the project. We don't want people from other provinces to come and do the work for us. We're going to come up with a careful system that won't allow other people to come and grab opportunities here.
"We know that most youth are not employed and they have no money. We've therefore come up with a payment plan where the youth will pay a small amount of money towards the construction of the houses," said the Minister.
"As Zanu-PF we're in the business of delivering not promising. We've also identified another town for the people of Bulawayo with 7,000 hectares of land. This will accommodate more than 150,000 people. Let's use this programme to develop our economy," said Kasukuwere.
Source - Online
