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Moonlight funeral hearses in Harare yesterday.
Acting President Mujuru said Moonlight intended to invest US$10 million in parlours, hearses and other corporate social initiatives.
The hearses, the first of their kind in Africa, comprise state-of-the-art Jaguars and off-road Ford Rangers. Acting President Mujuru said by making such a huge investment, Moonlight had expressed its confidence in Zimbabwe’s economy.
“What we are witnessing here today is an investment of close to US$3 million,” she said. “This in my view shows that Moonlight is optimistic about Zimbabwe’s future. I am reliably informed that Moonlight will be investing more than US$10 million in parlours, hearses, and other social responsibility initiatives.”
As an indigenous company, Cde Mujuru said, Moonlight had defied all odds and managed to weather the storms of hyper inflationary times.
She commended the firm for extending its funeral services to other countries such as South Africa where many Zimbabweans are based. “Furthermore, it takes away pressure from relatives back home as they overstretch themselves to repatriate the remains of their loved ones,” said Cde Mujuru.
She said the new hearses would bring style in the final send-off of a dear departed.
Cde Mujuru said the new hearses by Moonlight presented a paradigm shift in the way funerals were viewed in the country’s tradition and culture.
Moonlight founding chairman Mr Grant Nakhozwe said his company had confidence in Zimbabwe’s economy. “It has not been easy to bring these new cars,” he said.
“Business is always difficult but we have confidence in Zimbabwe’s economy.”
Moonlight boasts of a fleet of more than 180 cars that service all corners of the country. Earlier Cde Mujuru had officially opened offices of the Institute of Administration and Commerce in Eastlea.
She said bodies such as IAC played a pivotal role in building public and business confidence.
“Government expects institutions of higher learning to churn out professionals who are not only skilled but value-driven and self-regulating,” she said. IAC Zimbabwe offers nine diplomas in various areas.
Cde Mujuru commended IAC’s partnership with the University of Zimbabwe, which she said should provide more efficient and effective transition for entrance to the professions it offers.
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