Online Reporter
Stephen Mpofu, [email protected]
WATER is as much liquid life for human beings, wildlife and for industrial growth and sustenance so that without that vital liquid is a virtual synonym of death.
For that reason, therefore, Bulawayans, men and women, should respectively rend the air with handclapping and ululations, respectively, in heralding the lifeline extended to Zimbabwe’s industrial hub by Helcraw Water (Private) Limited Zimbabwe.
The council has recieved a proposal from Helcraw Water for the rehabilitation, modernisation and operation of its ageing water supply system.
As things stand right now our country’s international business magnet, the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair which takes place in Bulawayo, the City of Kings and Queens, is increasingly attracting foreign investors to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s industrial centre, somethings that impels provision of adequate space and adequate water supplies, the latter now in great need.
As published by Zimpapers two days ago, Helcraw Water has proposed to the council a concession period of 15 to 25 years under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model and proposed that the concession period shall be determined based on the final project scope, financing structure, investment recovery requirements, and mutually agreed commercial terms between the parties.
Therefore in light of increasing numbers of foreign ZITF exhibitors raring to do business in Bulawayo, which translates to increasing industrial growth in Bulawayo for the benefit of our country as a whole, there should be no bottlenecks in the way especially on the part of the city council in fulfilling the objectives for the proposed partnership to achieve its goals.
Also, dams and rivers which supply water to Bulawayo for domestic and industrial growth should be protected for that vital liquid to continue to reach the city and its industries unhindered.
If all things go as they should, Bulawayo will truly enhance our motherland’s industrial growth for the benefit of all, something that many sons and daughters of the soil sacrificed their lives fighting the bush to wrest our motherland from colonial, racist ooppressors.
