Fazak celebrates 10-year anniversary

Rutendo Nyeve, Sunday News Reporter

THERE was pomp and fanfare as one of the leading one stop shopping centres in the city, Fazak Home and Hyper celebrated its 10-year anniversary last Saturday.

Born by its 52-year-old mother branch in the Central Business District, Fazak Home and Hyper is a one-stop shopping centre which also hosts an online shop in Bulawayo with departments ranging from hardware to furniture to all grocery requirements.

The anniversary was punctuated by several activities that included family games, jumping castles and face painting for children. The highlight of the celebrations was the Ultimate Braai Challenge that resumed after it was suspended for the past five years.

Grand draws were also conducted with more than 150 gifts scooped away by winners of the draw. 10 KDW beds, 10 refrigerators and other prizes worth thousands of dollars were on offer.

**Children play during Fazak Home and Hyper celebrations**

Five of the shop’s ambassadors who included Tayesa Banda, Tafadzwa Lynn, Danielle Francis, Miya Banda and Zarah Esat battled out on the three-course braai challenge. Fazak head of marketing who is also the company’s spokesperson Ms Kylie Mazura spoke on the company’s 10th anniversary and said:

“Today we are celebrating Fazak Home and Hyper’s 10th anniversary. Our mother branch is 52 years this year and it’s the one that gave birth to the one we are celebrating today. So today we are having our ultimate Braai master challenge and the 10th anniversary grand draw. The grand draw is for the promotion we have run for four months. If you have been to any of our stores and you spent US$5 or equivalent, we were giving away stickers which you would use to enter the draw. We have more than 115 gifts to give away today,’’ said Ms Mazura.

**Chef Tayesa Banda (left) and assistant Fatuma Ndebele prepare their dish at the celebrations**

The company has also done some community work that includes feeding the less privileged.

“We have done quite a lot of community work which includes cooking for the public. Two months ago, we had a cookout for free where more than two thousand people came through and we enjoy serving the community,” said Ms Mazura.

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