adminbooks and advance its computer network system,” said Ms Emelda Musariri, a project manager of the Trust. “We need to introduce a coffee shop area for the parents who will be waiting for their children and another multi-purpose wing to cater for ATMs and internet cafés.”
Ms Musariri said this during a ceremony to commission the US$1 million refurbishment of the Harare City Library. The Swedish government injected a US$1 million grant through the Culture Fund to help the City Library to carry out major refurbishment of leaking roofs, dilapidated facades, internal ceilings, walls, windows, floors and toilets.
Deputy Minister for Education, Sports and Culture, Mr Lazarus Dokora, said the refurbishment of the library should promote a reading culture in the city.
“Do not only say we have the highest literacy rate in Africa, but go on to the continent and tell them we are building a reading culture,” he said.
Swedish Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Las Ronnas said the public library should be open to everyone, including the disabled.
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