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Thupeyo Muleya
Beitbridge Bureau
Beitbridge Municipality has started building a new clinic to match the town’s growing population with the support of devolution funds.
So far the local authority has used ZWL116 million on the project from its allocation of Devolution Funds last year.
Town Clerk, Mr Loud Ramakgapola said the town’s population was rapidly growing and hence the need to match its growth with the provision of critical services.
He said the new clinic located near White Lodge on the road leading to Bulawayo from Beitbridge will service new suburbs mainly those north of the town.
These include Tshitaudze (high density), Madinginye (medium density) and Mabidi (medium and low density).
“The town’s population is growing and this calls for us to increase the access of key services including primary health care in the town,” said Mr Ramakgapola.
“So with the help of Devolution Funds we have been able to address service delivery challenges and at the moment we are now building a new clinic north of the town to cater for new suburbs. The main building is now at window level. We have used a total of ZWL116 960 976 from last year’s allocation.”
He said they were expecting the project to be completed soon.
Mr Ramakgapola said the council was also sprucing up a building in the Tshitaudze suburb to house a satellite clinic to be used in the interim. The facility, he said, would open doors after inspection by authorities from the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
“We have also received a total of ZiG174 000 from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) which we are currently using to rehabilitate damaged roads.
“This includes fixing potholes in all our roads. In addition, we have put out a tender for the surfacing of the road from Shule Shule Business Centre to the Dulivhadzimu Bus Terminus.
“Our hope is to get a contractor who will do a good quality job for us. We expect civil works to begin as soon as we award the tender,” he said.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter