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institution like this,” he said.
Maj Gen Dube said following the President’s inquiries, Minister Mnangagwa and Gen Chiwenga then created a board to look into the feasibility of establishing a defence college.
He said the board toured various countries that included China, Pakistan, Nigeria and Kenya to see how the respective countries’ defence colleges operated.
He said they later got a loan from the Chinese for the construction of the college.
Maj Gen Dube disputed claims that materials used to build the institution had all been sourced from China.
“Construction started in December 2010 but we had a number of challenges. We ran out of bricks and sometimes I had to personally call executives of brick companies, but they failed to meet our demand.
“The next thing was cement, there was no cement company that could produce at the speed the construction was going,” he said.
He said at the peak of construction, 100 000 bricks were required a day.
Maj Gen Dube said they also had labour disputes as a result of the long working hours undertaken to complete the project as some workers were unwilling to work overtime.
The college was built by Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group.
It comprises lecture rooms, students’ and lecturers’ accommodation, a gymnasium and sports fields among other amenities.
Construction was done with the assistance of the Ministry of Public Works and the institution was handed over to the Government last month.
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