adminMaria Chiguvari
THE Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) intends to construct a large multi-purpose structure meant for concerts, workshops and festivals.
The structure will be named the ZIMURA Music and Cultural Centre.
Bulawayo City Council approved the plan in September last year.
So far, on the stand, a temporary structure was put in place to handle day-to-day activities.
Drilling of the borehole was done in October last year while construction of the security wall is still underway.
The construction of the administration block, which will house other arts disciplines in addition to music, will get underway this year and will be completed in 2025.
“From 2025 until 2028 the rest of the building, which comprises of a multi-purpose sound-proofed auditorium, a recording and filming studio, training and rehearsal rooms, music arts library, museum, cafeteria, coffee bar, a garden with Wifi facilities and a boarding facility will be constructed,” reads part of the statement
ZIMURA indicated that the centre will be a place where artists will meet and exchange ideas while sharing artistic and business experiences.
“February 2020, the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) purchased a 5000 square metre piece of land in the Emhlangeni suburb of Bulawayo.
‘‘The organisation intends to construct a large multipurpose structure for concerts, workshops and festivals which is to be named the ZIMURA Music and Cultural Centre.
“The facility will be equipped with various training rooms to cover guitar, piano, dance, drums, acting, film and other related artistic activities particularly aimed for the use by the youth.
“Lack of recreational facilities has led to drug abuse and illicit behaviour by the youth, this has trapped them in a cycle of poverty.
‘‘The recreational facilities in places such as Mpopoma, Njube and Tshabalala, which used to be run by the Bulawayo City Council are now dilapidated, or being leased for other purposes,” read the statement.
Some board members including the chairperson, Albert Nyathi, vice chair First Farai and director of information and publicity, Alexio Gwenzi are in Bulawayo monitoring progress.
A media tour of the place was done yesterday.
Online Reporter