By Ziyah News Network Reporter
Leading up to the just ended SADC Summit held in Harare, the country witnessed accelerated infrastructure development and rehabilitation including the building of new roads, buildings and rehabilitation of existing. The infrastructure facelift is evident to even naysayers who hear or see no good out of the teapot nation.
With most Zimbabweans agreeing that the developments witnessed in the last 6 months is exactly what the doctored ordered for Zimbabwe as it moves on the trajectory towards an upper middle income status by year 2030, the Government has moved in to assure citizens who ever impressed by the developments that it plans to continue with that momentum seen in the build up to the Summit.
In a cabinet briefing last night, Government noted that, “there is need to sustain the momentum created across the board and agreed as follows, that all outstanding projects and programmes be completed; that the building of the New City in Mt. Hampden be accelerated; that the ITF-SADC Committee and Sub-Committees remain active and committed to the implementation of the projects and programmes under their purview as well as manage envisaged SADC meetings.”
Some of the works successfully done in time for the Summit include the rehabilitation of major city roads that link the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to hotel; Internal and external works on the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport VVIP Pavilion; The refurbishment of floors hotels; Installation of Standby generators to ensure sustainable power supply; Internet connectivity, mobile network coverage, and delivery of ICT equipment and services to host a seamless Summit; were provided as per SADC ICT guidelines; Infrastructure and platforms to allow hosting of hybrid meetings and interpretation services were installed at Parliament, the main venue of the Summit, the University of Zimbabwe, Geo Pomona and Museum of African Liberation and the rehabilitation of major roads in Harare including the construction of Boulevard leading to the new Parliament building in Mount Hampden.
Cabinet also hailed the people of Zimbabwe discipline and contributing the success of the Summit.
“In general, media coverage was well provided by both private and public media and generated the needed education and awareness, while other events such as the SADC Tourism Night and Tour of Geo Pomona and the Museum of African Liberation were well executed; media houses and citizens did a marvelous job on cleaning and beautification of the city.”