Mupedzanhamo cloakroom engulfed by fire
Masvingo to scout for investment opportunities in areas such as mining,” he said.
“We have not yet done the paperwork as of now, but everything is on course and we are excited that our great province is getting attention in the eyes of investors and our own Masvingo Airport is receiving air traffic, which dovetails with our President’s vision that Zimbabwe is open for business and the open skies policy by Government.
“I am also happy that as Marisa Worldwide International we are spearheading efforts to grow the provincial economy through exploitation of our God-given resources which dovetails with what President Mnangagwa is always saying that,’’Nyika Inovakwa Nevene Vayo’’.
The Mohammed Investments delegation flew out of Masvingo back to South Africa late in the afternoon, capping a promising day for the province that is intensifying efforts to attract investment as it eyes a provincial GDP of US$8 billion by 2030.
Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira has said the envisaged expansion in the province’s GDP will be undergirded by the mining and agricultural sectors.
THOUSANDS worth of goods were engulfed by a devastating fire that broke out in the Mupedzanhamo cloakroom in Mbare yesterday.
The fire was suspected to have started at midnight, with vendors suspecting it was a well-orchestrated plan to steal high-quality bales of clothes stored in the cloakroom.
The majority of the bales are kept overnight in the Mupedzanhamo cloakroom, which is also where some of the fresh bales are kept before being opened.
The immediate response came from the locals nearby who used buckets of water to douse the fire with the Fire Brigade arriving later.
One of the managers at the cloakroom said it seemed someone planned the arson.
“I suspect that this is a well-planned scheme in which the thieves took the valuable bales first and then set fire to the entire cloakroom to hide the evidence of the theft and draw attention to it,” he said.
“To prove my suspicion, when the fire broke out, all the guards were drunk, all six of them. This is how the deal is executed, as the same thing that happened here also happened to our neighbours.”
He said over US$500 000 worth of goods were lost in the fire, most of which had not yet been opened.
“All the goods that were consumed by the fire can amount to more than US$500 000 as much of the stock was still new,” he said. “Most of the people had put their goods here with a few only opening on Saturday, and the bales opened on Saturday got burnt also.”