Growing Ruwa eyes town status
RUWA is set to be granted town status amid reports that its local board is sitting on an investment portfolio worth US$1 billion that includes property and industrial expansion.
Part of the proposed investment includes a US$10 million property development commitment from a Ruwa property developer Marcus Communications Pvt Ltd.
The firm is owned by the wellknown Greek family, the Bakaris who have been living in Ruwa for decades.
“Ruwa Local Board was recently informed that it was granted town status and they are waiting for a formal communication from the Local Government minister
CAPE TOWN — The death of a 49-year-old Zimbabwean man and his 23-year-old pregnant daughter has sent shockwaves through the community in South Africa where police have since opened a murder case and inquest docket.
The two ran a bakery on Hill Street in the small university town and lived together in the small Eastern Cape Town of Makhanda.
Police and the Zimbabwe consulate in Cape Town are refusing to (July Moyo) so that it can formally be called Ruwa Town Centre,” a well-placed source told the paper.
“In terms of investment, business, it will increase, and it will also put Ruwa on the map internationally because for most of these towns which have twinning arrangements investors also consider this status.
“Once it becomes a town, Ruwa will be able to team up with other foreign cities as well.
“In terms of infrastructure, regarding social amenities, Ruwa has hospitals, and its local board created a department for health.
“Thus, once town status is approved the Health ministry will recognise the town and will be dealing directly with the Ruwa Local Board rather than indirectly.” divulge their identities.
Police found the young woman’s body inside the bakery around 9pm on May 21.
There was a blood stain on her head, but no visible injuries, they revealed.
A week later, her father’s body was found hanging from a tree among bushes near Worcester Street.
A post-mortem examination is expected to be held to determine The granting of this status entitles the town to national budgetary support apart from its own collections.
The reason behind Ruwa being granted town status, apart from the high levels of development, is due to the town reaching a population of plus or minus 200 000 as of the first quarter.
Ruwa Local Board chairperson Kizito Chivafa declined to comment on the matter, but said that the area required a lot of land for various development projects.
“In terms of investment, I cannot give a figure of how much is needed but let me say in Ruwa we have got a challenge of land expansion,” Chivafa said.
“So, whether we dream about the causes of their deaths.
South African police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli said officers were dispatched to the scene of a suspected suicide when a security officer discovered the father’s body.
News24 learnt from sources close to the investigation that it’s believed that the man sexually abused the daughter and impregnated her.
According to the source, it’s believed having a lot of investment, without land, it becomes meaningless.”
He added: “I am asking our central government, through our Local Government ministry or Lands ministry, that they can give Ruwa certain portions of land for expansion.
“We have got quite a number of projects in our offices which have been suggested by a number of investors, but we are telling them that we have not been given land for expansion.”
The granting of town status will allow the local board to apply to increase its demarcation that could help Ruwa become a larger town.
Efforts to obtain a comment from Moyo were fruitless. that he killed her and then killed himself.
All Nkohli was prepared to say was: “Police can also confirm that the deceased was a person of interest in the murder case, which occurred at the bakery in Makhanda on Sunday, May 21.”
Zimbabwean authorities and the small Zimbabwean community in South Africa are grappling with what happened.
Zimbabweans in Makhanda are assisted by the Zimbabwe consulate in Cape Town.
Zimbabwean consul-general Esther Tonderai Mudambo refused to speak to News24 about the incident.
Mudambo said the office could not disclose anything without permission from the deceased’s nextof-kin.
News24 made several attempts to contact the family of the deceased but to no avail.
The Zimbabwe Migrant and Refugee Support Network in Gqeberha was aware of the incident.