The nation’s second-biggest town, once nation’s industrial hub, has been hit hard as factories have either shut down or leftHarare — Gary Green is no stranger to adversity. The burly Zimbabwean has survived a brain tumour and rebuffed the seizure of his machinery business by people who claimed he was a foreigner and demanded he hand over control.
At the heart of the sector’s crisis is Zimbabwe Iron & Steel Company . At one stage among the continent’s largest steel mills, Zisco hasn’t produced for more than 15 years, robbing companies such as Green’s of reliable supply. The dystopian plant, between Bulawayo in the country’s southwest and the capital, Harare, stands as a symbol of the economy’s decline.
The government estimates GDP contracted more than 6% in 2019, while half the population is in need of food aid, inflation is running at more than 500% and the local dollar has depreciated by more than 90% against the US currency in the past year. Rolling blackouts last as long as 18 hours a day.While finance minister Mthuli Ncube is projecting a rebound in economic growth in 2020, with expansion of 3%, the prognosis is grim for the industrial sector.
Anolle is situated on the formerly bustling Khami Road in the Steeldale district of Bulawayo, about 440km southwest of Harare. Much of the nearby railway that snakes through the industrial area is overgrown, and motorists no longer bother to stop at crossings as the trains stand idle in the shunting yards.In Kwekwe, 220km away on the route to Harare, Zisco’s oZiscomposing steelworks are a series of derelict buildings, rusting pipes and sheets of corrugated iron.
DavidColtart The regime is clueless
EFF policies..
maDube_ Only one thing required to fix it all up again. Go figure.
DavidColtart Don't worry mkuru paanobuda nxt time achanopemha something for the filling stations.
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