Italian company Sallini Construction has been awarded the
tender for the project which is expected to change the face of the Beitbridge
region and other parts of Musina, NewsDay has learnt.
The country has also set aside a whopping $600 million for
houses construction with the aim to build two million houses by 2030, a Cabinet
minister said yesterday.
Initially, water will be drawn from the Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in
Masvingo while eventually another dam, twice the size of the country’s largest
inland dam, will be built at the confluence of Runde and Tende rivers in
southern Masvingo to boost supplies.
Sallini Construction will build a pipeline to supply
Polokwane, Lois Trichardt, Musina and the special economic zones in both South
Africa outside Musina and Beitbridge in Zimbabwe.
Addressing Beitbridge residents yesterday, National Housing
and Amenities minister Daniel Garwe said local and international banks would
fund the massive project likely to create a greenbelt in its path to the south.
“This is in line with the vision of the new dispensation
led by President (Emmerson) Mnangagwa. We have brought with us representatives
of BancABC and Sallini Construction who are here,” he said.
The construction has already been approved by a joint
commission between Zimbabwe and South Africa and a number of banks will be
involved.
Sallini will construct the pipeline and at the same time,
build the Runde-Tende Dam, both projects expected to trigger massive
agribusiness. Among beneficiaries of the projects will be Schweppes Beverages.
Millions of communal farmers, Beitbridge town and the
envisaged special economic zones in Zimbabwe will benefit while the northern
region, towns and special economic zones outside Musina in the neighbouring
country also will benefit.
Steven Muza of Sallini Construction said they were already
on the ground and expected their company to run the pipeline for an agreed time
before handing over to Zimbabwe and Beitbridge town, which is now a partner.
Garwe, who was in Beitbridge for the relaunch of Beitbridge
redevelopment project houses, said Treasury had released $600 million to
kick-start a massive housing project to provide two million housing units by
2030. Newsday
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