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Help is beginning to arrive after cyclone Idai tore through
Zimbabwe, causing landslides and collapsing homes. Soldiers are surveying the damage in the town of
Chimanimani district, where roads have been cut off. The cyclone has ruined
farmers, who…
Source: Mozambique city of Beira ‘90% damaged or destroyed’ by cyclone | eNCA Cyclone Idai continues has left its mark on Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. BEIRA – A cyclone that slammed into Mozambique last week has damaged or destroyed 90 percent of the city of Beira, the Red Cross said on Monday, as the death toll […]
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Source: Mozambique city of Beira ‘90% damaged or destroyed’ by cyclone | eNCA
Cyclone Idai continues has left its mark on Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi.
BEIRA – A cyclone that slammed into Mozambique last week has damaged or destroyed 90 percent of the city of Beira, the Red Cross said on Monday, as the death toll in the country and neighbouring Zimbabwe rose to 157.
“The scale of damage caused by cyclone Idai that hit the Mozambican city of Beirais massive and horrifying,” the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a statement.
It said 90 percent of Beira and its surrounds are “damaged or destroyed”.
A large dam burst on Sunday and cut off the last road to the city of some 530,000 people, the statement added.
Idai tore into the centre of the country on Thursday before continuing on to Zimbabwe, bringing flash floods and ferocious winds, washing away roads and houses.
A toll compiled Monday by AFP from official sources puts the death toll in Mozambique at 68, including 55 in Beira alone, and 89 in Zimbabwe, up from a previous toll of 127.
“The situation is terrible. The scale of devastation is enormous, the IFRC’s Jamie LeSueur was quoted as saying in the statement.
“Almost everything is destroyed. Communication lines have been completely cut and roads have been destroyed. Some affected communities are not accessible,” he said.
“Beira has been severely battered. But we are also hearing that the situation outside the city could be even worse.”
The IFRC warned that the death toll could rise once the full scale of the devastation is known, with further heavy rains are forecast.
Cyclone Idai has left a trail of destruction in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Source: Govt charms Indian investors | The Herald March 19, 2019 Minister Ndlovu Daniel Nemukuyu in Delhi, India MINISTER of Industry and Commerce Mangaliso Ndlovu has called upon Indian firms to grab the opportunity to invest in Zimbabwe with a view to make the African country a leading economic, technological and industrial development partner for […]
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Source: Govt charms Indian investors | The Herald March 19, 2019
Daniel Nemukuyu in Delhi, India
MINISTER of Industry and Commerce Mangaliso Ndlovu has called upon Indian firms to grab the opportunity to invest in Zimbabwe with a view to make the African country a leading economic, technological and industrial development partner for India.Addressing a gathering at an ongoing three-day 14th CII-Exim Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership here, Minister Ndlovu said Zimbabwe was a promising economy endowed with an assortment of natural resources and other investment opportunities.
The conclave is an annual gathering which provides a platform for Indian and African investors and Governments to improve their trade and investment relations for mutual development.
This year’s conclave started on Sunday and it ends today.
Minister Ndlovu made a public call for win-win investment deals which will mutually benefit Zimbabwe and India.
“Zimbabwe is very keen to become India’s leading economic, technological and industrial development partner in Southern Africa..
“The country occupies a strategic central location in Southern Africa for regionally targeted investment. It is the gateway to COMESA and SADC markets.
“May I, therefore, invite Indian investors to seize these diverse investment opportunities that are on offer,” said Minister Ndlovu.
Zimbabwe, the minister said, was working on improving the ease of doing business in Zimbabwe through removing some bottlenecks stifling investment in the country.
The reforms, Minister Ndlovu said, are being undertaken to make Zimbabwe an upper middle-income economy by 2030 as set out in the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP).
“The reforms and initiatives are all aimed at propelling Zimbabwe towards a middle-income country by the year 2030 as set out in the new economic blueprint, STP,” he said.
Indians, the minister said, were now free to come and do business in Zimbabwe.
“Zimbabwe has taken drastic measures to reform its investment climate and business operating environment to ensure that indeed Zimbabwe is open for business.
“To accelerate trade and investment between the two countries, Zimbabwe has scrapped the rigorous visa requirement for all travelling Indian passport holders,” he said.
The minister invited Indian investors in the areas of pharmaceuticals, agriculture, irrigation, agro-engineering technology, mining, power sector development, water resources management, infrastructural development, technology transfer and value addition, human resources development among others.
Minister Ndlovu said Zimbabwe and India had strong ties which should be continuously cultivated.
“Zimbabwe and India enjoy cordial relations as evidenced by the high level visits by the two countries’ Vice Presidents in 2018.
“Vice President Constantino Chiwenga addressed the 13th CII-Exim Bank’s Conclave and Zimbabwe Day in March 2018, and Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited Zimbabwe in November 2018,” he said.
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