Chinese engineering company, Sino Hydro has donated
The Matabeleland North provincial affairs minister
"On behalf of the Matabeleland North provincial task-force I am delighted to accept
"To achieve the fight against Covid-19, the government needs the support of the private sector. I continue to make a clarion call for more stakeholders to come on board and support the government in the fight against Covid-19.
"I want to commend Sino Hydro and other partners;
The donation comes at a time when mining companies in Hwange have been accused of flouting lockdown rules by crowding their workers at makeshift compounds which they created in the wake of the lockdown to ensure employees stayed at their workplaces without going back to their families.
While the idea was noble to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and at the same time keeping the mines running, Hwange residents said the camps are crowded and a breeding zone for coronavirus.
Sino Hydro is a Chinese owned engineering company doing contract work in Hwange, one of them being the Hwange power station
Sino Hydro is one of the companies that have chipped in to renovate
The health facility was supposed to be
Meanwhile, Moyo said Matabeleland North had also received
However, Moyo said he was worried about incidents of violation of lockdown rules by local residents and called upon everyone to continue following national lockdown guidelines.
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