By Philemon Jambaya
BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist Samson Ncube is making a positive impact in Mberengwa South through paying school feels for the less privileged and infrastructure development.
The unassuming businessman who is funding construction of clinics, dams, schools and dip tanks said the key to fulfillment lies in giving.
“We are embarking on projects in line with the Vision 2030 and National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and we are happy with the pace that we are moving,” he said.
Among his infrastructure developments is a dip tank which he is constructing in Ward 27 under Chief Chingoma.
The chairman of the project Eliphanos Dube says Ncube has been God-sent as the community in that area has had no dip tank since 1963.
“Since 1963 we have been visiting a dip tank which is about nine kilometers away and we have lost livestock from ticks and other pests. This development by Samson Ncube is going to take us far as a community and enable us to take care of our livestock,” he said.
Another beneficiary Shuvai Mugwagwa from Machingwe area applauded Ncube’s developmental projects.
“The construction of this clinic in Machingwe will enables us to visit a closer clinic especially when giving birth because some women die in scotch carts whilst being ferried to Gwaravaand Chegato which are about 20kms away.”
“The othe nearest place was Chegato which is 10 kms way and is overpopulated. We also applaud him for donating more than 80 bags of cement, brick force and bricks to enable the swift movement of the construction work in progress.”
He has also been building blocks and renovating schools in Mberengwa South.
These schools include South Mukwava School in ward 27, Mande School Primary school Chamakudo School and Vambare School in ward 25 among others.
These empowerment projects have resulted in the creation of employment for the local youths.
Ncube was born and bred in Mberengwa and has intrests straddle transport and mining.
“I grew up in a poor family and we would travel for more than 10km to access health facilities, schools and boreholes,” he said.
Ncube also owns a mine in Mberengwa which employs more than 300 workers.
