Kovedzayi Takawira
Mr
Eggs Asima of Farm Harvest a beneficiary of the Municipality of Gwanda’s Local
Incentives On Agro-processing Manufacturing has set up a state of the art
abattoir in the Gold city of Matabeleland.
The
incentive by M.O.G stipulates that there shall be 25% discount on land sale,
additional 10% for outright cash payment towards land value to those who want
to invest in town in the above mentioned line of business and if construction
commences within 12 months there shall be 100% waiver of developmental fees
With
a farm in West Nicholson Mr Asima former General Manager of Pretoria Portland
Company, started as a cattle rancher supplying beasts to local butcheries
“After
selling a few beasts from our own farm we thought we could do better thus when
we thought of having a butchery” he said
However
he went on to tell how the mind of an abattoir came up
“after
realising we can stretch our wings further we decided to have our own abattoir
so we can cut costs and be a supplier of other butcheries including ours, we
hence approached the municipality for land in 2013”
Upon
approaching the council for land with the mind of negotiating Mr Asima found
the incentives on offer
He
however bought 11.5 hectares of land at the Hampden industrial site, cash
payment for the land making him a recipient of full benefits of the investment
incentive
The
Class B abattoir has the capacity of slaughtering 50 beasts a day, and
currently is currently the leading supplier of meat to butcheries, supermarkets
and restaurants around the town
Speaking
to Gwanda Town Clerk Priscilla Nkala showered praises to the abattoir by saying
“Asima
has made life easier for nearby farmers who used to travel as far as Bulawayo
in search of an abattoir as it is now within their peripherals and this is one
line of business we lacked in town”
“however
we do call for other investors to insetivise in other sectors like hospitality
to come an invest in town as these are real” said Nkala
Eggs
Asima is a proud winner of Zimbabwe Chamber of Commerce Rural Business person
of the year in 2013.