Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe
The designation of growth points created a ray of hope and promise for development of the hinterland. With government promising to invest in infrastructure there was a lot of hope that growth points would be the epi-center of activities in rural Zimbabwe. Attraction of both public and private i...
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| author | Henry Mabika Naome Rajah |
| author2 | Lecturer, Department of Local Governance Studies, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe |
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| description | The designation of growth points created a ray of
hope and promise for development of the hinterland. With
government promising to invest in infrastructure there was a
lot of hope that growth points would be the epi-center of
activities in rural Zimbabwe. Attraction of both public and
private investment was envisaged, but that was not to be. In
Zhombe the little that government put up like the grain
marketing board and the cotton company deports are the only
visible developments since independence apart from the small
scale welding and carpentry shops. Thirty seven(37) years after
designation Zhombe growth point is actually showing signs of
decline rather than development. The gold deposits around
Kwekwe district that are being exploited by small scale gold
panners have not been able to help develop Zhombe. To invite
investment to growth points like Zhombe, Zimbabwe needs to
involve the grassroots in planning as well as assist gold
panners and gold buyers become serious business people in
areas they are operating. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-55862023-05-04T07:16:58Z Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe Henry Mabika Naome Rajah Lecturer, Department of Local Governance Studies, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe Lecturer, Department of Local Governance Studies, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe Growth Points Urbanization Infrastructure Opportunities Challenges The designation of growth points created a ray of hope and promise for development of the hinterland. With government promising to invest in infrastructure there was a lot of hope that growth points would be the epi-center of activities in rural Zimbabwe. Attraction of both public and private investment was envisaged, but that was not to be. In Zhombe the little that government put up like the grain marketing board and the cotton company deports are the only visible developments since independence apart from the small scale welding and carpentry shops. Thirty seven(37) years after designation Zhombe growth point is actually showing signs of decline rather than development. The gold deposits around Kwekwe district that are being exploited by small scale gold panners have not been able to help develop Zhombe. To invite investment to growth points like Zhombe, Zimbabwe needs to involve the grassroots in planning as well as assist gold panners and gold buyers become serious business people in areas they are operating. 5 1 39 42 2023-05-04T07:16:57Z 2023-05-04T07:16:57Z 2018 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5586 http://www.ijtrd.com/papers/IJTRD13391.pdf en International Journal of Trend in Research and Developmen 2394-9333 open IJTRD |
| spellingShingle | Growth Points Urbanization Infrastructure Opportunities Challenges Henry Mabika Naome Rajah Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe |
| title | Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Urbanizing Rural Zimbabwe: Growth Points 37 Years on, Opportunities and Challenges Case of Zhombe in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | urbanizing rural zimbabwe: growth points 37 years on, opportunities and challenges case of zhombe in the midlands province of zimbabwe |
| topic | Growth Points Urbanization Infrastructure Opportunities Challenges |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5586 http://www.ijtrd.com/papers/IJTRD13391.pdf |
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