President Mnangagwa responds to media questions in the presence of Deputy Chief Secretary and National Coordinator for flagship programmes and projects in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Engineer Amos Marawa (centre), and Mabetex Zimbabwe managing director, Mr Korab Toplica, during a site tour of the new conference centre and the Presidential Villas under construction ahead of the August 2024 SADC Summit in Mt Hampden yesterday. — Picture: Kudakwashe.

Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter

ZIMBABWE’s quest to become an upper-middle-class society by 2030 is crystallising as massive infrastructure development projects shape up across the country, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking after conducting an aerial tour to monitor the progress of construction works at the Mount Hampden Conference Centre, roads and Presidential Villa sites, which are being constructed ahead of the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in August, the President yesterday said he was confident that Zimbabwe would host a successful event. Further, he said he did not doubt that construction works would be completed on time. “I am satisfied that they are going to complete the construction of villas, which are meant to facilitate accommodation for Heads of State. “I am told that by the end of July, early August, everything will have been completed and I have no doubt that we will accomplish the task. Yes, I am very happy that my vision is actualising slowly . . . I am so happy,” the President said. ReadMore