Zimbabwe: Granite Processing Brings Jobs and Growth to Rural Mashonaland East

Zimbabwe’s drive to add value to its vast mineral resources is creating jobs and stimulating economic activity in rural communities, Permanent Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana has said.

Speaking during a media tour of granite producer Eberne Investments in Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe, Mangwana said the country’s abundant granite reserves could sustain mining for centuries but said the focus was now on ensuring more of the resource is processed locally before…