Dairy plant for Gushungo
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The First Family is building a factory in Mazowe to′process milk from its
Gushungo Dairy Estates, The Zimbabwean learnt′this week.
29.02.1202:24pm
by Staff Reporter
Authoritative sources said the proposed dairy processing venture, to′be
called Alpha Dairy, has been on the cards since the 2009 debacle′when Swiss
food giant, Nestle, suspended milk purchases ′under pressure from
international human rights groups.
“The state-of-the-art plant is the real reason why more than 80
newly′resettled farmers were forcibly removed from farms in the Mazowe
area′last month,” a source said this week.
The official explanation for the evictions was the affected farmers′were
destroying the environment by engaging in gold panning activities,
The sources said equipment for the dairy had already been imported′from
South Africa at an estimated cost of about $15 million.′′When completed, the
plant is expected to manufacture dairy′products such as milk, cheese, ice
cream and yoghurt.
Nestle bowed to international pressure in October 2009 after a
global′consumer boycott. Problems for the Grace Mugabe-run Gushungo were
compounded by the′failure by former parastatal, Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited,
to satisfy′demand for dairy products due to cashflow problems.