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Michael Magoronga Midlands Correspondent
Houses for People (HFP), a brick moulding company, has heeded President-elect Mnangagwa’s “Zimbabwe is open for business” call and is set to begin operations next week in Redcliff after the purchase and set up of state-of-the-art brick moulding machinery.

The company is expected to employ about 30 people and the number is expected to increase in the long run.

Company chief executive officer Mr Raymond Shumba said all was set for the operations to commence.

“We purchased state-of-the-art brick-making mobile automatic machine equipment from abroad which has the capacity of laying 50 000 standard bricks in seven hours,” he said.

The plant which sits on a 3,4 hectare piece of land, was a set up at a cost of about $200 000. “Upon my return from abroad, I teamed with two partners and we set up the company. I managed to purchase the equipment when I was abroad. We are now good to go,” he said.

Besides the moulding equipment, the company also has delivery trucks, fork lifters, mixers and tippers amongst other equipment. He said they have since drilled two boreholes to counter water challenges in Redcliff.

Mr Shumba said they are targeting to supply the bricks to companies and individuals, adding the company was strategically positioned.

“All our raw materials are within a radius of five kilometres. We have companies like Ziscosteel, Steelmakers, Bimco, Buchwa, Zimchem all around us for the supply of raw materials like quarry, cement, river sand and pit sand.”

The company also has a subsidiary, Brickworks Hideout, a leisure spot.

“The idea came out after we discovered that we had ample land that we can use as a stage and we created an environment which allows for people to relax and have fun,” said Mr Shumba.

Jah Prayzah will headline a star-studded line up of artistes who will perform to mark the official opening of both the leisure spot and the company.