Published: 26 August 2013

Harare City Council will soon unveil its 5-year development plan designed to create employment, attract investment and improve service delivery.

Town clerk Tendai Mahachi disclosed on Friday that the programmes would be achieved through strategic partnerships, loan funding and focused attention to service delivery matters.

Mahachi said the city's engineers have already left for China as part of a deal that would result in the city's water department receiving assistance in addressing the perennial water shortages.

Mahachi, who will meet up with the team in Beijing on Wednesday, said the visit was part of the process towards securing a $144 million loan deal from the Export Import Bank of China.

He said Chinese engineers would come to Zimbabwe to improve on water and sanitation infrastructure.

- herald

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