{"id":98989,"date":"2024-09-27T10:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project"},"modified":"2024-09-27T12:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:52:13","slug":"mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project","title":{"rendered":"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-density suburb by revamping dilapidated flats.<\/p>\n

The initiative, spearheaded by local youths, includes room renovations, plumbing repairs and the addition of much-needed facilities such as a community computer lab.<\/p>\n

The flats are famous for their dilapidated state, poor sanitation, which often leads to disease outbreaks and overcrowding.<\/p>\n

One of the project leaders, Oliver Velemu, said they were targeting 58 flats including the well-known Matererini flats.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, we have completed outside renovations on one flat, and the interior work is 58% complete,\u201d Velemu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe delay is largely due to funding constraints, as this is a self-funded project. However, we remain optimistic and committed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Velemu said the renovations had seen the replacement of aged sewage pipes which were prone to bursts, posing a health hazard.<\/p>\n

Mbare Renewal Projects spokesperson Christina Gwati said they wanted to bring positive change to the suburb.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a significant shift. Youths who once spent their days on the streets are now involved in the renovations, learning new skills and moving away from destructive habits,\u201d Gwati said.<\/p>\n

Project director Christopher Kudakwashe Kusesa revealed plans to digitise Matapi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to ensure the youth in Mbare are digitally empowered, despite their challenging backgrounds,\u201d Kusesa said.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the 2018 elections, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga promised to replace the dilapidated flats with modern structures.<\/p>\n

He later claimed that central government\u2019s efforts were thwarted by the opposition-led council.<\/p>\n

The opposition, however, says Zanu PF politicians have always frustrated plans to rehabilitate the dilapidated Mbare hostels.<\/p>\n

Mbare flats, which were built during the colonial era, currently house thousands of families who use communal toilets and water points.<\/p>\n

In 2011, a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to renovate Matapi flats in Mbare was hindered by political interference.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-density suburb by revamping dilapidated flats. The initiative, spearheaded by local youths, includes room renovations, plumbing repairs and the addition of much-needed facilities such as a community computer lab. The flats are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,8,35,2715],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-98989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"category-head-lines","10":"category-homepage-english","11":"category-to-homepage","12":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nMbare flats ambitious facelift project - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-densi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-densi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-27T08:50:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-27T10:52:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project\",\"name\":\"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-27T08:50:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-27T10:52:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-densi ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project - zimbabwe","description":"A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-densi ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project","og_description":"A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-densi ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2024-09-27T08:50:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-27T10:52:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project","name":"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-27T08:50:15+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-27T10:52:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"A GROUP of youths from Mbare, Harare, has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at uplifting the face of the high-densi ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1727421714.502323.jpg","width":800,"height":538,"caption":"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbare-flats-ambitious-facelift-project#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mbare flats ambitious facelift project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98992,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98989\/revisions\/98992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}