SADC Summit :Visiting Heads of State set to tour Geo Pomona Waste Management project
The project is a Joint Venture Concession Agreement between the City of Harare and Geogenix BV and they specialise in modern sustainable solutions for waste management.
Harare-THE visiting Heads of State who flew in for the 44th Sadc summit will on Sunday visit the Geo-Pomona Waste Management project to have an appreciation of the tremendous work being carried out by the Dilesh Nguwaya led company.
The project was created to carry out the Waste to Energy Project at Pomona.
It’s a Joint Venture Concession Agreement between the City of Harare and Geogenix BV.
They specialise in modern sustainable solutions for waste management.
The Pomona site was previously a textbook case of a mismanaged dumpsite. Various stakeholders used it for waste dumping without any oversight. The area was plagued by recurrent fire outbreaks due to gas build-up in the landfill, often taking months to extinguish. These fires emitted thick smoke, causing severe air pollution, blanketing nearby areas, and forcing residents to inhale potentially harmful fumes.
This not only caused respiratory problems and eye irritation but also posed long-term health risks.
Meanwhile, today marks the opening ceremony of the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government summit and two closed-door sessions by the 16 heads of State or their representatives will be held.
By Friday night, at least eight presidents had flew into the country while a few others who include South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, president Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana and Mozambique’s Filipe Nyusi are expected this morning, in time for the opening ceremony.
Zimbabwe last chaired the regional bloc in 2014 when the summit was held in Victoria Falls.
The hosting of the 44th Summit coincides with thisyear’s celebrations of Zimbabwe’s 44th Independence anniversary.
The two-day Heads of State and Government Summit was preceded by the industrialisation Week, the Senior officials meeting, the Council of Ministers meeting and the Sadc Troika gathering held on Friday.
President Mnangagwa has said his priorities as Chairman would be regional food security through the adoption of smart agricultural production methods, industrialisation, trade, and the extraction of vast mineral resources in this region that should be valued added to bring more benefits to the people, among other programmes and projects.
