The company recognises that community activities are an integral part of doing business on the continent. The majority of our community engagement activities are conducted through our social responsibility vehicle, the Chairman’s Fund. We actively engage in dialogue and consultation with local communities to define and prioritise specific initiatives.
Education is one of the central pillars of our engagement with communities. Our established operations provide on-site primary school education for the children of our employees. Where local children are identified as having strong academic potential, the Chairman’s Fund provides scholarships for secondary school and higher education institutions.
One of our most important achievements to date has been the conversion of the decommissioned mine site of Madziwa into a teacher training college. The old office blocks have been transformed into classrooms and the college now has 38 training staff and 435 students.
The company is also proud of its sponsorship of a local soccer team called ‘Mwana Africa’ and its meteoric rise to the Premier League in Zimbabwe.
The successful partnership between the government and people of Mashonaland, and the local branch of the international, not-for-profit federation, Humana – People to People is an example of what can be achieved when various stakeholders work towards the common good.
