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7,2,2 IN this regard, Government will execute robust capacity development initiatives that address issues of recapitalisation, engagement and retention of skilled manpower, among other measures.
Interventions that seek to address the plight of the poor also need to be taken on board for the purpose of ultimately reversing the situation.
In this regard, strategies towards empowerment of the vulnerable will be implemented in the short to medium term. 7,2,3 The cluster has the following programme areas that will be integrated vertically and horizontally with programmes in other Clusters:
i Human capital development; ii Indigenisation and economic empowerment; iii Access to water and sanitation; iv Infrastructure; v Access to land and agricultural inputs; vi Employment creation; vii Gender mainstreaming; viii Information communication technology; ix Resource mobilisation; x Alignment of legislation to the New Constitution.
7,2,4 Quick wins to be implemented within the Social Service and Poverty Reduction Cluster include the following:
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i Providing social protection measures to vulnerable groups, including removal of user fees for selected population groups; ii Procuring water treatment chemicals from local producers for all Local Authorities and Zimbabwe National Water Authority; iii Providing land for housing and embarking on aggressive housing programmes; iv Procuring essential drugs and medicines andbasic infrastructural services for referral, provincial and district hospitals; v Recapitalising Natpharm; vi Clearing outstanding debts to the National Blood Services; vii Procuring essential hospital equipment ;and viii Improving manning levels of essential services.
7,3 Infrastructure and utilities cluster
7,3,1 In order for the Zimbabwean economy to register growth in a manner that is both competitive and effective, there is need for the country to undertake work in critical areas such as the development of a robust, elaborate and resilient infrastructure.
7,3,2 The Infrastructure cluster is focused on the rehabilitation of infrastructural assets and the recovery of utility services in Zimbabwe.
These services relate to:
i Water and sanitation infrastructure; ii Public amenities; iii Information communication technology (ICT); iv Energy and power supply; v Transport (road, rail, marine and air). 7,3,3 Quick wins to be implemented within the infrastructure and utilities cluster include the following: i Undertaking a national blitz to rehabilitate water supplies, sewerage systems, roads, health facilities and schools in all urban centres; ii Instituting measures to improve processes at the Registrar General’s Office by December 2013; iii Construction and maintenance of trunk and feeder roads through funding from central government and PPPs; iv Completion of water projects under construction such as Tokwe-Mukosi, Gwayi Shangani, Semwa, Bindura, Dande, Tuli-Manyange and Marovanyati dams and Msthabezi water pipeline; v Prioritising construction of Kunzvi and Nyatana dams; vi Speedy construction of schools in rural, urban and newly resettled farming areas in order to decongest existing school infrastructure; vii Stabilising the power situation in the country; viii Prioritising the construction and maintenance of Government buildings including the new Parliament; ix Prioritising the implementation of the e-government programme. x Face-lifting all district health and education infrastructure; xi Immediately seeking the participation of solar companies to light Government buildings; xii Immediately refurbishing elevators in all the government buildings; xiii Intensifying the implementation of the energy conservation measures.
7,4 Value addition and beneficiation cluster
7,4,1 The value addition and beneficiation strategy is anchored on the private sector taking a key role in the funding and execution of the activities contained therein with the government providing the necessary support in terms of alignment, consistency and cohesion of policies that include among others, the industrial development policy, national trade policy, national tourism policy, science, technology and innovation policy, minerals development policy, national procurement policy, indigenisation and economic empowerment policy and local authority licensing and regulation policy. The success of the value addition and beneficiation cluster is dependent on the availability of key enablers that include energy, water, transport and ICTs. Zim Asset to continue on Sunday
