ED Mnangagwa toured the new Parliament Building in New Hampden on Monday where he checked on progress on the edifice constructed at the New City site.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana said, while announcing the visit of the President, that the building is still at 59% completion, owing to some challenges faced during the course of the project.
“The building is now at 59% complete what is left are the finishings ,water and sewer reticulation.
“Experts from China who had gone back due to covid-19 have been cleared to come back.
“The project is expected to be complete by September 2021,” he said.
President Mnangagwa said arrangements are being made for the Chinese technicians to come back and complete the job.
“Some of the Chinese engineers and technicians working on the project got stuck outside the country because of Covid19, but arrangements are being made for them to come,” he said.
Sitting on a 6-hectare piece of land, the new Parliament Building generally comprises of common areas, offices, special services, and the general public and press areas, 800 parking bays, 50 of which are reserved for VVIPs, and associated services.
It is located on a mountain believed to have been the the first capital for the BSAC when it first arrived in Zimbabwe in 1890