Mr Zenzo Ngwenya, a long-serving Zimpapers staffer who exited the company as the production manager at its Bulawayo branch after 45 years of service earlier this year.
Zimpapers was criticised for not rewarding the long serving employee. But it turns out this was not the case. He was given mining equipment upon retirement. Mr Ngwenya has found a new lease of life outside the printing press, operating a small mine with a close friend in Bubi District, Matabeleland North.
“Life after work is progressing well,” he told Sunday News
in an interview. “I am now using machinery that was bought for me by Zimpapers
for some of our operations at the mine. I have a hammer mill that was acquired
for me by the company and together with a friend of mine we are forging ahead
with business. We cannot say it is a thriving enterprise because in business
you always wish for more, but the truth is that we are surviving.”
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