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Designed For Delight
THE delicious story of Veldemeers Chocolates goes back to 1997 when Hans van Hooreweghe set up a small business in Harare specialising in exclusive handmade Belgian chocolates. Hans was born and grew up in a small town in Belgium but as a young man he was working on a tea estate in the eastern part…
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Renovation… With Serious Green Credentials
When the current owners first bought the house it was a Spanish-style dwelling, probably built in the early 50s and slightly dated, of brick under a red tiled roof. The roof was a bit of a jumble of different heights and awkward angles and worst of all it leaked! The exterior was not especially attractive…
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A Carefully Polished Little Jewel In The Suburbs
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Looking At A Different Angle
Ant and Cheryl Kinsey and their family have been in their current home for over 30 years and it’s served them well until now. It’s a solidly built house of brick under tile in a sought after area of the Harare suburbs. The house was probably built in the 50s and like most homes has…
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Halsted Builders Express Opens Their Ninth Branch
Following from the outstanding success of their new branch in Borrowdale (featured on the cover of Structure and Design issue 14) Halsted Builders Express has just opened their ninth branch, situated at 710 Simon Mazarodze Road, close to the intersection with Masotsha Ndlovu Way. This brings to four the number of branches in Harare, with…
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The Steel Building Company Agristructures and Superstructures Relocate Their Head Office
The Steel Building Company (TSBC) incorporating Agristructures and Superstructures recently relocated their head office from Willowvale to Block 5, Celestial Park in Borrowdale, opposite Celebration Centre. Previously their head office was situated adjacent to their factory in Willowvale but the location was awkward and unfriendly for both their customers and their staff. Massive congestion, unruly…
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The VR Experience HIFA 2017
THE VR experience is not a simple one that can be explained in simple means. You are immersed and entirely introduced into another reality, seeing and hearing a whole new world. It might be a movie, sports, a game or The VR Experience HIFA 2017 maybe a 3D model of the house you want to…
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Muzinda Hub training programs
ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS BY MUZINDA: We are looking for women and men who possess a passion and interest for technology (its use and application), who are 18 years and older and have a minimum of 5 O’levels. You do not need to have prior experience in programming or computers to apply. The training…
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An artistic touch
OUR unique space this month was a place the team visited often, taking a breather and having a drink, or getting inspiration for coming magazine issues. Inspiration being easy to get as it sits neatly at the back end of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. It is a space that has changed many times through…
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READY-MADE TOWNS CHANGING SKYLINES ACROSS AFRICA
BRAND NEW cities that are privately funded by foreign companies and have little reliance on government infrastructure are going up in Kenya, Nigeria, the DRC, Ghana and Zambia. Something to look forward to: A glimpse of a city of the future While the link roads are being built for SA’s new Chinese-funded US$6.2bn city east…
