Kunzvi Dam, is supposed to be built at the confluence of Nyaguwe and Nora rivers in Goromonzi district. #KunzviDam #DidYouKnow

The dam falls in a different catchment area from Chivero, Manyame, Seke and Harava dams that derive their water from Manyame River.  #DidYouKnow #KunzviDam

The Kunzvi Dam Project was initially proposed by the Department of Water Development in 1996. #DidYouKnow #KunzviDam

The project would involve the construction of a dam with a capacity of 800 megalitres of water. #DidYouKnow #KunzviDam #OpenCouncilHre

It would include construction of pumping stations, reservoirs, a barrage, a substation, a powerhouse, access roads, spillway&a tunnel, crust gates, turbines, transformers, generators, safety& security systems&the laying of pipeline& transmission lines. #DidYouKnow #OpenCouncilHre

A tender for construction of the dam was floated in 2002 at $21 billion. It flopped as they were not takers. #DidYouKnow #KunzviDam #OpenCouncilHre

By 2011 the cost for the construction of the dam had ballooned to US$1.1 billion. #DidYouKnow #KunzviDam

@cohsunshinecity under Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda requested that government hand over the project to Council which had capacity but government refused. #DidYouKnow #OpenCouncilHre

Government floated another tender for $150 billion in 2013 when later Vice President, Joyce Mujuru was the Minister of Rural Resources and Water Development responsible for the project.

In 2013 Kunzvi Water Development Corporation was appointed as the build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) contractor for the project. #KunzviDam

The corporation included the Government, Locan Holdings, Swede Water Ltd, Okada Group from Nigeria and Vinci Group of France. #KunzviDam #OpenCouncilHre

Bigen Africa Consulting Engineers, BKS Group and Dycon from South Africa were appointed as technical engineers, and CBZ Bank Ltd, Brian Colquhoun, SDP Africa, Deloitte and Finesse Financial Services as financial advisers for the project. #DidYouKnow

Th government then provided US$2 million for the project. #DidYouKnow

However the BOOT contract awarded to the consortium was soon canceled and in 2016, a Chinese company, SinoHydro was selected to develop the project on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis. #DidYouKnow

Nothing came out of the SinoHydro connection until again it was pushed out and Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd (PowerChina) was appointed as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the Water Supply system to Harare City. #DidYouKnow

The last official news about the dam was in 2018 when President Mnangagwa said the government had secured funding for the construction of the much-awaited and now $680 million Kunzvi-Musami Dam. #DidYouKnow #KunzviDam #OpenCouncilHre