Orange Ville’s US$40m Beitbridge investment

While Orange Ville is aiming to employ about 1 500 people in five years - from the cur­rent 350 people due to the cyclical nature of harvesting cycles - investment numbers are also expected to increase as it strengthens its work­ing relationship with clients such as Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited and move to ramp up pro­duction of value added goods, including orange essential oils used in the cosmetics industry, and livestock feed from converted citrus residue to reduce waste.

BUSINESSMAN Simon Rudland’s Or­ange Ville Trading Limited is hoping to raise its Beitbridge juicing plant to US$40 million, as authorities seek to lift Ma­tabeleland South province’s overall economic contribution to national gross domestic product (GDP). This comes as the tobacco baron has recent­ly commissioned his US$102 million Cut Rag Processors (CRP) manufacturing plant in Aspin­dale,…

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