Pure Gold leading the way

PURE Gold Housing trust working with the Ministry of local government and the Bulawayo City Country have been credited for taking aggressive steps to reduce the country’s national housing backlog.
This comes as the national housing backlog is currently estimated at 1,3 million with Bulawayo and Harare needing more housing units. The two cities account fore more than half the country’s national housing backlog.
Pure Gold is the brain child of Benjamin Joseph Murata whose dream is to ensure that many people achieve their dream of owning a house in line with government policy to clear the housing backlog.
Recently home seeker who have been stopped from constructing houses as Upper Rangemore since 2012, were been given hope by surveyor on the ground and are promising to construction soon after Independence celebrations.
One of the developers, Mthandazo Khumalo of Pure Gold Housing Trust, said Bulawayo City Council ordered surveyors to restart so as to consider new road sizes approved that allow refuse collectors room to turn in small roads.

“The wait for developing of Upper Rangemore residential stands is over and any time we will be opening roads after the surveyors concluded their job and the general plan for the site is out,” said Khumalo.

“Surveyors had to return to the ground after the first plan was concelled and this reduced sizes of some stands due to the new road sizes approved by the city fathers. Some of our clients had lost hope after they joined the Trust in 2010, but the meeting held by Minister of Local of Government July Moyo and all the stakeholders brought light and hope to everyone waiting for Upper Rangemore site,” he said.
“As developers, we feel rejuvenated when the city fathers inspect and give us direction so as to avoid embarrassing our clients and this is what Pure Gold has been doing in all our residential stands we distributed to people in Masvingo, Gweru, Zvishavane, Harare, Mutare and other towns where we have land,” said Khumalo, showing the general plan of 693 stands.
He said some of the stands affected by the new roads sizes will be re allocated to another site to Upper Rangemore.
Upper Rangemore is situated 15 km from Bulawayo City centre and links with Umguza Rural Council.