BCC’s amphitheatre completion June

The rehabilitation of the Blantyre Cultural Centre (BCC) amphitheatre is targeted to be completed in three months, Director of Arts in the Ministry of Local Government, Unity and Culture, Humphrey Mpondaminga, has said.The rehabilitation works at BCC have been moving at a snail’s pace. Mpondaminga said on Wednesday that they were hopeful that BCC would be back to its past glory.He said the project had slowed down in February and March “because of delays to pay the contractor”. “The works on the amphitheatre should be completed by June but this is subject to the contractor being paid on time. “We are committed to having the BCC functioning,” Mpondaminga said.Opco Limited, the contractor doing the renovations, last year also indicated that they were ready to finish the renovations on time, provided all the necessities were available.In July last year, Vice President Michael Usi visited BCC, where he expressed disappointment over delays in rehabilitating the venue that has, in the past, hosted several artists, both local and international, including Mali’s Salif Keita and Jamaica’s Mutabaruka. He then called on the authorities to get their act together and complete renovations as soon as possible.Minister of Local Government, Unity and Culture Richard Chimwendo Banda once visited the entertainment mecca, where he called upon the contractor to hasten the rehabilitation works. BCC restoration works have dragged and moved at a snail’s pace since it was bought by the government from the French government in 2011.

The rehabilitation of the Blantyre Cultural Centre (BCC) amphitheatre is targeted to be completed in three months, Director of Arts in the Ministry of Local Government, Unity and Culture, Humphrey Mpondaminga, has said. The rehabilitation works at BCC have been moving at a snail’s pace. Mpondaminga said on Wednesday that they were hopeful that BCC would be back to its past glory.

He said the project had slowed down in February and March “because of delays to pay the contractor”. “The works on the amphitheatre should be completed by June but this is subject to the contractor being paid on time. “We are committed to having the BCC functioning,” Mpondaminga said.

Opco Limited, the contractor doing the renovations, last year also indicated that they were ready to finish the renovations on time, provided all the necessities were available. In July last year, Vice President Michael Usi visited BCC, where he expressed disappointment over delays in rehabilitating the venue that has, in the past, hosted several artists, both local and international, including Mali’s Salif Keita and Jamaica’s Mutabaruka. He then called on the authorities to get their act together and complete renovations as soon as possible.

Minister of Local Government, Unity and Culture Richard Chimwendo Banda once visited the entertainment mecca, where he called upon the contractor to hasten the rehabilitation works. BCC restoration works have dragged and moved at a snail’s pace since it was bought by the government from the French government in 2011..