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Umcimbi odumileyo owe-Munch n Sip Festival usuphendukile njalo uzulu ukhangelele ukugqiba umnyaka ukulumcimbi ozakubakhona eQueens Sports Club ngelanga lokucina lalonyaka.
Ekhuluma ku-sitatimende, umnikazi walumcimbi uMandipa Masuku uthe lonyaka umcimbi uzenzelwa endaweni evumela ukuthi kwenziwe okuthiwa yi “Bulawayo Biggest Picnic.”
“Lumcimbi uzakuba khona ngoMpalakazi sizawenzela eQueens Sports Club endaweni enkulu ukwenzela ukuthi uzulu angadubeki indawo yokupaka izimota. Lapho izimota eziyabe zipakwe khona kuzabe kulindiwe njalo bakhona abazabe beqondisa abantu emgwaqweni.
Engingakutsho yikuthi asikho okwesikhathi eside kodwa sikhona ukuzojabulisa uzulu.
“Okunye njalo sithanda ukunxusa bonke abalabhizimusi okuthengisa ukudla babuye bazothengisa ukudla kwabo kulumcimbi. Lokhu sikwenzela ukuthi abantu badle bathole amandla okujayiva. Inhloso yethu ngeFestival le siyinkampani ye-Lemongroove Brands yikuphakamisa lokufundisa labo abenza ngokokudla ukuthi kuyini abangakufunda ngokudla okutshiyeneyo. Umcimbi lo usuphakamise laba abathengisa ukudla kwemgwaqweni (street food),” kulandisa uMandipa.
“Thina njenge Munch n Sip inhloso yethu yikuzolijabulisa lokuphakamisa abahlabeleli elizweni lonke le-Zimbabwe jikelele. Asiphakamiseni ukudla kwethu siphakamiseni lama-menu ethu,” kuphetha uMandipa.