Delta Corporation, Zimbabwe’s largest beverage producer, has announced a USD 35 million investment to modernize its historic Belmont Lager Brewery in Bulawayo, originally opened in 1950. The project, unveiled at a groundbreaking ceremony attended by board chairman Todd Moyo, marks a key step in the company’s multi-year capital investment program worth USD 40–50 million annually.
The upgrade will include a new brewhouse, a second packaging line, fermentation vessels, and auxiliary systems, expanding total output to 1.5 million hectolitres per year. Around USD 17 million of the total will go toward the brewhouse and packaging equipment. The project is expected to create hundreds of construction and operational jobs, with contractors, engineers, and artisans primarily sourced from Bulawayo and its surroundings.
Moyo called the initiative a “foundation for another 70 years of innovation, growth, and excellence,” emphasizing Delta’s long-standing ties to Bulawayo, where it also operates the Fairbridge Chibuku Super plant. “While many industries have moved north to Harare, Delta remains deeply rooted in Bulawayo,” he said, reaffirming the company’s confidence in the city’s industrial revival.
According to The Herald, Bulawayo’s manufacturing sector—once severely weakened by relocations and closures—is experiencing renewed investor confidence under the government’s National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which targets upper-middle-income status for Zimbabwe by 2030. The city’s deputy mayor, Edwin Ndlovu, hailed Delta’s investment as “a homecoming for a company that was born here and has grown into a national symbol of excellence.”
Delta, listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, operates 16 plants and 26 beverage centres nationwide, serving over 20 million consumers. It remains one of Zimbabwe’s top taxpayers, contributing between USD 18 million and USD 20 million monthly in levies and duties. Moyo urged continued collaboration with the Bulawayo City Council and ZESA to ensure reliable water and power supplies, citing ongoing infrastructure partnerships such as the resurfacing of Lemington Road and expansion of the Harare highway near Fairbridge Brewery.
“Let this new brewhouse stand as a monument to industrial rebirth, national pride, and the enduring spirit of the City of Kings,” Moyo concluded.
