Training Centre

The Tanganda Training Centre, soon to be renamed, “The John Moxon Conference Centre”, is located at New Year’s Gift Estate in Chipinge. In 1995, an important decision was made to convert the place, which previously was a house used by some of the company’s senior management, into a training facility. This was in order to realise Tanganda Tea Company’s firm belief that people are key to its success. It now consists of a conference room, five neat grass-thatched rondavels, and five rooms in the “main house” and can accommodate twenty-two people at any given time.

It provides accommodation, conference facilities, and food to Tanganda employees attending in-house courses and those on company business from the Estates, Mutare, Bulawayo, and Harare. The lush green vegetation and well-manicured lawn provide a tranquil atmosphere and ideal setting for training workshops.

A staff complement of nine, consisting of the Training and Development Manager, Supervisor, Housekeeper, four cooks, and four gardeners is responsible for providing exceptional service to guests and maintaining the facility.

Herbert Nkala

Non-Executive Chairman

Herbert Nkala is a Businessman and a Marketing Consultant. Herbert holds a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree from the University of Wales (U.K.) and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Zimbabwe. 

His leadership career in the corporate world began as a Technical Executive with Dairibord Zimbabwe and he subsequently became the Marketing Director for the same company and later joined Delta as Marketing Director for the National Breweries of Zimbabwe. 

He continued his leadership growth as Chief Executive Officer and led the transformation of the then Zimbabwe Tourism Investment Company to Rainbow Tourism Group Limited, culminating in its listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.

Herbert is currently the Chairman of the boards of FBC Holdings Limited and OK Zimbabwe Limited, both of which are listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. Herbert is a former chairman of African Sun Limited, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Astra Holdings amongst many other Public and Private entities. He is also a trustee of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Foundation.