Harare hits back at Zinara

Harare City Council has hit back at the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) following allegations the municipality rejected a $250 million road rehabilitation deal.

Council now claims it was Zinara that frustrated a $400 million loan deal between Harare and a South African firm that would have seen more than 5 500km of dilapidated roads refurbished.

Zinara board chairman Albert Mugabe on Tuesday told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government that the local authority had refused to hand over its vehicle parking business in return for a loan deal, which would see the city's potholed roads being resurfaced.