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Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway complete in 18 months
GOVERNMENT last week announced that it will complete the upgrading of Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway in the next 18 months.In an interview with NewsDay in Kariba on the sidelines of the office of...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pledges to complete Beitbridge-Chirundu Road
GOVERNMENT on Wednesday pledged to complete the upgrading of the Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway in the next 18 months.Mashonaland West Provincial and Devolution Affairs minister Marian Chombo sai...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar exchange rate bolts
MARKET watchers have predicted a gloomy 2024 outlook amid a galloping exchange rate, steep taxation and an ever tanking economy, NewsDay reported.As usual, this is heavily impacting on ordinar...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe infrastructure upgrades to boost revenue performance
GOVERNMENT expects the on-going infrastructural development projects, particularly the upgrading of major highways, to impact positively on revenue performance through improved transport and logistics...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
75 Zimra officers arrested
A TOTAL of 75 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) employees have been arrested and prosecuted for various corrupt activities between 2018 and 2021.The revelations comes days after it was also r...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records worst road accidents mortality rate in the Sadc region
AT least five people die in road traffic accidents every 24 hours in Zimbabwe, giving the country the worst mortality rate in the Sadc region, with the Plumtree highway as one of the hotspots....Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Transporters must adopt required pre-clearance processes at border
It's just over a week since the new Beitbridge Border Post freight terminal has been opened to the public and the results of improved border management systems are slowly beginning to show.Lik...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Address Beitbridge Border Post mess or we lose out to Kazungula
IN this digital age, our border posts are expected to move with the times and embrace technology so that clearing of goods is done efficiently.Our border posts have been so porous and delays a...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Beitbridge-Chirundu remains route of choice'
BEITBRIDGE-CHIRUNDU Highway remains the route of choice within the Sadc region despite completion of the Kazungula Bridge by Zambia and Botswana, Transport minister Felix Mhona said yesterday....Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Makuti-Chirundu stretch
The completed phase of the US$21 million Makuti-Chirundu road rehabilitation is expected to be commissioned by President Mnangagwa tomorrow, just over 18 months after he officiated at the ground-break...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Beitbridge-Chirundu contractors given year end target
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has given contractors of the Beitbridge-Chirundu Road reconstruction a target of 364 kilometres to be completed before the end of the year as ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Bad state of roads biggest cause of accidents'
THIS year's festive season recorded more road traffic accidents (RTAs) mostly due to human error, as compared to the 2019 - 2020 season, statistics released by the police reveal.According to t...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge's 22 unofficial ports of entry give Zimbabwe headaches
There are at least 22 unofficial entry points along the 200 kilometre Beitbridge borderline between Zimbabwe and South Africa, which poses a huge risk of Covid-19 cross border infections because of th...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:33hrs | 7 | by Tumelo Nare
Chiwenga says vision 2030 achievable
The attainment of an upper middle economy as enshrined in the national Vision 2030 is achievable if the private sector remains committed as has been the case this year, Vice President Constantino Chiw...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
After TSP, diaspora engagement critical, says Mthuli Ncube
AS government winds up the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) amid a plethora of challenges it faces in turning around the economy, the Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) caught up with Finance ministe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clears air on land, SA envoys
Taxpayers' funds will not be used to compensate white former commercial farmers for improvements made on farms, but the money will be sourced externally, President Mnangagwa has said.The Presi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Revisiting the Beitbridge-Harare highway
The state of the Beitbridge-Harare (A4) Highway is now a cause for concern as the number of human fatalities grows by each day due to deadly accidents in the narrow strip that links Zimbabwe and South...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Joram Gumbo's tenure littered with allegations of corruption
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo was this week unceremoniously demoted to a junior ministerial post due to a string of corruption allegations, gross incompetence and fuel short...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dualisation open to Zimbabwe contractors
Government has divided the dualisation of Harare-Beitbridge highway into nine sections to be constructed by local companies and last week opened a third 10km detour in Masvingo as construction work ga...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Chirundu highway's new design to cost US$520 000
THE Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has been pushed back by a further three months over new designs. This comes as government scouts for a new road designer after Austrian firm...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Accountability is a key tool of Governance
In the donor community, one of the major requirement is accountability and proper management of resources. In the development world, there is what we call, Monitoring process and evaluation and projec...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:38hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Transformation: Imparting depth to the economy
Last week closed on a very good note.First, Government announced the much-awaited Diamond Policy.This new policy protects the National Interest, while meeting the expectations of the K...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa to recover looted Zinara funds
Government will recover all the money looted from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. An audit report by Grant Thornton unearthed massive...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dumps Chinese contractor
GOVERNMENT has abandoned talks with Chinese contractor Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (AFECC) for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway, opting for local financi...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open up Zimbabwe airspace
There is need to expeditiously revive Air Zimbabwe as part of Government's ongoing efforts to overhaul the transport infrastructure sector and liberalise airspace in line with the decision made by the...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
From land-locked to land-linked economy
This week I share my thoughts on changing Zimbabwe from being a land-locked country into a land-linked economy.This subject, among other things, addresses country and regional infrastructural ...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
'Most accidents attributed to human error, speeding'
THE newly-refurbished Plumtree-Mutare Highway has become Zimbabwe's deadliest road, with Wednesday's Rusape bus disaster, which claimed 50 lives being one of the many fatalities along the road....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo must leave office and face justice
The man at the centre of the jerry can madness is actually worse than revealed by his opinions on fuel containers. While his expressions on jerry cans were reflective of his unfitness to hold public o...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 18:01hrs | | by MDC Communications
Zimbabwe goes it alone on Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge Highway dualisation
GOVERNMENT has decided to go it alone and dualise the Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge Highway while talks with Chinese Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) for the $2 billion tender co...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri taken to task over Masvingo highway
OPPOSITION Alliance MPs on Wednesday took Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri to task over delays on the Beitbridge-Chirundu dualisation project, saying government was fond of holding groundbreaking cer...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe economy to undergo painful epoch'
Government is putting in place a cocktail of stern measures that will ensure its public accounts will be streamlined within its means while the public has to brace for sterner times as the panacea to ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to engage local firms for Beitbridge-Chirundu highway
Government is moving to engage Zimbabwean road construction firms in a major road expansion programme connecting Beitbridge and Chirundu amid indications the deal reached with Chinese firm Anhui Forei...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to hold Thank you rallies
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Masvingo, will this week hold rallies across the province to thank its members for resoundingly voting for the party during the 30 July harmonised elections.Zanu-PF...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to hold 'Thank You' rallies
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Masvingo, will this week hold rallies across the province to thank its members for resoundingly voting for the party during the 30 July harmonised elections.Zanu-PF...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zim engages Chinese firm over Beitbridge-Chirundu highway
Government is engaging a new contractor from China, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (AFECC), for the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge and Harare-Chirundu highways after it withdr...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Govt engages Chirundu highway contractor
GOVERNMENT is engaging a Chinese Company, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (AFECC), for the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway after it withdrew a tender that had b...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
Mnangagwa's scarf woowing investors?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told his supported in Masvingo on Friday that the scarf he wore on his first trip to Davos soon after the coup and to everywhere else he has been to outside Zimbabwe is at...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises to implement Mnangagwa's policies
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday promised to roll out policies that Government is already seized with.Addressing an estimated 5 500 party supporters at Dulivhadzimo Stadium in B...Published: 27 May 2018 at 09:46hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's deadliest highway
At least 44% of road fatalities in the country occur along the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Mutare highway which was resurfaced a few years ago at a cost of over $200 million, Transport minister Joram Gumbo has ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tell contractors to 'deliver or quit'
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday warned that the government would not hesitate to withdraw contracts from firms that take long to implement national projects after winning tenders....Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga explains new dispensation's attitude to investors
ZIMBABWE is open to doing business with every genuine investor but will not tolerate chancers, and corrective measures are being taken to ensure that signed capital projects are implemented within spe...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Highway tender cancellation could cost govt millions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration could be in a spot of bother over cancellation of the tender for $1 billion Beitbridge-Chirundu highway dualisation project, which legal experts indicatin...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will rise again' - Mnangagwa's independence speech in full
Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency Comrade E.D. Mnangagwa, on Zimbabwe's 38th Independence Celebrations, 18th Ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa gamble backfires
The Austrian company contracted to dualise the Beitbridge-Chirundu highway has ignored President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to cancel the contract and says it is already working on the project amid ind...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Joram Gumbo under fire
Transport minister Joram Gumbo has come under fire from various stakeholders in the economy for failing to transform parastatals under his portfolio and develop critical infrastructure in the country....Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Zimbabwe's $1 billion highway upgrade tender
Confusion has rocked the long-delayed Harare-Beitbridge-Chirundu highway dualisation project, with Transport and Infrastructure Development minister, Joram Gumbo, insisting government has not cancelle...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Geiger Austrian firm loses Harare-Beitbridge highway dualisation tender
Cabinet has resolved to withdraw the tender awarded to Austrian firm, Geiger, for the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge-Chirundu highway, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced yesterday.Br...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Chirundu Road on track
Government is cognisant of the urgent need to dualise the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Road, and is pushing for commencement of works, a Cabinet minister has said.Following enquiries from MPs la...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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