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Highway robbers axe, rob truck driver at detour
A cross-border truck driver was attacked with a machete and robbed at a poorly maintained detour between Rutenga and Ngundu on the Beitbridge-Harare highway, a section of road that was declared comple...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 15:07hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies by-elections campaign
Zanu-PF has intensified its campaign for the Mkoba North constituency in Gweru and Kwekwe's Ward 10 council seat ahead of the February 3 by-elections.Teams have been deployed in the areas wher...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway now a deathtrap
The 435km Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway has now become a deathtrap due to potholes and massive damage to the road that links the second-largest city and the country's premier tourist destination....Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer robbed, killed
BEITBRIDGE Police are investigating the death of a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) cashier whose body with multiple stab wounds was found dumped along the Beitbridge-Harare highway near a fast food...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Chirundu Highway upgrade begins
UPGRADE of the Harare-Chirundu Highway, the northern leg of the main north-south corridor, has begun with five of the contractors now on site doing preparatory works as the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge ...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - Victoria Falls highway rehab begins?
GOVERNMENT is rehabilitating the most affected sections of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Highway before embarking on a large-scale fixing of the road.The Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls ...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Harare - Chirundu Road upgrade set to start No Bulawayo - Beitbridge
The Government will appoint at least six contractors to work on the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Harare-Chirundu highway beginning January as the Second Republic ups the ante in the development...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt turns to Treasury bills, bonds
THE cash-strapped government is likely to print money to finance its $575,5 billion budget deficit, economic analysts warned yesterday after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced next year's $4,5 tr...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - Beitbridge highway rehabilitation not anytime soon
FULL rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway will only start after the completion of the ongoing upgrade of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway, a Government official said ...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's second Republic full of promises but no action
ALL the good things the nation wants is what President Emmerson Mnangagwa says and promises: Growing economy; zero tolerance to corruption; openness for business; a listening President; involvement of...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Concerned
Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF will rule forever
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday boasted that his ruling Zanu-PF party would not relinquish power, but rule forever.He was addressing thousands of party supporters gathered at Dulivhadzi...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway on Government radar
GOVERNMENT has shifted focus to rehabilitating and modernising the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway as the Second Republic continues accelerating infrastructural development.Yesterda...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 family members die in crash
Six family members were killed when their South African-registered Land Rover Discovery collided head-on with an Iveco truck 22km from Beitbridge in the Tshapfutshe area along the Beitbridge-Harare Hi...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
3 die in Zimra bus accident
Three Zimra employees are feared dead after a bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident along the Beitbridge-Harare highway yesterday after 6pm. The bus was travelling from Beitb...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PPC sees annual Zimbabwe cement sales up 25%
PPC, Africa's biggest cement company, says cement sales in Zimbabwe grew 25% year-on-year up to March, on better-than-expected demand from individual buyers and government projects.Cement sale...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge police impound smuggling vehicles
POLICE have impounded buses that were allegedly involved in smuggling at Beitbridge Border Post following a tip-off.In a statement yesterday, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Ny...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga invites private sector to partner Govt
GOVERNMENT is forging ahead with infrastructural development as it is the bedrock for sustainable economic recovery and growth, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Car...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Construction firms cash in on Zimbabwe's growing infrastructural spending
AS construction spending by government, mines and individual home builders grows, the tills are ringing at some of Zimbabwe's listed companies.Between January and June, government spent $21,2 ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
2021 Mid Term Monetary & Budget analysis
The latest mid-term budget and monetary policy statements were presented in a low key mode with emphasis on avoiding policy shocks that can rock the economy. The Zimbabwean government revised upwards ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 15:30hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Completion of Beitbridge-Harare road way behind schedule
Progress on rehabilitation work of Beitbridge-Harare highway is lagging behind schedule as the much-hyped project initially meant to be done by 2022 is still far from completion.Speaking to jo...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
New dispensation quite a joke
WITH the 2023 elections around the corner, Zanu-PF can promise heaven on earth.The ruling party will promise all the good things that the nation wishes to be put on table if people vote for Za...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Chief Chiduku
2021 National Budget: The Good & the Bad
Zimbabwe's 2021 national budget set a taxing agenda with a 126% jump in budgeted revenues from ZW$173 billion (About US$2.12 billion) anticipated in 2020 to ZW$391.8 billion (US$4.8 billion) budgeted ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Local companies set to be awarded tenders to build infrastructure
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced plans to prioritise local companies in roads, aviation and railway infrastructure tenders, in a move which will save foreign currency paid to foreign contractors....Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Road rehabilitation project creates employment for women
THE Government's decision to use local companies in rehabilitating the Beitbridge-Harare highway has created opportunities for women in the male-dominated road construction industry.The wideni...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:20hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge-Harare Highway robbers nabbed
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, last week arrested four Mbare men linked to a spate of robberies targeting trucks along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway.Ngonidzashe Jeke (36), Sile...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zinara mobilises funds for Harare-Beitbridge Highway
ZIMBABWE National Road Administration director Kudzanayi Chinyanga yesterday said his department was mobilising resources to repair damaged sections of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, which have turned...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:28hrs | 1 | 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
Zimbabwe govt bonds raise $117m for roads
The rehabilitation of Beitbridge-Harare highway and other road projects got a major boost after Government raised $117 million from two separate bonds it floated in the market.A $150 million I...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abnormal load escorts: Road safety heroes
DRIVING at 40km/hr along the busy Harare-Masvingo highway, Emmanuel Machikwa (35) is not bothered by the long queue of vehicles behind him.Before him is a haulage truck carrying an abnormal lo...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Infrastructure financing key for Zim's economy
Infrastructure is the backbone of economies throughout the universe. An efficient and well-maintained infrastructure is critical in sustaining an economy.Infrastructure is considered a key com...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Dephine Mazambani
Chiwenga tightens grip on Zimbabwe government
VICE President Constatino Chiwenga has been given new responsibilities to administer Zimbabwe's public procurement processes, anti-corruption drive and key components of the Home Affairs ministry, ign...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge dualisation deal opens can of worms
The cancellation of the Geiger International road dualisation deal has exposed that incompetence and corruption abounded in Government corridors amid revelations that the Austrian company is just a "b...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga instigated cancelation of Beitbridge-Harare highway tender
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to cancel Geiger International contract to dualise the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway was instigated by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's “serious pro...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets record straight on cancelled highway tender
Cabinet took a decision to terminate the contract for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare Highway on March 13, 2018 and instructed the Attorney-General, Advocate Prince Machaya, to furnish the Pr...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge Highway dualisation to start this month
The much-awaited dualisation of Beitbridge-Harare Highway that is expected to cost close to a $1 billion is set to start before the end of this month, with the contractor expected to set up three camp...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare highway dualisation takes shape
Officials from Geiger International, the company contracted for the dualisation of the Beitbridge - Masvingo - Harare highway are now on the ground identifying sites to set up bases, with machinery fo...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare highway road designs complete
Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo says Geiger International, the company contracted to dualise the Beitbridge-Harare highway has completed undertaking designs of the roa...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 15:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four killed in Beitbridge road traffic accident
At least four people died when a South African registered commuter omnibus side-swapped a haulage truck at Lundi Business Centre, nearly 110 kilometres south of Masvingo, along the Beitbridge-Harare H...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 00:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Dualisation project equipment arrives
THE contractor for the long-awaited Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has started bringing in the machinery into the country paving way for the commencement of the $1.7 billion pr...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
All set for Harare-B/Bridge dualisation
Austrian construction giant, Geiger International, the contractor engaged by Government for the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, has completed surveying the road, paving way for the commencement of the mult...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa grilled over illegal cash dealers
Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa was yesterday taken to task by legislators over Government's inaction on the illegal sale of scarce cash on the black market.Members...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare dualisation irregularities unearthed
FRESH questions have emerged over the costing of the US$1 billion Beitbridge-Harare highway project amid concerns of cost inflation as several irregularities surface.Government is expected to ...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare dualisation equipment stuck in Zambia
Some of the equipment to be used in the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare Highway is stuck in Zambia as the contractor is waiting for Government to gazette a Statutory Instrument that will enable i...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko buries the 'Iron Lady of Masvingo'
It was a majestic send-off for national heroine Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Senator Shuvai Ben Mahofa, a veteran politician, who was laid to rest before thousands of people at the National He...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare Highway dualisation gets national project status
Government has granted national project status to the $1 billion Beitbridge-Harare Highway dualisation project, setting the stage for the contractor to start bringing equipment into the country duty f...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
All set for Masvingo road dualisation
At least 45 engineers from China are expected in the country next week to begin work on the $1 billion Beitbridge-Harare Highway dualisation project, whose implementation programme has been presented ...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
45 Chinese engineers for Beitbridge-Chirundu dualisation project
At least 45 engineers from China are expected in the country next week to begin works on the $1 billion Beitbridge-Harare Highway dualisation project, whose implementation programme has been presented...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara avails $45m for roads rehabilitation
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed over $45 million to local authorities for the rehabilitation of roads, following excessive damage caused by recent heavy rains. The money ...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dualisation of Harare-Beitbridge highway begins
PRE-commencement works on the $1 billion Beitbridge-Harare highway dualisation project have begun while actual construction of the road is expected to start within a month, Transport and Infrastructur...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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