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'Toll fees hike stalls Zimbabwe's domestic tourism'
TOURISM minister Barbara Rwodzi has admitted that the recent toll fees hike has negatively impacted domestic tourism.Government early this month increased toll fees by 100% despite protest fro...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tollgate fees go up at midnight
GAZETTED toll fees come into effect at midnight Friday, which will see light motor vehicles paying US$4 up from US$2 on premium routes.The changes which are effective on January 5 were announc...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube squeezes everyone
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced a cocktail of tax increases, pushing up the cost of living and ease of doing business after reviewing its 2024 revenue projection upwards by 22,22% to ZWL$53,9 trillion....Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube increases toll fees by 150% in US$ terms
Due to limited resources, Finance and Investment Promotion Minister, Mthuli Ncube, has presented a 2024 National Budget totaling ZWL58.2 trillion, implementing deep tax measures to address financial c...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 20:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate upgrades programme underway
GOVERNMENT has said plans are underway to upgrade all toll-gates across the country and making them uniform in line with the modern standard set on those along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway.Tran...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara and VID deal raises eyebrows
The country's roads administrator, Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) assigned the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) to collect transit and overload fees without a contract, a new report...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
We're not responsible for road rehab, says Zinara
ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (Zinara) yesterday said it was not responsible for the dilapidated state of roads across the country, insisting that its mandate was to collect funds and disburse...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:47hrs | | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zinara introduces automatic cameras at tollgates
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras at tollgates along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway as part of broader measures to reduce conges...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Zinara technology to ease congestion at tollgates
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras at tollgates along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway as part of broader measures to reduce conges...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA bank restructures US$200m Zinara loan
Zimbabwe got a reprieve after the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) agreed to restructure the US$206 million loan that the Zimbabwe National Road Administration got to refurbish the Plumtree-...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dubious' contractors prejudice Zinara of US$71,5 million
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) could have been prejudiced of about US$71,5 million in special projects undertaken with a number of "questionable and dubious" contractors between 20...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara has turned a new leaf
THE Grant Thornton Forensic Audit commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development in 2016 highlighted several corporate governance deficiencies at the Zimbabwe National Road ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 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
23 toll-gate staffers dismissed for fraud in three months
A company managing part of the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s toll-gate network has dismissed some 23 workers on charges of fraud in the last three months, Parliament has heard....Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Intertoll transfers 72 tollgate employees
Intertoll Zimbabwe, a company contracted to collect toll fees on behalf of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) from the nine tollgates it operates on the rehabilitated Plumtree-Mutare h...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara committee audit report questioned
The credibility of a report compiled by a committee appointed by former Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo to study the findings of an audit by Grant Thornton on the ope...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inept bosses cost Zinara US$200m
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has suffered a financial loss in excess of US$200 million due to incompetence and lack of expertise by its senior managers to negotiate contracts ben...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara bosses off the hook
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)'s bid to revive corruption charges against five Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) bosses yesterday hit a snag after the Supreme Court threw out t...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'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
Zinara board fired
THE Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Joel Biggie Matiza has dissolved the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) board. He said the entity's board, whose management ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa hearing fails to kick off
A hearing for the suspended Zimbabwe National Road Administration chief executive Engineer Nancy Masiyiwa has opened a can of worms as it emerged that the parastatal is refusing to release an audit re...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo in fresh controversy
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo might have "violated procedure" by handing over a Grant Thornton forensic audit on the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) to a five-man committee, which ess...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 11:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Nyamapanda highway dualisation soon
Dualisation of the Harare-Nyamapanda Highway is set to commence this year as Government moves to reduce road carnage, a Cabinet minister has said.Addressing people at Hurungwe Primary School i...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara bosses acquitted
The High Court has acquitted five Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) executives who had been accused of fraudulently transferring more than $2 million into bogus companies' accounts in a s...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 10:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
$206m highway crumbles before commissioning
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has instituted an inquiry to ascertain the state and standard of the 800-kilometre Plumtree-Mutare Highway after comp...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara exonerates execs in fraud case
The case of five Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) executives accused of allegedly fraudulently transferring more than $2 million into bogus companies' accounts in a shady loan repayment ...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt buys forex on black market
THE country's foreign currency squeeze has reportedly forced some government departments and parastatals to source the elusive United States dollars from the parallel market to fund their various acti...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Audit unearths rot at Zinara
AN internal forensic audit on the operations of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has exposed massive financial abuse, including the payment of $71 million and R31 million to contract...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimAsset, a failed economic policy
Zim-Asset is an economic policy much celebrated in the political front but with nothing much to bring home from the economic perspective. Zimbabwe has crafted so many economic policies from the early ...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 11:59hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
New road signs for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO will today start installing new road signs that are in line with Sadc traffic standards following a Government directive.The Sadc-Road Traffic Signs Manual (Sadc RTSM) became part of ...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara trio in forex scam
Three Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) bosses appeared in court yesterday charged with illegally sourcing foreign currency on the pretext of servicing a $206 million loan for the rehabil...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
In defence of Psychology Maziwisa
Last week a discussion forum was held in Harare featuring prominent youth leaders under the theme, "Zimbabwe: The Task At Hand - A View from Young Professionals".Among the speakers were lawyer...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zinara suspends boss over bogus qualifications
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has suspended administration director Precious Murove for corruption and fraud after he was hired without proper qualifications.The suspensions ...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only 10% of Zimbabwe roads are in good condition
ONLY 10 percent of the surfaced (tarred) national road network is in good condition, with 30 percent in poor condition while 57 percent is in fair condition, a senior Government official has said....Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zinara top brass suspended
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration has suspended its top brass in the finance, administration and human resources departments on charges which include violating tender and procurement procedure...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government must consult policy makers (us) before making key decisions
I'm very disappointed with the way this current regime is handling policy matters. We are in this current mess because of policy inconsistency. We have a big problem in Zimbabwe, and it seems some peo...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 18:32hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe tourist arrivals to reach 2,2 million by year end
TOURIST arrivals in Zimbabwe are estimated to reach over 2,2 million by the close of 2017, a development in line with global trends projecting tourism to be the fastest growing economic sector interna...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Toll fees not enough for road rehabilitation'
ROAD maintenance across the country remains a challenge as the bulk of the money from toll fees collected is going towards the $206 million loan repayment to the Development Bank of South Africa, ...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T presence in government produced excellent results- Mashakada
MDC-T senior official Tapiwa Mashakada has said his party's presence in government during the inclusive government resulted to excellent service delivery which shows that if it is fully given a ma...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 04:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
SA tycoon clears air on Zinara deal
South African businessman Mr Niko Shefer, who facilitated the $206 million for Zinara to refurbish the Plumtree-Mutare Highway, yesterday said he has renegotiated his facilitation fee from two to 1,3 ...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SA tycoon bleeds Zinara
A South African businessman Mr Niko Shefer, is reportedly siphoning millions of dollars from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) as facilitation fee for the $206 million loan accessed ...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Intertoll collects $56 million from nine tollgates
INTERTOLL Zimbabwe has collected $56 million from the nine tollgates it operates on the rehabilitated Plumtree-Mutare highway on behalf of Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) over the past ...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Business Reporter.
Zanu-PF fires nine members
ZANU-PF has expelled nine members including the top four executive of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association who were facing various charges.The four are Messrs Victor Mate...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Transport Minister orders highway forensic audit
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has ordered a forensic audit to establish the correct cost of the Plumtree-Harare highway amid concerns that it could have been exagge...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 10:28hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Zim Parliament demands reversal of Plumtree-Mutare road tollgate deal
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport has demanded that the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) reverses a deal it entered with a South African company to collect revenue a...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 10:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T mourns victims of Kwekwe bus disaster
The MDC would like to extend its deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of the 31 people who tragically lost their lives on Thursday, March 3, 2016, in a road traffic accident involving a b...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 12:01hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Mugabe hit nail on the head
PRESIDENT Mugabe last week implored authorities to engage contractors with the capacity to deliver quality work on our roads after noting that a lot of money had been spent on some shoddy work in the...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 10:04hrs | | by Comment
Transport Deputy Minister grilled in Parliament
The Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Michael Madanha was today roasted by legislators in the National Assembly over the depreciating state of the recently constructed Plumt...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe faces growing impeachment threat
Pressure to impeach President Robert Mugabe over his "appalling handling" of the national economy is growing and risks throwing the country into fresh political crisis.Zimbabwe's vocal opposit...Published: 05 Sep 2015 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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