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Ex-Harare town clerk acquitted over US$80 million tender scandal
Former Harare Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi has been acquitted of charges relating to the alleged prejudice of the Harare City Council of US$80 million after he hired a foreign firm, Augur Investments, to...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:15hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses funds, fuel for maintenance
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed nearly 1.5 million liters of fuel and over Z$2.7 billion to support road maintenance and rehabilitation projects across the country. Th...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:43hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mbudzi Interchange's bridge opened to traffic
The Government has officially opened the newly constructed Amalinda Bridge and a 1.6 km stretch along Amalinda Road, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing development of the Mbudzi Interchang...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:58hrs | 7129 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt gets thumbs up for DBOT for roadworks
Economists have asserted that adopting the Design, Build, Operate, and Transfer (DBOT) model for road infrastructure development in Zimbabwe is crucial to curbing corruption and ensuring quality workm...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:46hrs | 6148 | by Staff reporter
Ntabazinduna poised to become a smart city
The Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) is transforming the Ntabazinduna area into a smart city, with the industrial corridor along the Ntabazinduna Road turn-off from the Bulawayo-Harare Road already...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:30hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Funding Shortages leave 'Mthuli' road unmarked
The road in Cowdray Park, constructed by Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube ahead of the 2023 elections, remains devoid of essential safety features due to a ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:14hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mbudzi Interchange loop road opening
The Masvingo-Glen Norah loop road, a key component of the Mbudzi Interchange project, has been completed and will open to traffic this week. The project, aimed at easing congestion in south Harare, is...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:34hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends road rehab
President Mnangagwa has extended the state of disaster for Zimbabwe's road infrastructure network until December 31, 2026, following the initial declaration on February 23, 2021. This extension is for...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:30hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrested over 200 people during Sadc summit crackdown
State of Zimbabwe's major highways worries motoristsMotorists traveling between Beitbridge and Harare or Bulawayo are increasingly frustrated with the unfinished state of major road sections, whic...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:53hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pulls all stops for Sadc Summit
Zimbabwe is fully prepared to host the 44th SADC Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government this weekend in Harare. The summit, set to take place at the new Parliament building in M...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 07:38hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zinara rehabilitating Harare's high-density suburbs roads
The rehabilitation of roads in Harare has expanded to high-density suburbs, aligning with the Government's commitment to inclusivity. This move counters critics' claims that roadworks were solely focu...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:48hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Sadc summit preparations complete
Preparations for the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit, including infrastructure projects like road rehabilitation and the upgrading of accommodation and conferencing facilities, are comp...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 14:03hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
12 Sadc villas almost complete
Preparations for the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit in August are nearing completion. Twelve single-storey villas for high-level delegates are almost finished, with materials for the r...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:24hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Govt takes over Harare ahead of Sadc summit
In preparation for the upcoming SADC summit in August, Harare City Council has temporarily ceded control of key services, including waste management, public transport management, and road rehabilitati...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa affirms ongoing development ahead of SADC Summit
President Mnangagwa highlighted ongoing modernisation efforts, stressing that development will persist beyond the upcoming SADC Summit in August. Infrastructure projects, including roadworks and the c...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chairman Mao Boulevard opens to the public today
The first 7km section of Chairman Mao Boulevard, formerly known as Old Mazowe Road, will open to traffic today following its upgrade. The road, extending from the Westgate roundabout to Gwebi River Cr...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:53hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop flirting with extending rule
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn into office three times in six years, and in his inauguration speeches in November 2017, August 2018, and September 2023, he promised radical reforms aimed ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:56hrs | 2 | by Nyasha Macbride Mpani
Contractors resume Nkayi road rehabilitation
Contractors responsible for the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and the road leading to the Khami Prison Complex on the outskirts of the city have deployed their teams on-site to resume work...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Binga villagers cry foul
VILLAGERS in Chinego area in Chief Pashu area, Binga have appealed to the government to urgently rehabilitate a road that links to Kariangwe which was damaged by rains last rainy season.Govern...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 20:02hrs | | by Peter Matuka
BCC clarifies Roadworks notice
The Bulawayo City Council has said while noble, the efforts by the public to patch and repair roads, such should be done above board and involve the local authority.This seems to be a major cl...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube inspired road rehabilitation at full throttle in Cowdray Park
THE Zanu-PF candidate for Cowdray Park constituency, Professor Mthuli Ncube has set the ball rolling in his development agenda of the area with road rehabilitation works, borehole drilling and Wi-Fi i...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi roadworks resume
WORK on the rehabilitation of a 15km stretch of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road is set to resume with contractors now in the process of mobilising machinery and other equipment, and expected to be on the site...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why have Smith's prophetic words about Zimbabwe come to pass?
If ever there were any painful words spoken about an independent Zimbabwe - none, arguably, can surpass those supposedly uttered by Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith.He is alleged to h...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 08:48hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
$130 billion Zimdollars earmarked for massive roadworks
ZIMBABWE will double down on road development projects this year, with Treasury and the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) injecting over $130 billion to rehabilitate about 10 000 kilomet...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC embarks on Luveve road rehab
The flow of traffic along Luveve road in Bulawayo will be disrupted for the next three months as the local authority embarks on major rehabilitation works.The rehabilitation works will target ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets $1 billion for road repairs
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed about $12 billion to road authorities across the country for road maintenance and rehabilitation since the beginning of the year under...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roadworks create 11 000 jobs
Fifty-five contractors and nearly 11 000 people have so far been hired countrywide to conduct works under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2), bringing joy to communities along the r...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
135 properties to make way for Mbudzi interchange
At least 135 residential, industrial and commercial properties built near Mbudzi roundabout in Harare will have to be demolished to pave way for the construction of 14 bridges and bridge-like structur...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive roadworks change face of Beitbridge
THE massive road construction projects in Beitbridge, which dovetail with the ongoing US$300 million modernisation of the border post being spearheaded by the Second Republic, have transformed the fac...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho, Nkayi roadworks take shape
THE construction of major roads linking Bulawayo with Nkayi and Tsholotsho districts has gathered momentum as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding infrastructure develop...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Major road rehab projects begin in Bulawayo
A massive rehabilitation of critical roads is set to begin in Bulawayo under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2), as the Government presses ahead with efforts to improve roads ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$17bn war chest for 2022 road works
More than 2 000 urban and rural roads stretching over 10 000km will undergo reconstruction under the ongoing Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) this year.Government has set asid...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube grilled over substandard road works
FINANCE minister Mthulisi Ncube was on Wednesday grilled in Parliament for awarding tenders to substandard road contractors.Motorists have complained about the poor workmanship in the ongoing ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staf reporter
BCC gets $300m for roads rehab
BULAWAYO City Council says it has been allocated over $300 million for this year's road rehabilitation works by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara).Town clerk Christopher Dube m...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Government cancels Zanu-PF MP Wadyajena's road construction tender
FLAMBOYANT Zanu-PF legislator and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena's construction company, Mayor Contracting, has had its contract for the rehabilitation of roads in Mashonaland West province termi...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Major strides in road rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of roads under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) is set to gain momentum as an additional $6 billion from last year, which will add to this year's budget, will be re...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Egodini to be handed over to BCC in April
TERRACOTTA Trading (Private) Limited company, a land developer contracted to construct Egodini Mall in Bulawayo, has promised to hand over the project to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in April this ...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC requires US$700m for roads rehab
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires about US$700 to rehabilitate its road network, which is in a sorry state following heavy rains that pounded the city in the past weeks.Most of the ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Mutare highway dualisation resumes
Dualisation of the Harare-Mutare Highway has resumed with the contractor, Fossil Contracting Private Limited, already carrying out roadworks as the new dispensation works hard to perfect road infrastr...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Criminals damaging roads'
GOVERNMENT has accused "rogue elements" of damaging newly-refurbished roads to discredit the ongoing Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2).This follows complaints that road ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Roads take up 30% of devolution funds
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has revealed that 30% of the $600 million it received from the government under the devolution programme have been used for the maintenance of the city's road network....Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Local labour for Bulawayo roads rehab
BULAWAYO roads are undergoing a major facelift after Government and the Bulawayo City Council yesterday started a citywide road rehabilitation programme to improve the city's road network.The ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Phase Two Matebeleland North roads rehab intensified
GOVERNMENT allocated more than $700 million to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development for rehabilitation of a 3 000km road network under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC road rehabilitation programme behind schedule
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) road re-gravelling programme is behind schedule by two months due to constant breakdown of its ageing plant machinery, a council report on on-going roadworks in the city ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Detractors will never break the spirit of Zimbabweans, says Mnangagwa
Detractors will never break the spirit of Zimbabweans, as the Second Republic continues on its journey to build the economy through provision of transport services and other infrastructural developmen...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Breakdowns stall Bulawayo stands development
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) claims that development of new residential stands has been hampered by constant breakdown of its plant and machinery, with graders hardly working beyond two consecutive day...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors slam 'shoddy' government road repairs in city
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday slammed a government-led road rehabilitation exercise, questioning the workmanship which they said was shoddy.Speaking during a full council meeting, the coun...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Road rehab creates 1 500 job opportinuties
Over 200 kilometres of road have been reconstructed and opened to traffic on the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway, underlining progress being made by the Second Republic towards the attainment of Vi...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads benefit from Mnangagwa programme
THERE is significant progress on some of Bulawayo's major feeder roads, which are being rehabilitated under the ongoing Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo makes emergency roads rehabilitation inroads
Roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, have gathered pace with significant progres...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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