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Zimbabwe govt urges urban densification
The Zimbabwean government is pushing for higher-density settlements in urban areas to address land demand and protect agricultural regions critical to national food security. Speaking at the Africa In...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF title deed bait fails to materialise
Harare residents have raised concerns about the government's commitment to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pledge to regularize informal settlements, particularly the densely populated Epworth area, wh...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt opposed to the demolition of people's homes
Government is opposed to the demolition of people's homes and will continue regularising informal settlements, with over 1,5 million homeowners set to receive title deeds under the Kwangu/Ngakwami Pre...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govtto roll out rural housing designs
THE Government will soon roll out the rural housing architectural transformation in the country's eight rural provinces after securing 15 best designs from local tertiary institutions as it moves to s...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Drivers to collect discs from Zimpost
The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) is in the final stages of decentralizing its services to all post offices across the country, where prospective drivers can now collect their license discs up...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:53hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean driver's licenses valid in the UK
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has officially confirmed that Zimbabwean drivers can utilize their licenses to operate vehicles on roads in the United Kingdom. Simultaneously...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 15:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZimbabwePorts of entry get boost
GOVERNMENT has started overhauling and refurbishing three of the country's major ports of entry and highways that connect Zimbabwe to the region.The country is looking to cement its status as ...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 09:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's land reform created roads funding gap
GOVERNMENT says the land reform programme resulted in public roads adjacent to farms being neglected as the invaders opened new roads to the properties.Transport and Infrastructural Developmen...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
New milestones in road rehab
REHABILITATION of the Harare-Chirundu highway will begin in May, while over 39 000 kilometres of road network have been spruced up under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP 2), as Gov...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe registers 10 new air routes
ZIMBABWE has secured at least 10 flight routes over the past two years, as the government moves to revive the sector to pre-Covid 19 pandemic era levels, a senior official said on Thursday.Add...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:54hrs | 3 | 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
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Over 1 800 arrested in route permits enforcement operation
More than 1 800 people have been arrested countrywide during the enforcement of route permits and timetables on intercity routes as Government and the police intensify the crackdown targeting bus oper...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plastic driver's licence expected soon
Transport and Infrastructural Development Permanent Secretary Engineer Theodius Chinyanga has announced that Zimbabwe might get its plastic driver licence discs sooner than expected.The plasti...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 18:44hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Government rehabilitates a few kilometres of Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road
Government has rehabilitated only a 10km stretch along the Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing infrastructure development projects in the Matabeleland r...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 4 | 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
Government orders Luveve Road rehab
GOVERNMENT has instructed the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to immediately release funds to Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to enable the local authority to rehabilitate roads that are in...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | 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
Ethiopian Airlines in maiden flight to Bulawayo
ETHIOPIAN Airlines yesterday made its maiden flight to Bulawayo as it landed at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport, a key development in the aviation industry that will boost the tourism secto...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions new-look border post
A NEW era beckons for Beitbridge District in Matabeleland South as President Mnangagwa is expected to visit the border town today where he will officially commission some of the completed works under ...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena: A liability to the vision of the new dispensation
President' Emmerson Mnangagwa and the new dispensation are working tirelessly to build Zimbabwe brick by brick. It is surprising that Midlands politician who claims to be very close to President E...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:29hrs | 23 | by Lameck Rangwani
Beitbridge upgrade creates 1 500 jobs
GOVERNMENT has created more than 1 500 jobs for locals under the ongoing US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation and upgrade project.Beitbridge is one of the busiest border posts i...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | 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
Beitbridge road upgrade: 300km completed
The widening, rehabilitation and upgrading of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway is moving swiftly with more than 300km (just over a half) now open to traffic, a clear demonstration of how the Second Repub...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
CVR issues 7 700 number plates
The Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has issued over 7 000 number plates since the beginning of the ongoing police operation targeting unregistered vehicles.Transport and Infrastructural Develop...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Mutare road dualisation resumes?
WORK on the dualisation of the Harare-Mutare Highway has resumed with a six-kilometre stretch set to be completed by mid-February after the Government released US$5 million for the latest phase of the...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt splashes $30 billion on Harare-Beitbridge road
THE Government has spent more than $30 billion on funding the reconstruction of over 260km of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway, while an additional $1,3 billion has been directed towards the reh...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Great strides made in road rehab project
The Government has spent more than $30 billion on funding the reconstruction of over 260km of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway, while an additional $1,3 billion has been directed towards the reh...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:11hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's airports operate without radar systems
THE PARLIAMENTARY Portfolio Committee on Transport says the country's airports are operating without radar systems exposing the country's security aviation systems.During a post-budget consult...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls new Build Operate Transfer contractor for Beitbridge-Vic Falls highway
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Government is considering engaging a new contractor to upgrade the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway after noting that the company which was awarded the tender wa...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt spends $4bn on road rehab
The Government has spent over $4 billion in rehabilitating and reconstructing more than 20 000km of roads countrywide under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) this year.To dat...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC legislator survives car crash
FORMER MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe cheated death on Sunday evening when he was involved in a car accident that saw his vehicle fell off a cliff along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
New-look Beitbridge border post excites residents
The new-look Beitbridge Border Post that is shaping up following the completion of the first phase under its ongoing US$300 million modernisation programme has ignited excitement among the border town...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
NRZ-Turkish deal takes off
YAPI MERKEZI, the Turkish company which recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to recapitalise and modernise the nation's railway system, has starte...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Bulawayo road rehabilitation on the cards
GOVERNMENT has said feasibility studies are underway to pave way for the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway. Secretary for Transport and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Th...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ partners Zupco to boost public transport
Commuter passenger rail service is expected to start this afternoon with three routes at peak periods along the main east-west railway line through Harare as Zupco and National Railways of Zimbabwe in...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
40 roads under rehab in Harare
THE Government has expressed satisfaction with progress in the rehabilitation of Seke Road under the Emergency Road Repair Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2) as the Second Republic continues prioritising infra...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Expedite road worksroad authorities told
ROAD authorities have been urged to outsource equipment in order to speedily implement the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) which seeks to improve the country's road network.Go...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Emergency roads rehab starts ko Bulawayo
THE first phase of roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, has started. Bulawa...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt to regularise informal urban settlements to prevent demolitions
GOVERNMENT is set to regularise all informal urban settlements that have mushroomed countrywide in a bid to prevent demolition of houses.This comes barely a month after about 200 houses build ...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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