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Kudos to govt for rehabilitating Harare-B/bridge highway
GOVERNMENT invited for the bids of the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway in 1998 and in 2003, the project was awarded to the consortium of six local contractors and six local engineering fi...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Ben Musarurwa
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
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
Zimbabwe cancels Gieger's highway tender
Government has officially cancelled Geiger International's tender for dualisation of the Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge Highway after the lapse of a 60-day ultimatum for the company to begin works, and Ca...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
D-Day for Geiger over BB/Harare/Chirundu highway
An Austrian company that won the tender for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway, Geiger International, has up to tomorrow to deliver proof of funds for the project, failure of wh...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
New contractor gets Chirundu-Beitbridge highway tender
GOVERNMENT has awarded the $2 billion Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge Highway dualisation project to a new contractor, replacing Austrian contractor Geiger International, which was booted out recently for ...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reprteer
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
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
Locals guaranteed 40% contracts on Beitbridge highway project
CHINESE firm, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) which will undertake the refurbishment of the 585 kilometre Beitbridge-Harare highway has reserved 40 percent of the work to local engineering an...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Setback for Beitbridge-Chirundu dualisation
GOVERNMENT has put brakes on the US$3 billion Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu dualisation project, despite the recent hype around what could be Zimbabwe's biggest infrastructure project since independence ...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe gives Beitbridge-Chirundu highway upgrade green light
THE government will soon sign a memorandum of understanding with a new contractor to expedite the dualisation of the 900km Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Road, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure...Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 08:07hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
$2 billion Zimbabwe highway project raises eyebrows
Lack of transparency in the selection of the winning bidder for multi-billion Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has raise fears that apart from being over-valued, the...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway to be dualised
Government is expected to announce the winning bidder for the dualisation of Beitbridge -Harare and Harare-Chirundu highways in the next two weeks after which work on the massive projects will start. ...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Beitbridge-Masvingo-Chirundu highway project to take off soon
The US$2 billion Beitbridge-Masvingo-Chirundu highway project is set to take off soon with government short listing three bids for consideration.The committee on Beitbridge-Masvingo-Chirundu r...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 17:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
International companies bid for Zimbabwe Highway project
Obert Mpofu Transport minister yesterday disclosed that his offices had, in the past few days, received several tenders from international companies interested in dualising the Harare-Beitbridge H...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Qatar Airways keen to partner Air Zimbabwe
International airline Qatar Airways is among the top international airlines keen to enter into a partnership with Air Zimbabwe.This comes as the hunt for Air Zimbabwe's technical partner c...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 20:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
$1.3bn Harare-Beitbridge highway project resumes
Work on Harare-Beitbridge highway is expected to resume soon following the withdrawal of a two year court case filed by Zimhighways Consortium against government. The $1.3 billion rehabilitati...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge - Chirundu highway rehab to go ahead
THE government says it will go ahead with the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu road despite a 13-year long court battle that has stalled the widening of the country's busiest highway....Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Oliver Kazunga
Dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge highway to begin soon
Government has said dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge Road will start soon after resolving a dispute with ZimHighways Consortium, a grouping of local firms, to push the stalled project forward. ...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 06:51hrs | | by Peter Matambanadzo
Zimbabwe secures $147m for Harare - Bulawayo dualisation
Government has secured the critical US$147 million funding for the dualisation of the Harare-Bulawayo highway, while it is also evaluating expressions of interest from companies that intend to work on...Published: 14 Apr 2013 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
World-class roads for Zimbabwe by 2020
It is generally contended that Zimbabwe can be a transportation hub for the region because of its centrality, and over the past couple of years the work that the Ministry of Transport, Communications ...Published: 14 Apr 2013 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim to rope in an Austrian financier for the Hre-Byo dualisation project
Sunday Mail reported that government is close to roping in an Austrian financier, Geiger International, for the Harare Bulawayo dualisation project after falling out with a local consortium, Zimhighwa...Published: 08 Nov 2011 at 06:26hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
The Group Five deal will not dualise Zimbabwe roads
Tthe signing of a deal between Zimbabwe and SA's Group Five for the rehabilitation of the Plumtree-Mutare highway has been viewed as the single largest infrastructural development project after the c...Published: 26 Jun 2011 at 05:39hrs | 4 | by .
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