Road infrastructure key to Zim’s socio-economic transformation


Lazarus Sauti

Transport and Infrastructural Development minister, Honourable Architect Joel Biggie Matiza said road infrastructure is the vein that pumps the economy.

He added that extensive network of high-quality road infrastructure is, therefore, a key pillar in unlocking Zimbabwe’s socio-economic potential.

“Road infrastructure is a lasting investment that has an immense socio-economic impact in the development matrix of any country,” he said. “It sustains economic development not only in Zimbabwe but the world over.”

Honourable Architect Matiza also said that improving road infrastructure in Zimbabwe will considerably enhance the transportation of goods, boost tourism, facilitate transactions, as well as positively impact ordinary lives in various ways, for instance making sure that people get to clinics and hospital quickly during emergencies.

Sharing the same sentiments, researchers Eva Ivanova and Jana Masarova noted in their journal article titled “Importance of road infrastructure in the economic development and competitiveness”, that extensive network of high-quality roads is necessary for trouble-free road transport.

“Road transport is widely-used to carry people, raw materials, semi-finished, and finished products intended for sale in most developing nations,” added Ivanova and Masarova.

Honourable Architect Matiza said the Government, through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, has stepped up the construction, upgrading and rehabilitation of roads in the country to enhance the transportation of goods, boost up tourism and facilitate transactions.

He also underlined that construction works, which are already underway on various major roads in the country, are in line with Vision 2030, which seeks to transform Zimbabwe into an Upper-Middle Income Economy.

“We are working tirelessly to transform Zimbabwe’s road network to world-class standards to attain the vision of making our country an Upper-Middle Income Economy by the year 2030,” Honourable Architect Matiza said.

“The Government is moving with speed to rehabilitate the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway, the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway, and the Kanyemba-Mt Darwin Highway.”

He added that traffic volumes along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway, which connects travellers with the country’s busiest border post, as well as the tourist destination of Victoria Falls, is always high, hence prioritisation of the upgrading and rehabilitation.

“So far we have awarded the tender to dualise the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway to a South African company called Khato Civils and South Zambezi Joint Venture and the company is now in the process of mobilising finances,” Hon. Matiza said.

He also said that the Department of Roads is currently using local resources to rehabilitate, widen and dualise the 583km-Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway.

“The Department of Roads has already started work on the first 10km in Beatrice and another 10km is also under construction in Chivhu,” said Hon. Matiza.

He also said the Kanyemba-Mt Darwin Highway, which connects the region via Mozambique is already under construction.

“Works have already started at the 34km peg from Mahuwe towards Kanyemba. Through funds from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara), a parastatal responsible for the management, maintenance and development of the country’s national road network, and other partners, the Government is keen to revamp all roads in the country to meet world-class benchmarks,” he said.

Commissioning the US$20 million bankrolled Tanganda-Ngundu Road which links Manicaland and Masvingo Provinces via Chiredzi and also connects the Eastern Highlands to South Africa at Kondo Business Centre in Chipinge recently, His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa praised Zinara for being active on the ground providing funding for refurbishing national roads.

“We are now self-assured that we can refurbish our national roads using money generated locally, thanks to Zinara,” said President Mnangagwa.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Why the hell are men and women prepared to poison themselves for sex?

Lazarus Sauti Tim Marufu uses Congo dust, a sex enhancing drug from the Democratic Republic of Congo, to prolong his erection. He said the aphrodisiac, which is rubbed on the male organ, results in lengthy sex rounds. “ NeCongo dust unoanchor mudhara, unochimhanya (With Congo dust you can enjoy length sex sessions). “ Uyu mushonga wechikwapuro; ukangozora chete simbi yako inozhamba (This drug is powerful. If you properly apply it, your partner will cry in bed),” said Marufu, adding that “the powder prolongs an erection for up to an hour if applied correctly.” Explaining how Congo dust works, he says, “You just take a pinch and rub it at the tip of your organ at least three hours before being intimate.” During the process of an erection, he added, the penis enlarges and stiffens as a result of changes within muscles, nerves and blood vessels of the organ . Marabha, a vendor who sells Congo dust at Cnr. 7 th and Samora Ave in Harare, says Congo dust comes i
Read more

Are butt-fattening pills real?

Lazarus Sauti Large posteriors are beautiful marks for most African women and despite health hazards and side effects such as kidney failure, blurred vision, sedation, dry mouth and gastrointestinal, women jostle to get them. In Zimbabwe, most women use Apetito tablets, illegal injections as well as chicken-fattening pills to acquire fake behinds. These illegal tablets as well as chicken-fattening pills are smuggled into the country from countries like India, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority asserts that an increase in seized contraband of butt-fattening pills shows amplified circulation of such drugs in the country. Recently, alert Zimra officers stationed at Chirundu One-Stop Border Post confiscated a huge consignment of skin lightening creams as well as butt-enhancing tablets which were carefully stashed in a well-carved opening on the trailer of a haulage truck destined for Harare. “Skin lightening creams and “bod
Read more

Fake news: An insidious problem

Lazarus Sauti THE INTERNET is an amazing place, crammed with information from different news sites, but the only problem is that some devious elements are using it to cause alarm and despondence as well as destroying people’s lives. An escalating number of fake and spoof sites are exploding on a daily basis, spreading phony reports like wildfire on the Internet. Most people in southern Africa woke up to a bogus news report recently suggesting that popular South African gospel artiste, Lundi Tyamara, had died after suffering from multiple diseases including anal cancer, chest pains and abdominal tuberculosis. The fake story went viral, with fans on social media platforms expressing shock over the artiste’s ‘death’. His manager, Anele Hlazo, however, rubbished the claims, saying “the gospel star is out of danger and his fans should not worry”. Tales of President Robert Mugabe’s ‘death’ also gained grip recently after a ‘R.I.P Robert Mugabe’ Facebook page posted t
Read more