Online Reporter
Freeman Razemba
Senior Reporter
CABINET ministers and senior Government officials will this week lead journalists from various media houses on a tour of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Road rehabilitation and upgrading project.
The delegation will comprise Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona, the ministry’s permanent secretary, Engineer Joy Makumbe, Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Richard Moyo, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development chairperson Cde Tawanda Karikoga, legislators and senior government officials will lead journalists on a tour to check on progress made so far.
The tour comes after the Government has prioritised the US$1,2 billion rehabilitation and upgrade of the Beitbridge–Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Highway — including the construction of modern toll plazas with weighbridges — as one of the flagship infrastructure projects to be rolled out between 2026 and 2030 under the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS 2).
The Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Highway is a critical trade and tourism artery linking Zimbabwe with Zambia, Namibia and Botswana, is being upgraded under the Government’s ongoing national road rehabilitation and modernisation programme.
Initially, five contractors — Fossil Contracting, Masimba Construction, Syvern Investment, Bitumen Resources and Tensor Systems — were awarded contracts to rehabilitate sections of the 440-kilometre stretch.
However, the Government recently added three more contractors for Lots 6, 7 and 8, covering the final approaches to Victoria Falls, to fast-track completion.
