Online Reporter
Freeman Razemba
Senior Reporter
THE construction of the Mabvuku Interchange is progressing well, with works now at 58 percent and the project set to be completed by year end.
The project, situated along the Harare–Mutare Highway, is designed to ease congestion and improve safety on one of Zimbabwe’s key traffic corridors.
It is part of a nationwide initiative to ease congestion, reduce road carnage and modernise transport systems in line with the country’s Vision 2030.
Works on the project began in September 2025, and significant milestones have been achieved, including the completion of some of the beams that have already been installed.
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Advocate Felix Mhona this Wednesday led a delegation on a tour of the interchange as well as the Mutare Road/Harare Drive (Jaggers/Msasa) Interchange and Delport Road, which are also under construction.
He was accompanied by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Engineer Joy Makumbe, chief executive officers and directors from the ministry’s parastatals.
The Mabvuku Interchange project continues to move steadily forward as the Government continue to commit to modernising and expanding the national road network.
This project, situated along the busy Harare–Mutare Highway, is designed to ease congestion and improve safety on one of Zimbabwe’s key road corridors.
The Harare–Mutare Highway carries heavy commuter and commercial traffic from Mabvuku, Tafara and surrounding suburbs into the city centre, while also linking Harare to Mutare and Mozambique.
At peak hours, the section is notorious for congestion and accidents. Once complete, the Mabvuku Interchange is expected to provide lasting relief to road users.
The Mabvuku Interchange follows closely on the heels of President Mnangagwa’s commissioning of the Trabablas Traffic Interchange, which seamlessly links Simon Mazorodze, High Glen, and Chitungwiza Roads.
Construction of the Delport Road junction is also underway, and the road will connect Mutare Road from Mabvuku, Seke Road and Airport Road, creating a dedicated link for traffic heading towards Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and easing congestion along the route.
In an interview after the tour, Minister Mhona said the Government was happy with the progress that has been made so far.
“This is one of the projects that we are doing in the ministry, we are so happy that we were here sometime, at the beginning of the year, monitoring the works and you also witnessed His Excellency (President Mnangagwa) visiting the same place,” he said.
“And what we have seen today is tremendous improvement in terms of the works, and we are happy in the sense that we are talking of regional connectivity as being enunciated by our great leader, Cde Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.
“You have seen last week he was in South Africa together with his counterpart (President Cyril Ramaphosa), talking about the essence of regional connectivity and this is one of the roads that we are talking about, where we are feeding into the Beira Corridor.
“I am happy that as you then move from Mozambique, you pass through this interchange towards Chirundu and not only this corridor, we are also looking at the North-South Corridor which comes through Beitbridge Border Post into Harare and then to Chirundu.”
He said the idea behind this was to make sure that whatever they were doing within the ministry, especially the issues to do with quality and the issues to do with making sure that their contractors are accountable at the end of the day.
