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Wallace Ruzvidzo
Herald Reporter
ZIMBABWE is committed to joining the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, a transport and trade route of significance in the region, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere has said.
Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Dr Muswere said joining the Corridor will contribute to an increase and harmonisation of trade between Zimbabwe and Namibia, and the Southern African region as a whole.
While the main corridor runs from Gauteng in South Africa through Botswana to Walvis Bay, the northern branch runs from Bulawayo through northern Botswana to join up with the route to Walvis Bay as it crosses into Namibia.
“Cabinet received and noted the Report on the visit to Zimbabwe by the Namibian President, Her Excellency Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on 20 May 2025. The President, His Excellency Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, received the President of the Republic of Namibia, Her Excellency Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House in Harare on 20 May 2025.
“Zimbabwe and Namibia are desirous to deepen bilateral cooperation, as evidenced by the elevation of their Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation to a Bi-National Commission. The two nations committed to ensuring acceleration of the implementation of the instruments of cooperation,” he said.
The Government, said Dr Muswere, was committed to ensuring that the Walvis Bay Dry Port becomes fully operational as Zimbabwe will join the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Corridor, connecting Namibia, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a bid to boost trade and enhance regional integration.
“This will give us leverage in terms of the movement of our imports and also in terms of our export strategy as a country. For we believe that by the year 2030, Zimbabwe will be producing finished products in all sectors of the economy. Because we are moving from primary, we are moving from the secondary industry to the tertiary industry, so it is of great importance that Zimbabwe becomes part of the same corridor and part of the same infrastructure initiative that is going to support our balance of trade as a country,” he said.
Zimbabwe and Namibia already share cordial political relations and continue working towards economic prosperity for the mutual benefit of both countries’ peoples.
