An ongoing strike by more than 2 000 Chitungwiza Town council workers in Zimbabwe has resulted in the area becoming overwhelmed by uncollected waste. According to local reports, council workers downed tools after going for nearly a year without...
A number of infrastructure projects in southern Africa were presented at the recent Dakar Financing Summit for implementation under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). PIDA is a blueprint for African infrastructure...
The entire 317 kilometre length of the Machipanda Railroad may undergo reconstruction. This railway links the Mozambican port of Beira to Machipanda station in Zimbabwe. Feasibility studies are underway through the auspices of the Mozambican state...
According to FESARTA the traffic authorities at Dondo, near Beira, are harassing foreign drivers over the documents that the drivers carry. Of particular note is the vehicle registration document for South African vehicles. The registration...
Zimbabwe’s largest inland dam will be drained to allow the construction of a new wall after the original structure burst earlier this year. Thousands of people were evacuated and more than 3 000 villagers along the Tokwe Mukorsi basin left...
All tanneries in Zimbabwe will have to close until measures are put in place to drastically reduce the amount of pollutants being releasing into the drinking water system. The Zimbabwe government has ordered the closure of all tanneries and has...
The second bridge over the Zambezi River linking the Mozambican city of Tete to the Moatize district, is due to be concluded by September. The new bridge is located five kilometres downstream from the current Samora Machel Bridge, is 715 metres...
To rehabilitate its run-down infrastructure and attract more foreign direct investment, a United Nations expert says Zimbabwe requires $18 billion. Amarakoon Bandara of United Nations Development Programme was speaking at a conference on Special...
A report in the government-owned newspaper “Zambia Daily Mail” recently warned that the Kariba Dam, on the Zambezi River at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is on the verge of collapsing, but the Mozambican authorities know nothing about...
