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Zinara blames heavy taxes for bad roads

By Farayi Machamire Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has admitted that the country’s roads are now a “national embarrassment”, but argued they could not do much as a huge chunk of their revenue was being gobbled by heavy taxes. The Administration refused to shoulder the blame for the country’s derelict roads, contending that local authorities […]

Zinara paying South African tycoon $300 000 monthly

By Tendai Mugabe South African businessman Mr Niko Shefer is reportedly siphoning millions of dollars from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration as facilitation fee for the $206 million loan accessed from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to refurbish the Plumtree-Mutare Highway. It emerged Zinara is depositing a staggering $300 000 in Mr Shefer’s […]

Struggling NRZ gets $750 million loan

VICTORIA FALLS – The National Railways of Zimbabwe has received a major boost in its efforts to turnaround its fortunes after the government finally secured a $750 million loan facility from the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) for its rehabilitation.

NRZ workers must be patient – Mpofu

The minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Obert Mpofu, on Tuesday implored National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees to be “patient” and allow government to negotiate a $700 million loan from the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) to revitalise the transport utility.