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Bulawayo mayor David Coltart has joined his Harare counterpart Jacob Mafume in blaming the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) for the deplorable state of the road networks in the two cities.
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) has failed to repossess a vehicle it issued to its former IT Manager Gift Kanotangudza after High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora threw out the application.
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) has clapped back at Harare City Mayor Jacob Mafume accusing his council and the local authority of grandstanding and issuing inaccurate figures on road funds.
Mafume said the transfer of the vehicle licensing portfolio to the government entity thwarted the local authority’s efforts to take care of its road infrastructure.
“That is when the problems of failure to repair and maintain roads and the attendant infrastructure began and the results are visible on the ground for all to see,” Mafume said.
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) has ordered that all vehicles without valid license discs will not be allowed to pass through the tollgates with effect from October 1.
The Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (ZINARA) has confirmed it paid US$70 million to a shadowy consultancy company to secure a US$206 million from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) which was granted about seven years ago.
More than US$10m is going missing through third party insurance at Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (ZINARA) “where fictitious insurance companies, ghost accounts have been created using computerisation which we created to make sure that there is no delinquent behaviour,” Parliament was told.
Contractors who are papering over the cracks in the rehabilitation of the country’s roads, are doing so with the blessing of authorities, who say the shoddy works are what the country can afford.
The Zimbabwe National Road Authority (ZINARA) is set to disburse ZWL 17 billion (US$137 096 774) towards road rehabilitation to 93 road authorities across the country.
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Secretary General Chalton Hwende has urged councillors to stop blaming the central government for their failure to do simple things like instituting refuse collection.
The High Court has dismissed an application against further remand by three senior Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) directors who are being charged for corruption.