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Treasury-funded road construction projects have gone up this year by over 200 percent when compared to the previous political administration and at least 50 percent when compared to the Rhodesian administration, The Herald can reveal.

The new political dispensation has prioritised the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of roads and bridges throughout the country, with road authorities having to go on overdrive after receiving unprecedented budgetary allocations.

Darlington Musarurwa Deputy News Editor— FOUR senior public officials, including two directors in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, have been suspended for trying to block investigations into the abuse of State funds for the rehabilitation of rural roads, it has emerged. The directors are Ms Angeline Karonga, legal director and Engineer Eric Gumbie, who […]

Livingstone Marufu Business Reporter ZIMBABWE National Roads Administration (Zinara), through ZB Bank, is floating a $60 million bond to spruce up the country’s road network, half of which was recently damaged by rains, ZB Financial Holdings Chief Executive Officer Ron Mutandagayi said.

Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Three Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) bosses appeared in court yesterday charged with illegally sourcing foreign currency on the pretext of servicing a $206 million loan for the rehabilitation of the Plum- tree-Mutare Road.

Takunda Maodza News Editor— Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has suspended its top brass in finance, administration and human resources departments on charges which include violating tender and procurement procedures, The Herald has learnt.

Sharon Hofisi Legal Letters In Shona folklore, the eponymous judge, Justice Jackal, allows us to always seek to temper justice with mercy. Justice Jackal is more than an animal. He is also personified as a superhuman judge – he transcends all human thinking in the resolution of disputes.

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter— Government should commercialise the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and enable it to inspect private vehicles as part of efforts to curb road carnage emanating from the prevalence of illegal taxi operators commonly known as mushikashika, legislators have said. Members of Parliament said private vehicles should be levied a fixed annual fee by VID […]

Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has appointed Engineer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa as the substantive chief executive officer effective September 1, 2016. Eng Masiyiwa-Chamisa will most likely be unveiled this week. She takes over from Engineer Moses Juma who has been acting since 2014 when then CEO Mr Frank Chitukutuku resigned unceremoniously three months before […]

Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter— Government has ordered a forensic audit on the operations of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration amid growing speculation that the road fund is being abused. Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Joram Gumbo confirmed ordering the audit yesterday. This comes amid speculation that the road fund could have lost thousands of dollars