LEGAL MATTERS: It’s high time we make use of the Roads Act

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IT is one thing to have a law that lays out clear procedures and guidelines on development and maintenance of road infrastructure, and another where leaders, administrators and managers take little interest in making use of the law to create internationally-competitive road infrastructure.
I say this with particular reference to how the Roads Act [Chapter 13.18] has not been taken full advantage of or, to say it in another way, has been neglected, when it comes to the issue of construction and maintenance of our road infrastructure across the board.

In the southern African region, we are notorious for having the most dilapidated road network.
Our highways are a death trap as they are now known for being the cause of countless road accidents, some of which result in death. Some of the roads built during the colonial era have endured but due to time, and lack of maintenance have taken a heavy toll and all we notice is serious apathy on the part of road administration authorities to make our roads user friendly and attractive.