BUSINESS says the upgrade of the country’s road infrastructure and modernisation of Beitbridge Border Post will restore Zimbabwe’s regional competitiveness in the cargo transit sector.
Speaking at the Shipping and Forwarding Agents Association of Zimbabwe (SFAAZ) 15th annual conference last week, chairperson Godfrey Muswere said the developments came at an opportune time. Muswere said the country was at risk of losing out on millions of dollars in cargo transit revenue, as regional road freight operators were beginning to circumvent Zimbabwe in favour of other routes.
This comes as the government has embarked on an Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme, widening and re-tarring of the Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare highway and modernisation of the Beitbridge Border Post.
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