During Zimbabwe’s 36th Independence celebrations on Monday, President Robert Mugabe announced a $2-billion construction plan for road in Zimbabwe.
He said that construction works on the Harare-Beitbridge and Harare-Chirundu roads will start soon. He said government had identified a contractor for the project.
Mugabe added that the Harare-Mutare, Harare-Bulawayo and Bulawayo Plumtree roads projects had been completed successfully in addition to upgrading of other minor roads that is currently underway throughout the country.
Most of the roads in Zimbabwe, both urban and rural, have been in a deplorable state since the country attained independence in 1980 as a result of poor management and corruption.
As a result of the expansion of the capital city, several of the roads in new suburbs built in recent years have yet to be tarred.
President Mugabe promised to clear all the country’s outstanding debt and improve the working conditions of civil servants.
Mugabe’s administration has been failing to pay debts that have accumulated to billions of US dollars and many businesses have closed due to the liquidity crunch haunting the country.
