Eastward railway project revived

The railway line will link Botswana with Mozambique via Zimbabwe PIC: MOREI SEJAKGOMO
The railway line will link Botswana with Mozambique via Zimbabwe PIC: MOREI SEJAKGOMO

After years of dormancy, talks to build a 2000km railway line from Botswana to Mozambique via Zimbabwe to facilitate trade across the three countries have been resuscitated.

At a meeting held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe last Friday, ministers from the three countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) committing them to the Port Techobanine Heavy Haul Rail Project.

Zimbabwe’s minister of transport and infrastructural development, Joram Gumbo, Mozambique’s minister of transport and communications Carlos Alberto Mesquita and minister of minerals, energy and water resources Kitso Mokaila signed the agreement.

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