Zim’s mining boom spurs calls for railway investme...

Zim’s mining boom spurs calls for railway investment: NRZ

Patience Muchemwa

The National Railways of Zimbabwe has said investors are welcome to invest in new railway lines in the country in response o the need for railway services spurred by a boom in the mining sector.

NRZ General Manager, Respina Zinyanduko said this in a presentation to other CEOs from Railway companies at the ongoing Southern African Railway Association annual conference and exhibition which started on Wednesday at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The meeting was convened to discuss how to improve operations and quality of rail service among southern African countries.

Zinyanduko, a panelist on the CEO’s Think Tank Panel Discussion, summarised her presentation on X wall.

“She outlined that investors are welcome to invest in new railway lines in Zimbabwe where there has been a critical demand for railway services spurred by a booming mining sector underlined by lithium.”

Zimbabwe’s exhibition booth was already attracting huge traffic on the first day of the programme.

Chief Marketing and Business Development manager, Takunda Madanha is there present interacts with some of the visitors.

The Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Hon Joshua Sacco officially opened the 2023 SARA Rail Conference and Exhibition at the Gallager International Convention Centre yesterday afternoon.

He was taken through Zimbabwe’s display storyline by Chief Marketing Manager, Madanha and Chief Planning and Strategy Manager, Jacob Chionyere.

SARA was formed in 1996 in terms of its Constitution in response to increasing road competition. At its formation, SARA was to originally provide the SADC railways with a strong lobbying association to pursue advocacy for fair surface transport competition to be achieved through “levelling of the playing field” between road and rail in terms of policy and regulations.