Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development

In September 2015 Michael Madanha was sworn in as the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development. ^[2]

Joel Biggie Matiza was the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development in 2018. ^[3]

In June 2020, the late Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Joel Matiza directed the board to restructure management and bring in fresh blood to revive the rail parastatal. The NRZ required US$400 million in the short term and US$1.9 billion in the medium to long term to recapitalise its operations. Its operational efficiency and capacities had largely been affected by maladministration, impropriety and a harsh economic climate. At its peak, the NRZ moved 14.4 million tonnes against an installed capacity of 18 million tonnes annually. The NRZ was also seeking a strategic partner after the government cancelled a US$400 million deal the parastatal and the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group and Transnet had agreed. ^[4]

8 February 2021, Felix Mhona was named Transport Minister replacing Joel Biggie Matiza (who died).

In January 2023, at the age of 81 years, Tshinga Dube was appointed to the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board by Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Felix Mhona. ^[5] He was appointed to the NRZ board to serve for a three-year term ending 6 December 2025.

Following the 23-24 August 2023 elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced his new cabinet on 11 September 2023. The Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development was Felix Mhona. ^[6]

On 14 September 2023, Joshua Sacco was sworn in as Deputy Minister of Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. ^[7]

Since 2020

Functions

• Formulate national transport and infrastructure policies;
• Plan, design, construct and maintain regional trunk roads, state roads, and bridges;
• Plan, construct, operate and maintain the railway infrastructure and network in compliance with relevant national and international standards;
• Ensure that the Transport Sector complies with national and international standards;
• Provide services that ensure the safety of road, rail, air and inland water traffic;
• Supervise and administer relevant national and international regulations, treaties and protocols of all aspects of the Transport and Infrastructure Sectors;
• Provide freight and passenger transport and infrastructural networks and services;
• Provide, operate and maintain transport and equipment services;
• Coordinate and supervise Parastatals and State Enterprises under the Ministry’s purview;
• Approve, monitor and evaluate the implementation of turn-around strategies by Parastatals and State Enterprises under the Ministry’s purview.

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