to buttress trade and travel between Zimbabwe and Zambia
NEWS ARTICLE
By Tasiyana Siavhundu
Gweru, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s efforts to facilitate trade and travel continue and this has seen the commissioning of Kasambabezi Border Post in the Matebeleland North Province. The new port of entry and exit, situated on the edge of the Zambezi River, 6km north-east of Binga Centre, was commissioned on the 13th of March 2020. The border post has been named after the original name (in the Tonga tribe) of the 2,574 km long Zambezi River. Zambezi River is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east flowing river in Africa and the longest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa.
The new Border Post adds to a country’s more than a dozen border posts that are dotted around the borders of the land-locked Sub-Saharan African country. The border posts connect Zimbabwe’s four neighbours namely: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. Kasambabezi Border Posts becomes the 6th border post to link Zimbabwe and the former Northern Rhodesian counterpart, Zambia. Table 1 below shows a list of seventeen current border posts in Zimbabwe, including the newly established Kasambabezi Border Post.
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How to cite this article: Siavhund, T. (2020). Commissioning of Kasambabezi Border Post to buttress trade and travel between Zimbabwe and Zambia; PM World Journal, Vol. IX, Issue IV, April. Available online at https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/pmwj92-Apr2020-Siavhundu-commissioning-of-Kasambabezi-border-post.pdf
About the Author
Tasiyana Siavhundu
Gweru, Zimbabwe
Tasiyana Siavhundu is a member of Project Management Zimbabwe (PMZ) with vast qualifications and experience in Project Management, Economics, Taxation as well as Investments and Portfolio Management. He is a holder of a B.Sc. Honours Degree in Economics, Master of Commerce Degree in Economics, Post-Graduate Diploma in Project Management, Executive Certificate in Investments and Portfolio Management, Advanced Certificate in Taxation and many other qualifications.
Tasiyana has worked both in the private and public sectors in Zimbabwe. He is now employed as a Revenue Officer with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA). He is very passionate about research work and has interests in the fields of Economics (particularly Public Economics), Project Management and Taxation.
Tasiyana Siavhundu can be directly contacted by email address: tsiavhundu@gmail.com
