The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Building has backtracked on its observation that contractors are now on online page online online and rehabilitation of the weak Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Avenue will soon begin, claiming “wrong information was posted”.
A instruct-trail newspaper on Monday published an editorial stating that eight contractors involved in the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Vic Falls boulevard had been now on online page online online, which used to be shared on the Transport Ministry’s X web page.
This used to be despite an advert inviting contractors to declare for the toughen of the boulevard, stating that the mushy course of simplest closes on April 29, raising concerns that the contracts had been corruptly awarded.
For these that stumbled on it laborious to imagine that Emmerson Mnangagwa is basically the most damaging baby-kisser Zimbabwe has ever had, here is your answer.They floated a young for the repair of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Avenue, and the closing date for this mushy course of is on the present time, 29 April… https://t.co/ptkcv55ziK pic.twitter.com/5pkcogUJuC– Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) April 29, 2025
In a observation, the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Infrastructural Building, Eng. Joy Makumbe talked about no contractor has been awarded the mushy for the 440.4 kilometre venture.
“The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Building desires to unreservedly apologise to individuals of the public and all its stakeholders for posting a Twitter message containing incorrect information on April 29, 2025, at 09:18 hours.
“The Twitter message tagged a story published on April 28, 2025, by The Herald Online, which was headlined: ‘Victoria Falls contractors on site.’ The Ministry acknowledges that no contractor is on site, as the tender process is still ongoing,” the observation reads.
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The everlasting secretary talked about the error used to be resulting from a breach of internal protocol brought about by their social media officer, who didn’t test the information.
Added Makumbe, “One of the officers assigned the duty to manage the Ministry’s Twitter handle conceded and acknowledged that she breached the internal Standard Operating Procedures for information verification by not verifying the authenticity of the facts with the technical officials in the Department of Roads before posting.”
The Ministry acknowledged that an review committee will now evaluate the bids ahead of submitting its solutions to the Particular Procurement Oversight Committee.
“The Ministry desires to dwelling the file straight on the topic as follows: the mushy which used to be issued on April 17, 2025, closed on April 29, 2025, at 11:00 hours.
“After the closure of the bidding period, an evaluation committee will convene, whereupon the outcome will be sent to the Special Procurement Oversight Committee for oversight of the tender process before awarding the same to successful bidders,” talked about Makumbe.
The reconstruction of the total boulevard is made up our minds to take 36 months, according to the Minister of Transport, Felix Mhona. The Bulawayo-Victoria Falls boulevard is of important area because it results in Zimbabwe’s main tourist appeal.
