So iam still to get convincing reasons why we use the Durban Port for our imports. Durban is 1675 kilometres away from Harare. Why not Beira which is 560 kilometres away? Another option is the Zambezi River from Indian Ocean-how about a port in Tete which is 350 Kilometres away from Harare?
The late President of Malawi, His Excellency Bingu wa Mutharika had started a project of widening the Shire River in Malawi so that the landlocked country could transport goods from the Indian Ocean straight to Malawi.
I’m not sure what happened to this brilliant project but I remember the leaders of Zimbabwe and Zambia attending the launch of this project. What happened to it? The project would surely have reduced transport costs for Malawi, Zambia and interior Mozambique.
