By Tatiana Mhararira
Progress resumed recently at the Mucheke main bridge in Masvingo, having been paused late last year, with authorities saying it was now 40 percent complete.
This was revealed by Provincial Director for Economic Affairs, Clever Chingwara who was standing in for Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira at an all stakeholders meeting to discuss state of healthcare in the province at Chevron Hotel on March 27, 2025.
“Additional efforts on the Chevron Bridge are now at 40 percent completion and designs for Chimusana Bridge are at advanced stages, both of which will alleviate congestion in Masvingo City,” said Chingwara.
Chingwara also revealed government’s plans to empower farmers with government said to have availed 4 000ha of sugarcane plants under the Kilimanjaro project. Indigenous farmers are set to benefit from the project.
The Mucheke Bridge is located on the Harare-Masvingo Beitbridge highway and is used by heavy trucks going plying the Harare-Beitbridge highway, with it also being used by the locals to cross to Masvingo CBD and is the only route into town when Chimusana Bridge is flooded.
With the bridge being the only way through to the CBD from across the river, traffic congestion stretches from the bridge to Masvingo Polytechnic and to Chikato Police station from the other side.
Masvingo City 2012/13 budget, Masvingo City Council had proposed US$800 000 for the widening of Chimusana Bridge and in 2014 council then indicated that the same project needed at least US$2.5million.
