In what has become a great curse for Zimbabwe’s
development, corruption; 215 drums or 23 000 litres of tar have gone missing at
a Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Development depot in Chivhu and Police have not ruled out an
inside job.
The tar is for one of the Government’s major projects to
expand Harare-Beitbridge Highway which has outlived its lifespan as it has
become dangerous and a source of endless fatal accidents. The matter was
reported to Police.
The Mirror has established that the value of the tar is
RTGS 1million. Mash East Police spokesperson Inspector Tendai Mwanza
confirmed the case of the missing tar but could not say when it was stolen.
The Minister of Transport Joel Biggie Matiza said he was in
a meeting when contacted for comment.
The Mirror has established that Chivhu Depot received a
total of 250 drums of tar each holding 200 litres on March 4, 5 and 6. The
drums were offloaded outside Chivhu Ministry of Transport at Chivhu deport but
they were not officially handed over to anyone for safekeeping.
The Mirror gathered that security details safeguarding
other ministry equipment were not advised to also protect the drums.
On April 8, Tendai Nyangwande who is a clerk at the Chivhu
depot, visited the site and found out that 215 drums of tar were missing and
then made a Police report. Masvingo Mirror
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