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Presentation \| Border Post Performance Monitoring \| Truckers Forum 2012 April 2012 A presentation presented to the April 2012 Truckers Forum by Wim van Schalkwyk on TMSA's Corridor Performance Monitoring approach and methodology to monitor performance of border posts.
Report \| Zambia Revenue Authority Commission of Enquiry January 2012 Cabinet at its sitting on Wednesday 25th January, 2012 accepted without reservations the report on the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the operations of Zambia Revenue Authority. Cabinet has deemed it desirable and expedient to reverse fraudulent procurements regarding Zambia Revenue Authority related contracts with Bradwell International, and Cargo Scan.
OSBP Sourcebook September 2011 The link to the right directs users to the EAC website from where the final version of the OSBP Sourcebook can be downloaded.
Excerpt from the Zimbabwe 2011 National Budget Statement: Beitbridge Border Post Redevelopment December 2010 "749. Mr Speaker Sir, growth in intra-regional trade traffic along the North- South Corridor has seen Beitbridge become the busiest port in the region, handling an average of about 500 trucks per day. 750. Hence, the congestion at Beitbridge Port has become a major bottleneck to trade and tourism, posing major opportunities for corruption and revenue leakages. 751. The chaotic situation currently obtaining at Beitbridge is estimated to cost over US$200 million a year in lost production, tourism traffic and revenue."
One Stop Border Post Procedures for Chirundu Border Post November 2010 These procedures for Chirundu OSBP are presented in two sections: Overview of operations; and Detailed description of procedures. The objective of a One Stop Border Post (OSBP) is to enhance trade facilitation by reducing the number of stops incurred in a cross border trade transaction by combining the activities of both countries’ border organizations at a single location with simplified procedures and joint processing and inspections, where feasible. It is also designed to reduce on the time taken to clear passengers at the border.
Nacala Road Corridor Phase II \| Project Appraisal Report September 2010 The Nacala Road Corridor Project (NRCP) aims to support economic growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and foster regional integration through reliable, efficient and seamless transport infrastructure that increases subregional trade and the global competitiveness of the region. NRCP, which covers about 1,033 km of roads in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique and two one-stop border posts, is being implemented in three Phases. In June 2009, AfDB approved Phase I, comprising 348 km in Mozambique and 13 km in Malawi.
TMSA Case Story Series \| Improving Service Delivery and Reducing Clearing Times at Beitbridge Border Post January 2010 The border post at Beitbridge is an extremely important border on the North South Corridor, with significant numbers of trucks and passenger vehicles going to and from the South African ports and, to a lesser extent, Maputo, and countries to the north such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, DR Congo and Malawi. There are also instances in which the land route to the north, into Tanzania and even into Sudan, has been used in preference to the sea route. It is one border post that experiences extreme forms of traffic congestion at peak periods.
The Chirundu Border Post \| Detailed Monitoring of Transit Times September 2009 The centers of Beitbridge, between South Africa and Zimbabwe, and Chirundu, between Zimbabwe and Zambia, are the busiest border posts on the North-South corridor. Around 220 heavy goods vehicles transit the border in both directions in one day and the traffic was even higher before the decline of the Zimbabwe economy.
Economic Benefits of an Efficient North-South Corridor: Strategic Level Analysis of Investments in the North-South Corridor Using HDM-4: Final Report April 2009 The North-South Corridor is a pilot Aid for Trade programme which is being administered through the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite process that focuses on transport and transit issues. The North-South Corridor runs between the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to the Copperbelt of Zambia and DR Congo and down through Zimbabwe and Botswana to the ports in southern Africa, taking in 'spur' connections through Malawi and Mozambique in the east.
Report on the Chirundu Wellness Centre: Zambia and Zimbabwe March 2009 Chirundu is a town in Zambia near to the order with Zimbabwe and is a key point on the Great North Road. It is the site of two of the five major road or rail bridges across the Zambezi River, the Chirundu Bridges. Chirundu is some 200 km south east of Lusaka, the capital of the Republic of Zambia. The Great North Road is a major link from Lusaka to Zimbabwe. The small town of Chirundu is nothing short of one large truck stop.