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By Staff Reporter
THE newly reintroduced urban commuter trains have been suspended following the return to a stricter Covid-19 lockdown.
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) suspended the affordable commuter trains last Friday insisting it was in line with the new Covid-19 regulations pronounced by Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga early this month.
The NRZ said the decision followed the realisation that some commuters were taking advantage of the trains to evade police road blocks since trains have no police checkpoints.
NRZ public relations manager Nyasha Maravanyika Wednesday said the parastatal will be guided by the government depending on the developments on the ground.
NRZ slapped with US$236m lawsuit
SOUTH Africa-based business syndicate, the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG), has filed a lawsuit at the High Court demanding damages amounting to a staggering US$236 million from the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) after government unilaterally terminated its US$400 million contract to recapitalise the country’s out-of-date rail system.
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As revealed by this newspaper in its exclusive series on the botched deal, Attorney-General Prince Machaya advised Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza on the legal consequences of reversing the US$400 million deal awarded to DIDG.
According DIDG’s application seen by the
Zimbabwe Independent this week, the consortium, which won the tender to recapitalise NRZ in 2017, only to lose the deal last year, wants the contract to be restored, failure of which it wants NRZ to pay US$236 million as compensation for breach of contract.
By Bulawayo Correspondent
THE Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and a South African based railway company are suing the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) for unlawful cancelling a US$400 million recapitalisation tender which was awarded to the company in October 2017.
On October 16, 2017, DIDG, a group made up of Zimbabweans in the diaspora, won an NRZ tender to recapitalise the parastatal’s rail infrastructure.
The tender was however cancelled on the 30
th of July this year under unclear circumstances, leading to the two companies DIDG (Private) Limited and DIDG (PTY) limited approaching the High Court to challenge the cancellation.
“On the 16th October 2017, the 1st plaintiff (DIDG (Private) Limited was awarded the tender on terms and conditions stipulated in the tender documents,” reads part of High Court application.
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