Zim Assembles 200 Buses

Harare Metropolitan Province Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Mr Tafadzwa Muguti (second from left) and local bus operators tour Deven Engineering factory in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Innocent Makawa

Blessings Chidakwa Municipal Reporter

ZIMBABWE is assembling 200 more buses this year with kits coming from China following the successful assembly of 40 buses during the first two trial phases, with those buses already on the road. This new phase of assembly should see some local component manufacture, such as seats and roof racks. The local assembly of buses resonates well with President Mnangagwa’s mantra of “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo” as local jobs have been created while reducing the country’s import bill. In fact, Zimbabwe will now be able to export assembled buses as the Government-owned Deven Engineering in partnership with Amalgamated Bus Industries can assemble up to 1 200 buses annually. Speaking during a tour of Deven Engineering by the Permanent Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution in Harare Metropolitan Province, Mr Tafadzwa Muguti, Amalgamated Bus Industries director Dr Shadreck Tiripano yesterday said they were ready to assemble more buses. ReadMore