Maseru, Mar.02 — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat said that it has embarked on a study to develop a regional railway master plan and a bankable investment strategy.
This is according to the SADC Communique following the Friday meeting of the SADC Cluster Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Transport, ICT, Information and Meteorology in Harare Zimbabwe.
According to the communique, Deputy Executive Secretary for Regional Integration of the SADC Angele Makombo N’tumba made an announcement during the meeting.
Noting that the region’s ratio between road and rail transport is heavily skewed toward roads, N’tumba also revealed that another study for maritime shipping will address the regional and global connectivity of oceanic member states.
“This is an effort to facilitate the integration of the economies of land-locked member states, coastal and oceanic island states,” she said. . .
