Zimbabwe Roads Emergency --WEB
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- Zimbabwe Roads Emergency --WEB
- March 1, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Zimbabwe Roads Emergency (TV) HEADLINE: Zimbabwe Launches an Emergency Road Repair Program After Years of Neglect TEASER: President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government says repair program results will start being seen before the end of the year. PUBLISHED AT: Tuesday, 03/01/2022 at: 3:01 pm BYLINE: Columbus Mavhunga CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Harare, Zimbabwe VIDEOGRAPHER: Blessing Chigwenhembe VIDEO EDITOR: Blessing Chigwenhembe PRODUCER: Henry Hernandez SCRIPT EDITORS: DLJ, BR VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Other (see courtesies) PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:28 VID APPROVED BY: BR TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: A radio version has been published )) ((INTRO)) Zimbabwe has launched an emergency road repair program after a public outcry over the country's high death toll on its roads, among the deadliest in Africa. Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare. ((NARRATOR)) Zimbabwe’s roads are in bad shape after years of neglect by the government of the late president, Robert Mugabe. Instead of driving on the left, motorists drive on what is left of the road in some cases. This is what happened when Misheck Rujada was hit by a motorist trying to avoid potholes. ((Misheck Rujada – A Road Accident Victim )) “I think road repairs will drastically reduce road accidents. As well as not speeding, and looking out for pedestrians because they are also human beings, only that they are poor. I think that is what is important.” ((NARRATOR)) Zimbabwe’s government says it is aware of the complaints and has embarked on an Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 – better known here as ERRP2 -- to ensure all roads are repaired. Officials say results should be visible by the end of the year. ((Monica Mutsvangwa, Zimbabwe Information Minister)) “The cabinet wishes to inform the public significant progress was achieved in implementing the ERRP 2 on the repair and construction of drainage structures as well as the reclamation of gullies and the repair of wash-aways, where the percentage completion of works exceeded 70%.” ((NARRATOR)) Mutsvangwa added that the government had released about $20 million for the program, and more money will be allocated. Five people die every day on average because of road accidents, according to official statistics – making Zimbabwe one of the countries with the worst accident records. ((Mandatory cg: UNECE)) Jean Todt, the U.N. secretary-general’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, recently met with Zimbabwe officials to discuss reducing road accidents. ((Sirak Gebrehiwot, UN Communications Specialist in Zimbabwe)) ((Mandatory Courtesy: WhatsApp) “The U.N. secretary-general’s special envoy for road safety alluded that Zimbabwe has the opportunity to achieve the goal of reducing by half road traffic crash fatalities and injuries by 2030. With increased political and financial commitments from all stakeholders, the country can turn this situation around.” ((NARRATOR)) That would surely be good news for people like Rujada who have survived road accidents in Zimbabwe. ((Columbus Mavhunga, for VOA News, Harare, Zimbabwe))
- Transcript/Script Zimbabwe Roads Emergency (TV) HEADLINE: Zimbabwe Launches an Emergency Road Repair Program After Years of Neglect TEASER: President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government says repair program results will start being seen before the end of the year. PUBLISHED AT: Tuesday, 03/01/2022 at: 3:01 pm BYLINE: Columbus Mavhunga CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Harare, Zimbabwe VIDEOGRAPHER: Blessing Chigwenhembe VIDEO EDITOR: Blessing Chigwenhembe PRODUCER: Henry Hernandez SCRIPT EDITORS: DLJ, BR VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Other (see courtesies) PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:28 VID APPROVED BY: BR TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: A radio version has been published )) ((INTRO)) Zimbabwe has launched an emergency road repair program after a public outcry over the country's high death toll on its roads, among the deadliest in Africa. Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare. ((NARRATOR)) Zimbabwe’s roads are in bad shape after years of neglect by the government of the late president, Robert Mugabe. Instead of driving on the left, motorists drive on what is left of the road in some cases. This is what happened when Misheck Rujada was hit by a motorist trying to avoid potholes. ((Misheck Rujada – A Road Accident Victim )) “I think road repairs will drastically reduce road accidents. As well as not speeding, and looking out for pedestrians because they are also human beings, only that they are poor. I think that is what is important.” ((NARRATOR)) Zimbabwe’s government says it is aware of the complaints and has embarked on an Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 – better known here as ERRP2 -- to ensure all roads are repaired. Officials say results should be visible by the end of the year. ((Monica Mutsvangwa, Zimbabwe Information Minister)) “The cabinet wishes to inform the public significant progress was achieved in implementing the ERRP 2 on the repair and construction of drainage structures as well as the reclamation of gullies and the repair of wash-aways, where the percentage completion of works exceeded 70%.” ((NARRATOR)) Mutsvangwa added that the government had released about $20 million for the program, and more money will be allocated. Five people die every day on average because of road accidents, according to official statistics – making Zimbabwe one of the countries with the worst accident records. ((Mandatory cg: UNECE)) Jean Todt, the U.N. secretary-general’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, recently met with Zimbabwe officials to discuss reducing road accidents. ((Sirak Gebrehiwot, UN Communications Specialist in Zimbabwe)) ((Mandatory Courtesy: WhatsApp) “The U.N. secretary-general’s special envoy for road safety alluded that Zimbabwe has the opportunity to achieve the goal of reducing by half road traffic crash fatalities and injuries by 2030. With increased political and financial commitments from all stakeholders, the country can turn this situation around.” ((NARRATOR)) That would surely be good news for people like Rujada who have survived road accidents in Zimbabwe. ((Columbus Mavhunga, for VOA News, Harare, Zimbabwe))
- NewsML Media Topics Economy, Business and Finance
- Topic Tags Zimbabwe Roads
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date March 1, 2022 17:39 EST
- Description English President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government says repair program results will start being seen before the end of the year.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English