Govt scraps road access fee after 17 years

HARARE, Jul. 27 (NewsDay Live) – Zimbabwe has abolished the Road Access Fee, ending a 17-year levy that effectively required motorists to pay twice for using the country’s road network after the nationwide expansion of toll gates.

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona said Statutory Instrument 113 of 2026, gazetted on July 24, gives legal effect to the removal of the fee, which had become redundant after the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) rolled out toll gates across the country’s highways.

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