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The SADC region plans to develop transport
networks and corridors to allow easy
movement of goods and services across
borders. Some of the major projects proposed
for countries in the Basin include the
construction of roads, railways and airports.
The biggest and most comprehensive
development is the North-South Corridor
between the ports of Dar es Salaam in
Tanzania and Durban in South Africa, which
runs through the Zambezi Basin in Tanzania,
Zambia and Zimbabwe.
North South Development Corridor
This is the busiest and most extensive regional
transit link in eastern and southern Africa,
linking the largest number of countries. It
connects eight countries and interlinks to
other corridors including the Trans-Kalahari,
Beira, Lobito, Dar es Salaam and Nacala
corridors. This corridor is critical because South
Africa is the largest African trading partner for
most of the countries in the region and the
port of Durban handles a significant portion of
transit traffic for the landlocked states, as does
the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam in the
north. Key infrastructure involves the ports, the
roads and the railway lines.
Tazara Development Corridor
The Tazara Corridor (also called the Dar es
Salaam Corridor) is part of the North South
Corridor, a strategic artery linking southern
Africa with east and central Africa. There is
increasing traffic on this route from South Africa,
Zimbabwe and Zambia in the south, and from
the Nacala Corridor in Malawi and Mozambique.
The traffic is largely sugar, cement, fuel and
machinery. The Tazara Corridor provides
the shortest distance by rail from Zambia’s
Copperbelt mines to a port, and is owned by the
United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. The
corridor traverses some of the most fertile land
in southern Tanzania and northern Zambia, and
has potential for agriculture, tourism, mining,
forestry and fishing.
Mtwara Development Corridor
The Mtwara Development Corridor falls within
the territories of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania
and Zambia, and runs between the Indian
Ocean port of Mtwara in the east and Mbamba
Bay Lake Malawi. Transport projects include
expansion and upgrading of Mtwara port, and
the ports of Mbamba Bay and Manda on the
lake. Other projects include upgrading Mtwara
Airport, and the road and rail infrastructure.
Other important projects are the Mchuchuma
Thermal Power Station, the Mtwara-Mbamba
Bay petroleum pipeline and Songo Songo gas.
Walvis Bay Corridor
The Walvis Bay Corridor serves the central and
southern parts of SADC, via the Trans-Kalahari
Corridor linking Botswana, Namibia and South
Africa, and via the Trans-Caprivi Corridor
connecting Namibia and Zambia to Zimbabwe
and the DRC. It also links Angola and Namibia
via the Trans-Cunene Corridor. The northeastern
arm, the Trans-Caprivi Corridor through the
Zambezi River Basin was completed in 2004
with the opening of a new bridge at Katima
Mulilo and provides an alternative import-
export route for Zambia’s Coppperbelt and for
agricultural and agro-processing industries.
Okavango Upper Zambezi
International Tourism (Ouzit) SDI
The Ouzit was initially conceived and presented
as a wildlife sanctuary to be located within
the context of the Okavango and Zambezi
wetland systems. The project centred on a core
development area comprising 260 000 sq km
incorporating game parks in Angola, Botswana,
Namibia andZimbabwe. Infrastructuredevelopment
projects within the SDI comprise of the networking
of the inland park regions, the fast-tracking of
improvements to the air traffic and transport
infrastructure in participating countries, and
establishment and management of a logistics
platform linked to the improved regional air
transport system. The Ouzit SDI connects to the
Namib Development Corridor in southern Angola.
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