UMengameli waseZambia uHakainde Hichilema utheleke eTanzania ngoLwesibili ohambweni lwakhe lombuso lwezinsuku ezimbili oluzombona ebambe izingxoxo zamazwe amabili noMengameli waseTanzania uSamia Suluhu Hassan futhi kamuva wazibonela ukusayinwa kwezivumelwano zezokuthutha, ezokuthutha, nezokuvakasha phakathi kweTanzania neZambia. Ngesikhathi eseTanzania, uMengameli u-Hichilema kanye noMengameli waseTanzania kulindeleke ukuthi baxoxe ngezindaba ezithinta ezohwebo, ukutshalwa kwezimali, ezokuthutha kanye nezokuvakasha kwezifunda.
I-Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) ingqalasizinda enkulu eyabelwa iTanzania neZambia futhi isetafuleni lezingxoxo phakathi komongameli ababili. Ujantshi wesitimela owakhiwe waseShayina odumile i-Rovos Rail uxhuma isifunda sase-Afrika eseNingizimu kanye ne-East Africa futhi manje usudume ngohambo lukaloliwe lwangaphakathi kwe-Afrika ngemva kokuba lo mzila wethule uhambo lwawo lwaminyaka yonke oluphakathi kweNingizimu Afrika neMpumalanga Afrika.
Ujantshi wesitimela wakhiwa phakathi kuka-1970 no-1975 ngosizo lweShayina ukuze unikeze iZambia evalekile isixhumanisi esikhumulweni semikhumbi sase-Dar es Salaam njengenye indlela yokuthutha imizila ngojantshi. Kungujantshi wesitimela ovela emazweni amabili oxhumanisa inethiwekhi yezokuthutha yesifunda eseningizimu ne-Afrika esikhumulweni semikhumbi esempumalanga ye-Afrika i-Dar es Salaam, ohlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokuthutha impahla kanye nabagibeli.
Ixhuma amakhilomitha angu-1,860
I-Zambia Railways ixhumanisa amakhilomitha angu-1,860 phakathi kwe-Atlantic Ocean eKapa kusukela eKapiri Mposhi eZambia kanye ne-Dar es Salaam ogwini lwase-Indian Ocean eTanzania. Lolu hambo wumcimbi womlando wezokuvakasha emlandweni wase-Afrika. Ukuhamba ngesitimela iletha abavakashi ezindaweni ezikhanga kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika okuhlanganisa iVictoria Falls ebabazekayo eZimbabwe naseZambia.
E-Tanzania, isitimela sidlula ezindaweni ezikhanga izivakashi e-Southern Highlands njenge-Kipengere ne-Livingstone Ranges, i-Kitulo National Park, ne-Selous Game Reserve, phakathi kwezinye izindawo ezikhanga izivakashi.
Isifunda se-Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) sinabantu ababalelwa ezigidini ezingama-300. Ezokuvakasha ngomunye wemikhakha ekhula ngokushesha phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu e-SADC futhi ingenisa imali yangaphandle ebalulekile.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The railway was built between 1970 and 1975 with the help of China to give landlocked Zambia a link to the port of Dar es Salaam as an alternative to export routes via rail.
- The Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) is the major infrastructure that is shared between Tanzania and Zambia and is on the discussion table among the 2 presidents.
- Zambia Railways connects the 1,860 kilometers between the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Town from Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia with Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast in Tanzania.
