The highway has been attended to meet international standards and the rehabilitation project undertaken by Infralink, a joint venture between ZINARA (Zimbabwe National Roads Administration) and Group Five International of South Africa includes the R2 (Harare-Bulawayo Road & the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road combined) and the R5 (Harare-Mutare Highway) at a cost of US$206 million loan provided by the Development Bank of Southern Africa was complete by May 2015.
Source: [Map 9.2 Road Transport Network of Zimbabwe.
][4] This one is the merger of the A5 and the A7 forming a single road connecting Harare with Gaborone the capital of Botswana through Plumtree Border Post.
Source: [Map 9.2 Road Transport Network of Zimbabwe.
][5] This is the A3 in international standards, connecting Harare to Maputo the capital of Mozambique through Mutare's Machipanda Border Post (Forbes Border Post).