For the purpose of regional identity the highway from Botswana to Harare the capital city of Zimbabwe is named Road 2 (R2).

Source: [Map 9.2 Road Transport Network of Zimbabwe.

17°49′46″S 31°01′59″E / 17.829466°S 31.032936°E / -17.829466; 31.032936 (R2 Road Harare Showground) and in Plumtree, Zimbabwe it can be picked at the Border Post or in town at the railway station.

20°29′24″S 27°48′23″E / 20.48994°S 27.806433°E / -20.48994; 27.806433 (R2 Road Plumtree town) The R2 was rehabilitated together with the R3 in the project undertaken by the Zimbabwe National Roads Adminuration (ZINARA) as part of the regional transit highway dubbed the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway project in 2015.

[2] The connects Harare and Botswana serving numerous waypoints along the route course.