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Freight rail keeps Zimbabwe on track

For the last 18 years, the privately-owned Beitbridge-Bulawayo Railway (BBR) line has enabled bulk goods to be transported by rail from South Africa's port of Durban to Zimbabwe, instead of being routed through Botswana.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Taurai Maduna travelled to Bulawayo, in south-west Zimbabwe, to find out how vital the railway line is today.

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