Zimbabwe Signs $533 Million Deal with China to Revamp Railways | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Zimbabwe Signs $533 Million Deal with China to Revamp Railways | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Zimbabwe has signed a $533 Million deal with China to revamp its railway infrastructure. The deal has been signed with the TransTech Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of the China Railway Group. Zimbabwe's railway network has been around for more than a century. It was built by the British during colonial times. After independence, Zimbabwe's rail network hit peak capacity in the 1990s, but it has been on the decline since. This has resulted in freight levels reaching less than 15% of their peak. Zimbabwe has great mineral wealth, but the lack of transportation means it cannot export enough minerals for profit.
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[@kz-xv1ou]

You failed to mention that Zimbabwe has been under the US sanctions for over 35 years ,which is why it was unable to maintain the railway , but was quick to talk about neglect.

[@Casper-ml7kt]

Zimbabwe is also improving and Chaina is helping but Indian media never report that

[@UnitedAfrica-uw9ct]

i noticed that...the British and their cousins the Americans ruined Zimbabwe

[@sakani-b4867]

Don’t forget the Indians were with the British in colonization of Africa . Since then they never considered Africans as equal to them .

[@govindt1367]

​@@Casper-ml7kt going by China's debt trap diplomacy, one can only hope against hope that Zimbabwe won't go the same way as Sri Lanka n umpteen other examples of Chinese "help".

[@user-go2fl1ow2k]

​@@sakani-b4867they were also colonised by British hence tend to show royalty to former overlord, trash developing countries and even dare to called themselves champion of global South

[@itcenter9479]

as a zimbabwean i prefer working with china than the west

[@bertranbelzor9037]

Definitely bro !!! Definitely !!! And we won't forget what that Dirty Supremacist Fascist West has done to Zimbabwe when the Great Mugabe wanted to claim Zimbabwean Stolen Land. Actually, the Western Media Dirty Propaganda is efficient enough that many Blacks see the Great Mugabe as a Devil. Our people is way too ignorant and that is a big problem.

[@dlfields8429]

Smart move .. I'm in the US and know you are better off with China. They are far advanced in technology and architectural development.

[@wealthsolutionz]

You guys get robbed by both in negotiations so what does it matter. Deals that you sign always put your country at a disadvantage and you have the resources which means that you have the advantage. You should focus on electing better leaders that can negotiate deals that put Zimbabwe in the advatage.

[@EdmondLups]

​@@dlfields8429Same here I prefer China....

[@tatendacmachinjike1374]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa its only a coin has tosted another side how many china tooks in zim without anything with for future for years now we use same buildings in cbd that was build by smith

[@sdcds9602]

In 10 years, Zimbabwe will have modern railways and India's will still be like today's 🚂🚂🚂😂😂

[@Gouravsharmaaa]

In next 10 years it'll be Zimbabwean railway ❌ Chinese railway 🚂😂✔️

[@stivekemfo3713]

​@@Gouravsharmaaacry not for live😅😅

[@sydca5365]

A strong smell of jealousy and bitterness

[@cuthbertmarume5478]

I respect your coverage Palki but I hate the bias you have against China. We have been under sanctions for more than two decades now and China has been our reliable helper. We haven't complained about China and neither are we complaining. We will continue to work with those who want respect us as Zimbabweans.

[@boonteoh7240]

Prestitute at work!

[@user-rw9uj7kd1p]

bcos ur gov never choose India to improve your rail system to be like Indian advance railway system

[@cuthbertmarume5478]

@@user-rw9uj7kd1p I'm sorry you got it wrong on me. Here I'm talking of China doing good things for us. I'm not comparing China to India as you would want to imply. India as well have a lot of good things it does to Zim and vice versa. We live very well with Indians here in Zim and they are all doing good.

[@gearhead8875]

If India is good at developing rail infrastructure, why is it not stepping up its export efforts in Africa?

[@wenbo595]

It should also step up import. But india not want to import

[@GameChanger-cr4hx]

Zimbabweans do not want to sit on top of the trains.

[@GoGreen99962]

​@@GameChanger-cr4hxChinese will push them under the train. It's better to sit on top than under

[@fajarliong]

Zimbabwe made absolutely wrong decision. Should approach India, and India out of generosity and benevolence will give the railway free, completely free. The railway standards shall be as high as the one running today in India, full of luxury 😊😊😅❤👍. All India neighbours enjoy free infrastructure from high quality infrastructure made in India 😊

[@branbran9129]

​@@fajarliong India doesn't have a HSR .

[@mdskhabib6607]

Palki and her obsession with china never ends😅😅😅

[@wealthsolutionz]

doesn't detract that she is speaking the truth and the deal will not favor Zimbabwe the way it will favor china. Deals should be equitable or at least primarily favor the African countries than not

[@icetrip2417]

Lol we Zimbabwean know we want benidt from this railway

[@Sipho_Thenjwayo]

Zimbabwe and China have had a relationship that goes back since the days of the Liberation struggle they funded and supported the Zimbabwe Africa National Liberation Army what did India do in their fight for independence and post independence

[@MountH212]

When it comes to China, I ignore your news 😂

[@afolabifaruq9606]

Honesty

[@Norbero]

Because your ignorant

[@nothanks5264]

She’s a top tier China hater. Everything that comes out of her mouth about China is negatively bias. It’s even worse than Western news anchors.

[@RenupriyaJaiswal]

not every news, if talk on taiwan, one of these news network needed for truth revealing.

[@waslotaliam5119]

because you are a U.S bot?

[@martinshabalala4525]

Chinese are great partners for development in one's country, and they are honest respectful to Africans when they deal with each other. Nothing but Win Win situation

[@afolabifaruq9606]

I wonder if palki thinks its fools thst listens to her, on china 🇨🇳

[@Jef-Chen]

You seldom hear this woman talking about Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port nowadays, do you? Wanna know why? Because Hambantota is now fast becoming a transhipment hub for Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and Europe. Definitely, a success story like Hambantota is a no-go-zone for this not-so-accurate roadside fortune teller, who spent several years since 2017 trying to convince everyone that it's a Chinese debt-trap. Now you see the same pattern being repeated?

[@OO27]

Source?

[@rajbarman199]

How can you say it with so much confident even ,world knows what happened to Sri lanka its hambantota port is killing mosquitoes only 😂😂 it's a dept trap from China everyone knows and still doing comedy here🤣😂

[@rsliu4646]

@@OO27 Read "A Chinese debt trap? Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port set to debunk narrative with its success" by South China Morning Post on May 3 - The port has become a thriving transshipment hub in the Indian Ocean particularly for vehicles, with a turnover of 700,000 units a month - Hambantota is also expected to play a bigger role in supporting the bunkering and oil refining business and has the potential to be a cruise hub.

[@GoGreen99962]

Haha, joking. Srilanka went broke because of Chinese debt trap. Literally China pushed Srilanka in the depth of Ocean

[@JunHooKim-bn4yc]

​@GoGreen99962 🤣🤣🤣 Why don't you 🇮🇳👳 start reflecting on your own country before judging the China and Sri Lanka?? 👇👇👇 Am I wrong to say that your backyard India is already in cancer, so it's pointless to care further. ??? 🤣🤣🤣

[@symphorosayee3118]

India should invite the Chinese to upgrade their railway infrastructure!

[@JCSY1]

Chinese will reject it .... 😂😂😂

[@HTeo-og1lg]

Chinese are afraid of India's scamming payment. Pleaseread the news in Bloomberg about India's non-payment for imports in the last years.

[@directorofficer8565]

Palki why don’t you tell modi to build infrastructures in Zimbabwean

[@HafiZzZzZz]

😂😂😂

[@kriswright4739]

Modi is already building in Palki

[@Priapus212]

Zimbabwe is buying locomotives from India

[@Simonchandi]

My friend, palki is one of the few USA puppets in Indian Media , she has never appreciated China for once in her life, always opposing china and they can not provide better alternative to what china is providing to African countries.

[@afolabifaruq9606]

Very annoying journalist. Same Zimbabwe that has suffered sanctions. They should sit and do nothing till they die ?? So they should go to China, them give alternatives

[@lizowilliam013]

Palki, your hatred for China is blinding your journalism...it's so sad (and pathetic honestly). Zimbabwe is one of the most heavily sanctioned countries and can't maintain any infrastructure. Why did you omit this?

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Honestly speaking, no one in the World cares what the views of Phalki Sharma are on the World affairs. This is for the internal consumption of Indian Youth who are mostly unemployed. Or some people who are aligned politically with BJP and its Agenda. Last time when she came to Oxford University, no one recognised her. She kept introducing herself. Only people who recognised her are from Pakistan. LOL

[@friminrogasian2252]

True

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

*WU'HAN VIRUS* on the Brain! 😂😂

[@GoGreen99962]

No, it's not. You're brainwashed by CCCP's Nationalist propaganda which is why you don't see the truth. While Zimbabwe is definitely heavily sanctioned by west, China is not helping with good intentions. All it wants to do is grab Territory/resources/drown Zimbabwe in debt. China is just another British Raj with colonial intentions which is obvious from how it deals with neighbors. Look at Srilanka/Pakistan/Maldives how drowned in debt they are. It's going to get worse for Bangladesh

[@fredericksiong8240]

She's one hardcore ANTI-CHINA Indian newscaster and spokeswoman! 🤣🤣🤣

[@electromega3077]

Meanwhile, Indian high speed train project with Japan becomes a stationary train project.

[@HafiZzZzZz]

And when Japan finishes the project , you can put the train in the museum

[@Rahul.raj678]

​@@HafiZzZzZz sabse pehle aapne ghabrana nahi hai....aap aata jugar karne me dhyan de 🐷

[@HafiZzZzZz]

​@@Rahul.raj678🐄💩🐂💩

[@wenbo595]

Noo its a sight seeing train

[@pritsingh9766]

It's not stationary, it is almost complete and it will start in 2025 .It would've started in 2023 itself but unfortunately due to change in government in Maharashtra, land couldn't be acquired there but now all land has been acquired and work is 90% complete.

[@Casper-ml7kt]

Say all you want but China have Zimbabwean people's best interest at heart we saw this even long before Zimbabwe gained her independence from the British

[@Rahul.raj678]

Time will show you guys the real face of China...just wait and watch 😐

[@GameChanger-cr4hx]

Palki is jealous the Zimbabweans have not gone to India, where the rail system is older than those of Zimbabwe.

[@GoGreen99962]

China is greedy for territory. Just a matter of time China will show it's colors

[@SuperMyckie]

Africans always thinking anyone care about their interests.... bro no-one cares about your interests, you are there for the takn

[@altentic8616]

Countries don't have friendships but they have interests among themselves... learn this and don't allow yourself to be a slave tomorrow.

[@user-ottoyu123]

以前一直認為印度是被英國殖民的受害者，今天我才驚訝的發現，部分印度人把自己看作英國殖民精神的繼承者，竟然會用英國殖民主義的視角去看待非洲。看來英國雖然對印度的殖民時代已經過去，但對印度的精神殖民從未結束。

[@dice138]

就像台灣人崇拜日本人一樣

[@user-qg9nh6ty6d]

大印帝国

[@pritsingh9766]

Bat-man soup surrp surrrp

[@huanwang-ur5ve]

@@user-qg9nh6ty6d 大淫帝国

[@yunxingchen]

@@pritsingh9766 Brainwashed by Western public opinion

[@manwingchi9156]

China know for building infrastructure. What is your complaint. India know for building same bridge collapsed two times, if lucky maybe 3 times. 😊😊😊

[@XiaoxiaoYuyu-ug3gy]

who else can Zimbabwe ask ? india or usa ?

[@otis3744]

Lmao

[@yestomor7673]

Definitely Super Power India🤗

[@The-Cat]

Lol why ask India who needs Japan to help them 😂? India wants to Share the help it's getting from Japan 😅

[@Sara_Kuster]

asking us is like shooting own leg. India can't even fix indian railways

[@ntokozolugogo4762]

Just imagine😂😂😂

[@Komariaazzzz]

Zimbabwe learn their lesson not to pick Japan. Smart people👍

[@xmkl38]

India to Zimbabwe - " Why you pick China over us ? " "Zimbabwe to India - " I wonder if there is mirror in India. "

[@Aron_justin]

A stupid comment nothing else

[@global-villager]

Just another Chinese CCP Bot! 😒

[@pritsingh9766]

These Chinese bot make these unfunny cringe jokes and other Chinese bots boost up their comments with likes 😂

[@arkangel2000]

i'd rather India than China. China doesnt care about anyone but China. also, we are closely related to India our commonwealth brothers than China.

[@thefirstcameraman5422]

English poet : its raining cats and dogs Chinese : 🤤🤤🤤

[@htx1873]

If China won’t Do it then nobody else will so go ahead Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, you went through a lot it’s time to use the opportunity and shine , don’t worry about the western mocking the project..

[@dice138]

India is not even the WEST.........they wanted to be though🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@merrick6484]

In Indians mind, they are as white as the milk. In Western mind, India is the same India, dark as chocolate.

[@charleshart8641]

Lady do you think Zimbabweans are not intelligent?. Or do you want them to give the contract to india. China is a good economic partner to African countries

[@pritsingh9766]

I don't know about her but the viral video of Chinese engineers from Nigeria does prove that Chinese people certainly think so .

[@arkangel2000]

what has China ever done for Africa other than trapping them in debt?

[@aryaman05]

Is that why you pay one wheelbarrow load of worthless paper money for a bottle of coke, and kept Robert in power for as long as he did ?

[@GoGreen99962]

Obviously they're not. They have not seen how China pushed Srilanka/Pakistan in debt. Nor China's Territorial greed with Philippines/ Vietnam etc

[@johnsmithe36]

Well-said, African countries would have economic troubles in the future

[@TeddySy-rs2yv]

Zimbabwe deal wih China , the real truth is China help zimbabwe get around the terrible sanctions from the west, hope can it prosper at that time,,, your info is wrong It is good China went to help , otherwise, all the population of Zimbabwe have died

[@wegap2012]

Not a single mention of the devastating economic sanctions by the UsA and G7 countries on Zimbabwe? It’s been 23yrs if I’m not mistaken. A small detail you missed maybe?

[@khooyeesin9766]

Palki as usual gives curry spicy talk to blame China. 😂😂😂

[@desouzawilly8343]

Let china work, India has no capacity😂😂

[@user-ln5pi6zp2t]

Instead of helping countries of the south it wants to keep them poor vis a vis India. If India cannot help the least it can do is stop this Western propaganda of debt trap.

[@HTeo-og1lg]

India cares only for India. She is even trying and succeeding in hindering other nations from joining BRICS on behalf of the G7.Alliance nations. So, don't be a fool to think that India wants the Global-South to succeed and overtake her because Modi is obsessed with MIGA Superpower. So sad!

[@stevenpreston5619]

I ignore her reports on ANY news in regards to China, as we all know why😂

[@xdgao3015]

Also, you probably don't know the relationship between China and Zimbabwe is nurtured through decades of time.

[@MLTUNESMRD]

Why are you bothered about it

[@IamHandsome4u]

Palki forgot, china just found out to be the biggest trading partner of india.😂😂

[@user-zc1xc1yz2j]

jealous palki

[@roddiechan]

first few mins i thought Palki has changed🤣🤣and i was so wrong🤣🤣a leopard can never get rid of its spots

[@franknjamen3044]

Let's listen 😂 bollyhood news on China 😅

[@afolabifaruq9606]

India false narrative on china will only build underdevelopment and stagnation. Palki think, you don't choose neighbours. You find common grounds

[@Daniel1050]

Parki Sharma is angry zimbabwe didn't ask India to build the rail way, which India can't build

[@pritsingh9766]

No, she is happy seeing how Africans are treated by Chinese engineers in their own land hahahaha .

[@user-yq6hn6nh6u]

Should they ask you what do you want when country is bankrupt because of sanction and mismanagement let China help them your opinion is not ask woman

[@Rahul.raj678]

Chinese don't help for the sake of helping....they might have other plans...you never know what they are up to....most selfish country

[@maftab3818]

China is good ❤❤❤

[@dr4jm]

So it’s ok to print and borrow money to buy weapons for Israel and Ukraine but you cannot borrow money to build your country? So India never borrows money to build their infrastructure? How much is Iraq paying for American help. How much will Ukraine pay for American help… look it up.

[@proactiveafrica323]

China tangible infrastractures in Africa we see.China helping a lot in Africa, its better to have a deal credit that pay them back funders and then handover after 15 to 20yrs than 20yrs come and go without anything.

[@kasikwagoma6740]

I am from Zambia next door to Zimbabwe, my mother is from the mhondoro area of Zimbabwe... Zimbabweans are my other family, lived among them, went to chisipte school there from 1984, 4 years after it gained its independence, I have so many cousins, aunts and uncles there, I speak shona so fluently because of mum..... I am so happy that Zimbabwe has picked China, I personally an sick and tired of the bullying rottweilers in the west, I can no longer stand them. I am praying Zimbabwe returns to what it once was. Makorokoto vanhu vangu.

[@TeddySy-rs2yv]

It is not neglect,,it is the sunction imposed by western countries.. you should research first before making this video Also, it is better China manage the railway to better operate and maintain it,, if i were to decide, i will also let China handle the railway management but hire and train locals in the operation to have some jobs

[@obopileboikanyogaborone9279]

Still cant understand why Zimbabwe is under sanctions

[@babublue69]

simple mughabe nationalished land who illegally occupied by foreigners

[@jetli740]

to keep them poor easy to control

[@drttgb4955]

Corruption

[@conceretejungle1150]

For taking their land😮

[@paulocembranelli5514]

India and China need to improve their diplomatic, commercial and cultural relations. I believe that the first step for this to happen is the resolution and demarcation of borders....

[@Rahul.raj678]

This is not possible until and unless China stop it's malicious activity in the border region

[@afolabifaruq9606]

Honestly. They can both benefit each other in great ways. India can really learn from China in modernisation and growth. Not all these stupid online tantrums

[@user-st8kk4ij3q]

As a Chinese, I oppose

[@maanvol]

For Sino-Indian relations to improve, bad speech like Palki has to get lost!

[@jetli740]

you cant, when u have channel like this..................

[@motopatlo7920]

Great Africa need china for development

[@yoingen]

If India can develop in the future, it will also invest in various parts of the world. What kind of reports will this lady do then? Let’s save this video and compare it later.

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

With attitudes and mentalities like this, it would never happen, ever.

[@arvindkatiyar526]

😅she will become old by then a grandmother

[@user-ur4gw4uu2x]

5:16 India can't not developed owen county how

[@thefirstcameraman5422]

​@@user-ur4gw4uu2xquite like you cannot develop your own sentence kinda

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

What can I say about India? Well, nothing. Everything that needed to be said (and proven) are all under the comment section. Kudos to many of you outside of India's _'fantasy world'_ realizes and I'm glad that all of you are seeing the TRUE side of India. It is simply a place where it cannot be trusted. Even her closest neighbors do not want anything to do with her. It's the TRUTH!

[@dice138]

You handle name is the best fit for the Indians, brother.

[@thefirstcameraman5422]

I mean , if your closest neighbors are countries like Pakistan and China, I would rather have enemies than those neighbours lol. And speaking of true side , I think I have seen more of india by living in it than any Chinese guy saying "see the true side of india"

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

@@thefirstcameraman5422 _"...if your closest neighbors are countries like Pakistan and China, I would rather have enemies than those neighbours lol...."_ But *_NONE_* of those countries consider India as an 'enemy'. So why (as I referenced above) declare them as enemy. Also, enlighten us about _" think I have seen more of india by living in it..."_ Really now?

[@thefirstcameraman5422]

@@YouCantHandleTheTruth." but none of them consider india as the enemy " lol , thought you knew better what they actually think of india. Your argument right there is quite contradictive to the reality set infront. Even china's closest ally , Russia, also seems to be very trustworthy of india , and both of us have in numerous times helped each other .

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

@@thefirstcameraman5422 Your delusions contrasts your reality as usual. You seem to still worship the 'Communist' USSR of yesteryear. Allied, yes, trusts? No. It was business as usual with India. This is Russia now, 'Putin's RUSSIA'! Not saying they are against you but you seem to have this affinity for the Russians - in hopes of breaking them apart from the Chinese. You have completely forgotten that Russia has demanded their payment for sale of oil in YUAN. If 'he' really wanted to help, he'd settle for the worthless rupees. As much as this is bothering you, the reality is they share a close proximity and region with China and many Russians also share the same bloodline one way or the other. But that's another story for another day. BUT... you still failed to have yet answer the question about your own claims about _'enemies'_ in the regions surrounding you, of what makes you (India) think they are?

[@AnonymousAnonymous-dc3jm]

It would be so easy for Zimbabwe to pay back China, just give them one of their 100 Trillion Dollars note and say keep the Change!🤣

[@Casper-ml7kt]

You are still talking about something that happened years ago, Zimbabwe have a strong currency now backed by gold and it's very easy to pay China back as you said but not with the old currency that doesn't exist anymore, they can pay back with minerals. As they said Zimbabwe have all

[@ntokozolugogo4762]

Zimbabwe's new currency, Zig is trading 13.43 against the dollar...Probably stronger than yours

[@PamelaMajoni-wx3tw]

You are still stuck in the past, Zimbabwe have a gold currency now which is very strong. Called Zimbabwe gold or Zig.

[@AnonymousAnonymous-dc3jm]

@@PamelaMajoni-wx3tw The USD was also tied to gold and then the government debased it, who knows if this is going to repeat again?

[@AnonymousAnonymous-dc3jm]

@@ntokozolugogo4762 Probably stronger for now, but History repeats itself, another new currency again?

[@Zinhle314]

She talks as if she is a Zimbabwean!

[@HTeo-og1lg]

She talks as if she is a Zimbabwean, but with a heart only for Supperpower Bharat. So hypocritical!

[@biveksharma4015]

Godi media pro at international media level that is palki sharma

[@turnleft8645]

Last I checked I think under a year ago, NRZ (National Railways Zimbabwe) had a long running deal with Belgium but after failing to pay them something like several millions (just under a billion I think) we only paid 20%. Belgium then lowered the amount but we still only paid 20% and the news then explained why we were struggling so much to repair our rail system. I wonder how China coming into the mix considering the rights of NRZ between Belgium and Zimbabwe will pan out. For now we will have to wait and see.

[@stevenmunetsi]

Watch 🇿🇼 in the next 5 years. China has our back.

[@zsarimaxim692]

Who else would Zimbabwe reach out to for railway project? India?

[@gibson2675]

France

[@Squirtle-xm6bi]

Long hair and short wisdom

[@rsliu4646]

Funny 頭髮長見識短 ！

[@peterneil6859]

Palki !! if China economy is collapse, then, how is china building railways in Zimbabwe.?? 😂😂😂

[@henry-pj9zo]

india made mistake choice to choose Japan for bullet train, if India choose China, there would be thousands miles bullet train completed already.

[@IoelShemtov]

Peace between India and China is most important of all.

[@tonyramdial9651]

Just as China was looking for resources, then came Zimbabwe.

[@TheCOOLstuff01]

Everything we have in Zimbabwe from ice cream to clothes comes from China not US or Britain.We never had problems for the last 40 years with china even now and the next 20 years will not have problems.

[@jetli740]

well said

[@rajanchittoor5338]

And that is the END of Zimbabwe 🙁🙁

[@kamsunleong6648]

If they hire India instead of China, then yes. It could be the end of ever getting their railway up and running again.

[@fajarliong]

Zimbabwe made absolutely wrong decision. Should approach India, and India out of generosity and benevolence will give the railway free, completely free. The railway standards shall be as high as the one running today in India, full of luxury 😊😊😅❤👍. All India neighbours enjoy free infrastructure from high quality infrastructure made in India 😊

[@pritsingh9766]

They will treat them like they treat Nigerians on their own land and these people in debt will just watch .

[@jetli740]

@@pritsingh9766 history lesson for you: china help africa since the 70s even when they poor them self.

[@ReeChad.]

China deal is ruthless , just imagine building a city will be like

[@dominiqpowell37]

HAVE YOU SEEN INDIAS RAIL, WELL ITS VERY POOR.

[@stevenlai1199]

JAI HIND

[@alibalaabdullahi7108]

Jealousy of China

[@shhakuni]

India should have offered railway revamp offer to Zimbabwe

[@JCSY1]

😂😂😂 How many real proper kms of railway does China has? What are their quality and safety standards? India can offer but will Zimbabwe accept? That is another question.

[@jetli740]

build ur own first before try to build for other..

[@conceretejungle1150]

A lot of people don't want Zimbabwe to progress i don know y????😮😮😮

[@user-ft2km6yr7s]

Thanks For The Update!

[@fallonmassey4714]

Instead of complaining, India should give them a better offer! *Lead, follow, or get out of the way and shut up!*

[@Togdheer]

What can india do for zimbabweans, you are against china, then what other solution do you have?

[@Amendy289]

Africa prefers China and Russia for business and security

[@DingaOmondi]

The idea of building and controlling is good. This is because over and over again Africans governments proved inept in managing what they inherited from colonial governments. Even the Kenyan SGR is degrading very fast in areas being managed by Kenyans. Tribalism has quickly settled in and African "standards" is now getting visible. Zimbabwe has gone down not because of sanctions, Zimbabwe has gone down because of an African mentality. It's not only Zimbabwe, this could have happened to any African country. Africans need to study why China succeeded. Africa has been blinded by the West. Palki report comes from a biased angle. India's hate for China is a bit too obvious. She can only criticise China yet she knows very well India has no solution for any African problem to date. Zimbabwe is better of dealing with China but unless the African mentality changes, then development will wait.

[@whitemoon5752]

When China first opened up in the 80’s it first chose to open south of China Shenzhen area. They needed roads and ports but not money. So it signed commercial deals with HK, Singaporean companies to build highway and ports. The companies that built managed and charges fees like tollways which was profitable. China’s exports accelerated and we just put those costs are transaction everyone gained. The Guansheng Highway whose lease just got extended for another twenty years bears testament that it works. Palki needs to learn the difference between colonialism and leasing

[@krishnaprasad7963]

Well they should have some place to sell them later

[@dwightnkomo5900]

I don't see any controversy in her remarks. My impression is that this deal with just create more debt for my country.

[@Cannoli_JJ]

嫉妒改变不了事实。😂palki女士你真的不考虑一下带凸点的小衣服么？

[@theyjustwantyourmoney4539]

When reporting news, never show any sign that suggests your opinion or personal feeling

[@alxc2389]

Its like taking a loan from the bank, if u cant pay up the bank takes back ur property.. how stooopid can this woman be..in this world ntg is free, its just business

[@Sipho_Thenjwayo]

Her hatred for China blinds her rationality

[@tradex760]

l honestly hate Zanu but this guy is trying ...there is a lot of projects going on in Zimbabwe kudos to Mnangagwa for his efforts

[@ayandabiyana7955]

Palki always bashing China every chance she gets

[@haydenfinlay1957]

Thanks China😂❤

[@BrandyHeng007]

ZiG is Zimbabwe latest currency back by gold reserve 👍

[@fajarliong]

Zimbabwe made absolutely wrong decision. Should approach India, and India out of generosity and benevolence will give the railway free, completely free. The railway standards shall be as high as the one running today in India, full of luxury 😊😊😅❤👍. All India neighbours enjoy free infrastructure from high quality infrastructure made in India 😊

[@jetli740]

and can carry passenger on top and both side of train

[@fajarliong]

@@jetli740 yes, precisely 😊😉👍

[@solicthesunhog2022]

@Palki I mostly think you are right, however, the British that built the infrastructure network in Rhodesia did it with passion and to last. Wht we've seen in Zim of Chinese infrastructure is something akin to a road that falls apart as the Chinese are done their activities here. People blame sanctions for Zim's state of dilapidation, but they fail to acknowledge thatbunder Ian Smith when sanctions were proper sanctions, unlike today's targeted sanctions, Rhodesia rose in power thru independence from Britain. High quality goods were made and the country was virtually self sufficient. The currency value even surpassed that of the Pound. Those who blame sanctions on everything are the same as those who sit on the roadside asking for money.

[@tonnynyathi2862]

We hope this will help Zimbabwe only if the so called China investors will shear head this without involving thieves from the Zanu government to loot the funds for their corrupt activities

[@dino2215]

Majority of crimes in South Africa are committed by Zimbabwean nationals according to their local media. That's alarming 😢

[@ZANDIJOHNSON]

Can u imagine b4 we came crime was already skyrocketing, talk less of the European drug loads in the Cape, the Nigerian mafia running the hole of County

[@GospelNgoe]

That map is not the position of Zimbabwe in Africa

[@danielboey14]

The comments are really amazing! Every single comment shits on Palki. And yet day after day Palki gets on a high horse and screams “China bad”

[@user-kb7ic2pi6x]

Zanu Pf milked e Railways dry Air Zimbabwe,ZiscoSteel,Zimbabwe electricity Supply Authority appointing politicians to run state entities to the ground.Its a pity.There were Sactions before 1980 .Corruption destroyed Zimbabwe not sactions

[@RandB_Aquatics]

Trust me you dont have the full picture.compare sanctions targeted to the white gvt against those against zanu. Remember whites will always watch out for each other despite these sanctions. A big example is ICC and america issued warrants for some non-white leaders except for putin in relation to crimes against humanity. Now their eye country israel commited crimes against humanity and america is threatening to sanction the ICC. THEY SAID STRAIGHT UP WE DONT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COURT but if it was mugabe they will be much willing to enforce the ruling. DO more research. Rules only applies to their enemies

[@reubenmujati1708]

In any case we don't need the railway line.I mean,what for?we have nothing to carry

[@dennismiller5235]

CHINESE WILL NOT DEVALUE THE CURRENCY THIS IS THE BEST DEAL THE CHINES THE BEST

[@mazad74]

Palki and China they don't go together.😅😅

[@turnleft8645]

Honestly, I don't know how to feel... Personally, I would prefer if we built our own trains and not outsourced it to anyone unless it was certain components like finer detail electronics. Zimbabwe already used to manufacture wagons and even had tenders for other african countries but because of corruption and greed our own manufacturing companies collapsed. I would only truely see this as a positive if a train manufacturing plant was reset up here in Zimbabwe to manufacture wagons and standard gauge fittings. Letting another country do all the heavy lifting whether it is America, China, India, etc is never good because you lose your bargaining power and form attachments. The capability to do this is possible as a new line of trains have been started to be manufactured here in SA as well. Just food for thought.

[@jamaicanlifestyle9958]

You have not mentioned western sanctions one time.

[@TheCOOLstuff01]

All developed countries are in massive debt they accumulated during their development WHY NOT ZIMBABWE LETS GOO

[@superchoacolate]

Atleast in Zimbabwe signed and got. Come to Uganda where they sighn for huge ghost deals and stolen by small group in power but the poor common person carry the budden of paying.

[@joeyp1927]

The example of ZAMBIA actually explains why Africans trust the Chinese. 50 years ago, in the early 70s, China built Africa's first transcontinental railroad through Zambia and Tanzania, at China's own expense ($2.5 billion in today's dollars), using some of its own laborers many of whom died of malaria and heat stroke. This was when China was poorer than Africa and had just gone through years of famine, and when China had no economic interests in the region. "To help you build the railway, we are willing to forsake building railways for ourselves," said Mao to the president of Zambia in 1965. China built the railroad on Zambia's and Tanzania's request, after European countries, the USSR and the U.S. refused to give assistance on this project. China took this project on when it could barely afford to feed its own people. THAT is why Africans go to China. Back then, China turned the railroad over to the Africans, but over the years, yes the railroads suffered neglect. That is why Zambia and other African countries are asking the Chinese to come back.

[@cozytime9067]

You forget about sanctions.

[@adder88]

Palki didn't have any grapes today.

[@abrahamrussom8960]

Give me one example that India built in Africa

[@realitytvzm]

From 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲 zambia when this lady speaks about china I just 😂😂😂it's like she on SNL