Harare small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the British prime minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, the capital of the Central African Federation. It retained the name Salisbury until 1982, when it was renamed Harare on the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. Harare is Zimbabwe's leading political, financial, commercial, and communications centre, as well as a trade centre for tobacco, maize, cotton, and
Plumtree-Bulawayo- Harare-Mutare Highway 9.2 Road Transport Network of Zimbabwe.] This is the A3 in international standards, connecting Harare to Maputo the capital of Mozambique through Mutare's Machipanda Border Post (Forbes Border Post). Plumtree-Bulawayo- Harare-Mutare Highway The Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway is a cross country international standard highway in Zimbabwe. It is the most convenient route for transit motorists travelling between Machipanda Border Post Mozambique and Plumtree Border Post Botswana. 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 and