turning right into P12 Highway to Kariba. Link 2 Makuti–Karoi Link 2 runs a distance of from Makuti to Karoi. Unlike Link 1, this section has moderate curves and slopes. Charara Safari area lies left (west) for about stretch of this highway section from Makuti. Link 3 Karoi–Chinhoyi Link 3 covers a distance of from Karoi to Chinhoyi. This road runs south-easterly all the way to Chinhoyi. Travellers to Chegutu, through to Gweru can branch right in Chinhoyi into P13 Highway popularly known as the Chegutu-Chinhoyi Highway. Link 4 Chinhoyi-Harare Link 4 section covers from Chinhoyi to Harare. Harare is the capital city of Zimbabwe. Here lap number 2 of the Chirundu–Beitbridge Regional Road Corridor begins; the R1 Highway popularly known as the Harare–Beitbridge Highway. Harare–Beitbridge Highway The road runs in a southern direction from Harare to Beitbridge Border Post (between Zimbabwe and South Africa), covering a total distance of 571 km. The Harare–Beitbridge road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 25). On the South African it joins the N1 Highway which runs the whole length of South Africa to Cape Town. Link 5 Harare–Chivhu Link 5 is after the capital city Harare, and it covers to Chivhu. Here in Chivhu the R6 Highway branches right (east) to Nyazura. Link 6 Chivhu–Masvingo This section of the Harare–Beitbridge Highway covers from Chivhu to Masvingo. About one third distance from Chivhu, the Gweru-Mvuma Highway braches right (west) on its approximately to the Midlands capital city of Gweru linking this highway with R2 Highway to Bulawayo and Plumtree. In Masvingo the A9 Highway crosses from the left, (the Mutare via Birchenough Bridge end) to the right to Mashava, Zvishavane, Filabusi and Mbalabala. Link 7 Masvingo-Turn Off (Ngundu) Link 7 covers a distance of from Masvingo to Turn Off. This place called Turn Off is the turn-off to Chiredzi, and its where the P5 Highway popularly known as the Chiredzi-Tanganda Hifhway begins. Link 8 Ngundu–Beitbridge This section covers 184 km from Turn Off to Beitbridge Border Post. Just less than halfway to Beitbridge lies Nuanetsi Game Ranch to the left, after Rutenga. Beitbridge is the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is the busiest of all in Southern Africa, both in commercial traffic and the movement of people. See also ZINARA References External links Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA Southern African Development Community SADC Zimbabwe