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CAP. 10:14 Names (Alteration) (Amendment Of Statutory Instrument 167 of 2020. Names (Alteration) (Amendment of Schedule) Notice, 2020 S.I. 167 of 2020 [CAP. 10:14 Names (Alteration) (Amendment of Schedule) Notice, 2020 City/Town Old Name New Name Hellet Street Shuvai Mahofa Street IT is hereby notifi ed that the Minister of Local Government, Hughes Street Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Public Works and National Housing has, in terms of section 4(1) of the Names (Alteration) Act [Chapter 10:14], made the following Mutare Aerodrome Road Kumbirai Kangai Road notice:— First Street Maurice Nyagumbo Street Edgar Peacock Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa 1. This notice may Be cited as the Names (Alteration)(Amendment Second Street Moven Mahachi Street of Schedule) Notice, 2020. Jelf Road Edgar Tekere Road 2. The Schedule to the Names (Alteration) Act [Chapter 10:14] is amended in Part VII by the repeal of certain names of roads and substitution of the following— “PART VII ROADS, SQUARES, BUILDINGS, ETC., IN URBAN AREAS City/Town Old Name New Name Bulawayo 9th Avenue Simon Muzenda Avenue 12th Avenue Joseph Msika Avenue 6th Avenue up to end of Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa 6th Avenue Extension Way 8th Avenue Liberation Legacy Avenue 3rd Avenue Nelson Kutshwekhaya (N.K.) Ndlovu Avenue 4th Avenue through to 7th John Landa Avenue Street up to King George 5th Avenue Maria Msika Avenue 1st Avenue Lazarus Nkala Avenue 10th Avenue Nikita Mangena Avenue 11th Avenue Daniel Madzimbamuto Avenue 13th Avenue to include Clement Muchachi Road Anthony Taylor Ave 14th Avenue George Nyandoro Avenue Connaught Avenue Cephas Cele Avenue Cecil Avenue continuing Albert Nxele Way up to Wellington Road Fife Street and Queens Queen Lozikeyi Street Supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette dated the 17th July, 2020. Road Printed by the Government Printer, Harare. Colenbrander Avenue Lookout Masuku Avenue 984 981 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: [email protected]; website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. Names (Alteration) (Amendment of Schedule) Notice, 2020 S.I. 167 of 2020 City/Town Old Name New Name City/Town Old Name New Name Doncaster Road Sikanjaya Muntanga Road Lomagundi Road starting Nemakonde Way from Upper East Road Fort Street through to Benjamin Burombo Street right up to the Westgate Bellevue Road up to circle Plumtree Road From Westgate Circle to Chairman Mao Boulevard Vic Falls Road Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road New Parliament precinct 23rd Avenue Jairos Jiri Avenue Upper East Road Charles Dauramanzi Road Bindura Etherton Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Pennefather Avenue Amoth Chingombe Avenue Chegutu Henry Hartley Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Wheelby Road Ackim Ndlovu Road Chipinge Main Street Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Wyne Street Zidube Ranch Battle Street Gweru 3rd Street Richard Hove Street Orr Street Kavalamanja Battle Street 6th Street Nikita Mangena Street Grant Street Altena Farm Battle Street 7th Street Joshua Nkomo Street Drummon Chaplin Street Sipolilo Battle Street Main Street Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Rudd Street Kantibhai Patel Street Moffat Drive Simon Muzenda Drive Rezende Street Julia Zvobgo Street Harare Speke Avenue Agostinho Neto Avenue Milton Avenue Leopold Takawira Avenue Angwa Street Sir Seretse Khama Street Livingstone Avenue Oliver Tambo Avenue 3rd Street Patrice Lumumba Stret Park Lane Jomo Kenyatta Lane Selous Avenue John Landa Nkomo Avenue Cecil Rhodes Drive Willie Musarurwa Drive Cameron Street Joseph Msika Street Allan Wilson Road Mgagao Road 7th Street, Chancellor Liberation Legacy Way Blackiston Street Joseph Culverwell Street and Borrowdale Roads Baines Avenue Herbert Ushewokunze Avenue Enterprise Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Golden Stairs Road Solomon Mutsvairo Road Road Quendon Drive Eddison Zvobgo Drive From Airport to Josiah Tungamirai Drive Manyame air Base Lorraine Drive Mama Mafuyana Drive Kirkman Drive Solomon Mujuru Drive Wet Road Sunny Takawira Road Dieppe Road Vitalis Zvinavashe Road Argyle Road Sydney Malunga Road Charter Road Fidel Castro Road The Chase Sikwili Moyo Street Innez Terrace Mayor Urimbo Terrace Frank Johnson Avenue Zororo Duri Avenue Fife Avenue Leonid Brezhnev Street Macguire Avenue Lizart Sibanda Avenue Rotten Row Abdel Gamal Nasser Road Central Avenue Ahmed Ben Bella Avenue Kwekwe A5 Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa South Avenue Guy Clutton-Brock Avenue Masvingo Bradburn Street Sheba Tavarwisa Street First Street First Street Mall Robertson Street Eddison Zvobgo Street Hofmeyer Street Simon Muzenda Street 982 983 Names (Alteration) (Amendment of Schedule) Notice, 2020 S.I. 167 of 2020 City/Town Old Name New Name City/Town Old Name New Name Doncaster Road Sikanjaya Muntanga Road Lomagundi Road starting Nemakonde Way from Upper East Road Fort Street through to Benjamin Burombo Street right up to the Westgate Bellevue Road up to circle Plumtree Road From Westgate Circle to Chairman Mao Boulevard Vic Falls Road Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road New Parliament precinct 23rd Avenue Jairos Jiri Avenue Upper East Road Charles Dauramanzi Road Bindura Etherton Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Pennefather Avenue Amoth Chingombe Avenue Chegutu Henry Hartley Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Wheelby Road Ackim Ndlovu Road Chipinge Main Street Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Wyne Street Zidube Ranch Battle Street Gweru 3rd Street Richard Hove Street Orr Street Kavalamanja Battle Street 6th Street Nikita Mangena Street Grant Street Altena Farm Battle Street 7th Street Joshua Nkomo Street Drummon Chaplin Street Sipolilo Battle Street Main Street Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Rudd Street Kantibhai Patel Street Moffat Drive Simon Muzenda Drive Rezende Street Julia Zvobgo Street Harare Speke Avenue Agostinho Neto Avenue Milton Avenue Leopold Takawira Avenue Angwa Street Sir Seretse Khama Street Livingstone Avenue Oliver Tambo Avenue 3rd Street Patrice Lumumba Stret Park Lane Jomo Kenyatta Lane Selous Avenue John Landa Nkomo Avenue Cecil Rhodes Drive Willie Musarurwa Drive Cameron Street Joseph Msika Street Allan Wilson Road Mgagao Road 7th Street, Chancellor Liberation Legacy Way Blackiston Street Joseph Culverwell Street and Borrowdale Roads Baines Avenue Herbert Ushewokunze Avenue Enterprise Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Golden Stairs Road Solomon Mutsvairo Road Road Quendon Drive Eddison Zvobgo Drive From Airport to Josiah Tungamirai Drive Manyame air Base Lorraine Drive Mama Mafuyana Drive Kirkman Drive Solomon Mujuru Drive Wet Road Sunny Takawira Road Dieppe Road Vitalis Zvinavashe Road Argyle Road Sydney Malunga Road Charter Road Fidel Castro Road The Chase Sikwili Moyo Street Innez Terrace Mayor Urimbo Terrace Frank Johnson Avenue Zororo Duri Avenue Fife Avenue Leonid Brezhnev Street Macguire Avenue Lizart Sibanda Avenue Rotten Row Abdel Gamal Nasser Road Central Avenue Ahmed Ben Bella Avenue Kwekwe A5 Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa South Avenue Guy Clutton-Brock Avenue Masvingo Bradburn Street Sheba Tavarwisa Street First Street First Street Mall Robertson Street Eddison Zvobgo Street Hofmeyer Street Simon Muzenda Street 982 983 Statutory Instrument 167 of 2020. Names (Alteration) (Amendment of Schedule) Notice, 2020 S.I. 167 of 2020 [CAP. 10:14 Names (Alteration) (Amendment of Schedule) Notice, 2020 City/Town Old Name New Name Hellet Street Shuvai Mahofa Street IT is hereby notifi ed that the Minister of Local Government, Hughes Street Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Public Works and National Housing has, in terms of section 4(1) of the Names (Alteration) Act [Chapter 10:14], made the following Mutare Aerodrome Road Kumbirai Kangai Road notice:— First Street Maurice Nyagumbo Street Edgar Peacock Road Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa 1. This notice may Be cited as the Names (Alteration)(Amendment Second Street Moven Mahachi Street of Schedule) Notice, 2020. Jelf Road Edgar Tekere Road 2. The Schedule to the Names (Alteration) Act [Chapter 10:14] is amended in Part VII by the repeal of certain names of roads and substitution of the following— “PART VII ROADS, SQUARES, BUILDINGS, ETC., IN URBAN AREAS City/Town Old Name New Name Bulawayo 9th Avenue Simon Muzenda Avenue 12th Avenue Joseph Msika Avenue 6th Avenue up to end of Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa 6th Avenue Extension Way 8th Avenue Liberation Legacy Avenue 3rd Avenue Nelson Kutshwekhaya (N.K.) Ndlovu Avenue 4th Avenue through to 7th John Landa Avenue Street up to King George 5th Avenue Maria Msika Avenue 1st Avenue Lazarus Nkala Avenue 10th Avenue Nikita Mangena Avenue 11th Avenue Daniel Madzimbamuto Avenue 13th Avenue to include Clement Muchachi Road Anthony Taylor Ave 14th Avenue George Nyandoro Avenue Connaught Avenue Cephas Cele Avenue Cecil Avenue continuing Albert Nxele Way up to Wellington Road Fife Street and Queens Queen Lozikeyi Street Supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette dated the 17th July, 2020. Road Printed by the Government Printer, Harare. Colenbrander Avenue Lookout Masuku Avenue 984 981.
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