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The Chiponde-Mandim­ba OSBP project entails the con­struc­tion of com­pre­hen­sive bor­der facil­i­ties on the Malaw­ian side, which will include access roads and park­ing areas. The OSBP facil­i­ty is designed to accom­mo­date var­i­ous bor­der agen­cies, such as secu­ri­ty, health, cus­toms, and immi­gra­tion, through the estab­lish­ment of three main build­ings: a pas­sen­ger pro­cess­ing ter­mi­nal and admin­is­tra­tion (Block A), a car­go clear­ing ware­house (Block C), and a police block (Block B). Addi­tion­al con­struc­tion will involve cir­cu­la­tion roads, park­ing bays, a scan­ner build­ing, and sev­er­al ancil­lary struc­tures. The facil­i­ty will be equipped with essen­tial util­i­ties, includ­ing elec­tric­i­ty, water, waste­water con­nec­tions, and advanced com­mu­ni­ca­tion sys­tems. For the Chiponde-Mandim­ba OSBP, the Roads Author­i­ty (RA) has appoint­ed Prospec­ti­va-Infra­works Devel­op­ment LTD JV, as the Con­sult­ing Engi­neer for the Chiponde-Mandim­ba One Stop Bor­der Post (OSBP) project.

The Roads Author­i­ty has con­duct­ed com­pen­sa­tion assess­ment for PAPs around the area, eight Com­mu­ni­ty Griev­ance Redress Com­mit­tees (GRCs) have been formed and trained, although they lack essen­tial resources for oper­a­tional func­tion­al­i­ty. The RA has plans to devel­op work plans and pro­vide reg­is­tra­tion forms for these com­mit­tees fol­low­ing the estab­lish­ment of the Chiponde-Mandim­ba OSBP GRCs.

The Chiponde OSBP is locat­ed on the Nacala Trans­port Cor­ri­dor; on the Man­gochi Chiponde Road in Malawi and the Mandim­ba ‑Chiponde Mozam­bique con­nect­ing Zam­bia and Malawi to the port of Nacala in Mozam­bique. The Nacala trans­port cor­ri­dor is the vital trade route serv­ing major trade-depen­dent economies with­in the South­ern Africa Devel­op­ment Com­mu­ni­ty (SADC), such as Zam­bia and Malawi.