KEY POINTS
- Transvaal Africa buys PPC’s Arlington Estate for $30 million.
- Group plans 418-hectare cargo hub and new airline.
- Land dispute remains unresolved in Zimbabwean courts.
Transvaal Africa (Private) Limited, a Zimbabwean real estate and aviation company co-founded by aviation magnate Patson Moyo, has bought PPC Zimbabwe’s 418-hectare Arlington Estate in Harare for $30 million.
PPC Zimbabwe, a PPC subsidiary that owns 88% of the company, made the acquisition. It is one of the biggest private land sales in Zimbabwe in the past few years. PPC had owned the site since 1990, but it didn’t get its title deeds back until December 2024, when the government revoked a 2010 decision to take the land by force. The cement firm decided to sell the land after failing to find limestone reserves there.
They said the area was no longer useful for their main business. PPC Zimbabwe will keep supplying cement for any future improvements on the estate as part of the deal.
Transvaal Africa talks about its plans for a shipping hub
Arlington Estate, which is adjacent to Harare’s international airport, would be turned into a freight and logistics complex called the “Cargo Village.” Plans include cold storage facilities for agro-processing, warehousing, logistics infrastructure, fuel services, and residential and commercial projects that need help.
Transvaal Africa argues that this project will make Zimbabwe a stronger part of regional commerce networks and update portions of the country’s transportation system.
New airline goals are taking shape
Billionaire Africa report says the business is also getting ready to get into the aircraft business. It expects to start passenger and cargo flights by the end of 2025, utilizing three leased Boeing planes, after getting an air services authorization in January 2025. The first flights will connect Harare to Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam. Later, there will be long-haul flights to Dubai, London, Lagos, and Shanghai.
Land dispute puts deal in doubt
Even though the $30 million deal was finished in August 2025, the property transfer is still in dispute. Nyikavanhu Housing Cooperative is still waiting for a High Court lawsuit to be decided. They say they got a legal allotment in 2006. The cooperative says that the offer letter from 2024 and the ownership deed from 2025 were both fake.
Even though there was a lawsuit, PPC Zimbabwe went ahead with the sale. Transvaal Africa now has to deal with the legal issue while it continues to work on its development plans.
