a9 road (zimbabwe) is a national highways running from mutare to mbalabala. the road begins in mutare and runs south-west through nyanyadzi, birchenough bridge, masvingo, mashava, zvishavane, filabusi and ends at mbalabala where it joins the (a6) bulawayo-beit bridge highway near the 61.5 km peg. ( ) it has a total of just less than , which is about a 6 hours 15 minute drive.