Council impounds 950 vehicles

Harare City Council has so far collected more than $150 000 in the two weeks that it started impounding vehicles.

Since the traffic blitz' inception last week, HCC and the Zimbabwe Republic Police, have impounded 947 vehicles for various road offences.

Among some of the crimes committed are obstructing traffic, use of unregistered vehicles, moving without valid licence discs and underage driving for public transport.

This comes after Harare City Council hiked clamping and tow-away fees for illegally parked vehicles from $112 to $423 in a move aimed at bankrolling the local authority's $364 million budget for 2014.