ZINARA extends car registration deadline

THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has extended the deadline to de-register all unlicensed vehicles to the end of this month.

ZINARA recently announced that it would de-register more than 200 000 vehicles if their owners failed to heed their call to obtain licences by November 31.

However, in an interview yesterday, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development permanent secretary Munesushe Munodawafa said more than 50 000 motorists had paid their dues.

"We have extended the project by another month till December. There was also a lot of pressure on our staff who could not meet the November deadline," he said.

Munodawafa also said they were working on a gazetted list of the unlicensed vehicles.

He said for a vehicle to be de-registered, there was need for it to be gazetted.

Munodawafa said what they needed was compliance from motorists to ensure that they licensed their vehicles.

Motorists that have not yet complied with the directive have been urged to do so to avoid inconveniences.

Last month, about 29 000 motorists out of 208 000 unlicensed vehicles had complied with the call to obtain licences.

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development recently mandated ZINARA in conjunction with the Central Vehicle Registry to remind motorists that the de-registration exercise was in terms of the Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act, Chapter 13:14.