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Zimbabwe police to use breathalysers this festive season
The Government, through the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), has procured new breathalysers to be deployed at police roadblocks as part of a festive season road safety initiative. The move a...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:42hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Speed freaks turn Zimbabwe highways into racecourses
WITH a cigarette stuck between his shaking fingers, Moses Nerutanga (37) puffs up clouds of smoke into the air as he relives how he escaped death by a whisker in a recent bus accident.As he sa...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Equip Zimbabwe police to do their job well
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe told us this week that crime, particularly armed robbery, in Zimbabwe had now reached colossal levels that it is bordering on being a real national security threa...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
19 000 robberies, 3 500 murders rock Zimbabwe
Nearly 19 000 cases of robbery and over 3 500 murders were recorded in Zimbabwe between January 2020 and December 2021, official statistics show.Data obtained from the Zimbabwe National Statis...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe traffic police gets breathalysers
The Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) yesterday donated breathalyser machines and traffic equipment worth US$82 000 to police to use in curbing road traffic accidents countrywide.The equipme...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staf reporter
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor free of poisoning: Tests
A RANGE of blood and urine specimens extracted from Peter Magombeyi, the former Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, who was allegedly abducted by state security last year showed no...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New rules to deal with drunk councillors
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo has called on local authorities to formulate standing rules to rein in councillors who attend meetings while drunk. Minis...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Compulsory DDCs could tame Zimbabwe traffic jungle
ROAD accidents continue to kill people on Zimbabwe's highways despite heavy traffic police presence, with the majority of the accidents attributed to human error.In a bid to avoid loss of life...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo installs first traffic cameras
POLICE in Bulawayo will soon have iron-clad cases against traffic offenders at traffic lights as the city council has started rolling out a camera surveillance project on the city's major roads. ...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to buy modern surveillance equipment
THE Government will buy modern surveillance equipment, including high-tech drones and helicopters, to enhance police operations, it has been learnt.Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister ...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police go high-tech on roads
Police are rolling out high-tech equipment for e-ticketing, speed traps and breathalyser tests as efforts intensify to ensure compliance with traffic laws.The equipment, to be deployed next mo...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police ordered to enforce compulsory speed limit devices
GOVERNMENT has ordered police to enforce speed limit devices on all public transport vehicles to avoid road carnage through speeding.Speaking during a road safety stakeholders' meeting held in...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mindset shift key to policing: Mathema
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) needs a paradigm shift and the necessary resources, including adoption of information communication technologies to combat 21st century crime, new Home Affairs minis...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk policeman fined
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo who rammed a car into a Nkulumane suburb house while drunk, injuring two siblings has been fined $300 for negligently driving without a licence.In June, Munyarad...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt orders breathalysers
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Obedingwa Mguni says Government has placed an order for breathalysers and these will be issued to the police soon. This was after the realisation that drunken drivers have...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe traffic cops go 7 years without breathalysers
DRUNKEN drivers who are involved in accidents are getting away largely scot-free as police have been operating without breath test kits since 2010.Standard police breathalysers cost as little ...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drivers cause accidents, not road blocks
It used to be that whenever one travelled a long journey by plane, parents would insist on being informed of a safe arrival. Even though the news would have reported no plane crash anywhere in the wor...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Intercape Harare-Cape Town service back
A LEADING luxury passenger transport service company, Intercape has re-introduced the Harare-Cape Town service due to public demand as well as the need to give quality service to customers.Spe...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso's superfan or attention seeker?
HERE comes an attention seeker!Josphat Ngulube a Bulawayo man who has of late been in the public eye for his one-man Highlanders demonstration is no stranger to being dismissed as an empty ves...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Breathalysers for Bosso matches?
IF new Highlanders Chief Executive Officer, Nhlanhla Dube had his way, intoxicated fans should be subjected to breathalysers and if found to be drunk barred from entering Barbourfields Stadium as a po...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 07:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Breathalyser tests for Ingwebu Breweries workers
All Ingwebu Breweries workers are set to undergo breathalyser checks as a precautionary measure to curb work-related accidents, an official has said.A breathalyser is a device used...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Be the boss, avoid Christmas party tragedy
It is customary for organisations to host end of year functions (aka Christmas parties) at this time, celebrating the year that is about to end and herald the December holidays. At these parties, typi...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 17:43hrs | | by Angus MacArthur, Director at Alcohol Breathalysers (Pty) Ltd - South Africa
You can help drunk drivers to stop driving drunk!
Drunk driving is a universal challenge that results in the deaths of tens of thousands of people every year. It's almost impossible to completely measure the cost of this loss to families, busines...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 09:11hrs | | by Breathalyser Guy
Over 800 000 criminal cases in 2015
Police handled over 800 000 alleged criminal violations in 2015, with traffic offences constituting over half of those cases, data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency shows.Overally, ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
Only 87 drunken driving cases reported in 2015 - ZIMSTAT
Zimbabwe only had 87 drunken driving cases recorded last year a situation attributed to police not having breathalysers, Zimstat has said.Zimstat said an influx of cheap Japanese second hand v...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Muvhango's Nonny caught drunk driving
Flirtatious Muvhango actress Phindile Gwala spent a few hours in police cells in the wee hours of last Saturday morning.That's because the sexy actress from Eshowe in KwaZulu-Natal, who plays Nonn...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 13:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC MP, motorist arrested for running out of fuel by bogus police commissioner
A top MDC official and legislator Jasmine Toffa (proportional representation) was on Monday evening arrested by a group of police for assisting a motorist who had been arrested for r...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
ZRP to deploy 45,000 police officers countrywide during festive season
The Zimbabwe Republic Police will deploy 45,000 police officers countrywide to curb crime and to enforce traffic laws during the festive period, a senior police officer said yesterday. Addressing jour...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 08:31hrs | | by Lawrence Chitumba
'Mpilo doctors come to the hospital drunk,' says MDC-T MP
BULAWAYO Central MP Dorcas Sibanda stunned MPs on Tuesday when she called for doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital to be tested for alcohol saying some of them went to work drunk.Contributi...Published: 03 Oct 2013 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zahara's accident leaves villagers in darkness
Singer Zahara's Kia Sportage apparently smashed into an electricity pole, plunging the village into darkness.Residents rushed to see what had happened and were surprised to see Zahara getting...Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 03:54hrs | | by Daily Sun
Mugabe escort accident riles police
Police on Tuesday declared a fresh blitz on public passenger vehicles, after President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade was involved in an accident with a commuter om...Published: 20 Jun 2012 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Traffic cop killing motorist in court
A motorist who allegedly crushed a female police officer to death when he failed to stop at a roadblock on Sunday appeared in court yesterday.Jardine Heath Roy (35) of Number 3 Reudes Flo Road...Published: 06 Jun 2012 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Bobby Brown sentenced to one day in jail
Bobby Brown has avoided jail for drink driving after making a plea bargain with prosecutors on Wednesday.The "My Prerogative" singer and ex-hubby of the late Whitney Houston pleaded no contes...Published: 26 Apr 2012 at 04:49hrs | | by Moyo Roy
National Alcohol Policy effects
The former Minister of Health, Dr Timothy Stamps said the proposed National Alcohol Policy is meant to protect vulnerable people from the effects of alcohol abuse.An official in the Ministry o...Published: 26 Mar 2011 at 12:19hrs | | by Byo24News
Magistrates' courts employee in custody on theft of State money
Wilson Tapiwa Nyazika a Victoria Falls magistrates’ courts employee has been further remanded in custody to 4 February on allegations of stealing more than US$7 000 of State fu...Published: 31 Jan 2011 at 17:03hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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