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Police urged to reign on corrupt officers
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has said it is disturbed by increasing cases of retribution against whistleblowers and complainants who are exposing cases of corruption by police...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:09hrs | 29 | by Stephen Jakes
An online driver's licence verification System will solve fake licence fraud that the DVLA is experiencing
The British authorities are aware that as from the year 2000 many Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom (UK) have either a fake driver's licence or have paid thousands of dollars to be given a valid drive...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 20:20hrs | 246 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Corruption at vid going wayward
The issue of institutionalised corruption which is currently taking place at Vehicle Inspectorate Department Eastlea Harare is really a cause of concern.Corruption exists in every country and ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 16:53hrs | 17 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe launches expiring driver's licence disc
Government has finally launched the new standard plastic driver's licence linked to a database that will replace the metal licences.The new Zimbabwean licence will be scannable and meet the in...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:36hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Stage set for bruising August 23 polls
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stage set for bruising August 23 polls in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drivers' licence impasse in Electoral Bill debate
Parliament is next week expected to resume debate on contentious clauses in the Electoral Amendment Bill after a marathon and heated sitting which started on Thursday afternoon last week went into ear...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwe roads safe?
It is, indeed, the silly season, so silly that even the simplest of promises are used to secure votes.In this episode, some politicians have promised to "drive" their way to victory.Fo...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:34hrs | 10 | by Jairos Saunyama
Top journalist arrested for driving without license...drives police officers to station
AMH Senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga was on Wednesday arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police traffic department in Mbare for failure to produce a driver's license. Posting on Twitt...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 12:41hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe drivers licence removed as proof of identity
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has questioned the removal of driver's licence as proof of identity in the proposed Electoral Bill that was approved by Cabinet last week.Information, Publicity and Br...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Shona, Ndebele Highway Code launched, beware of Ndebele mistakes
The Highway Code has now been translated into Shona and Ndebele, and printed copies are available at a subsidised cost of US$5 each or the equivalent in local currency while Government is working on t...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
e-passports fraudsters on the prowl
Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans living outside the country and needing to apply online for the recently introduced e-passport should be wary of fraudsters masquerading as employees or agents of the R...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC swoops on CVR middlemen
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is setting up a makeshift office outside the Central Vehicle Registry in Harare to receive reports of possible corruption and get rid of middlemen and co...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guard arrested for losing firearm while drinking
A 30-year-old security officer has been arrested after losing a service firearm and failed to report to the police, while a suspected house breaker has been arrested in Concession where a police unifo...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination deadline for civil servants
As Zimbabwe hit 2 million people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, all civil servants were placed under legal orders to be fully vaccinated with both jabs of an approved Covid-19 vaccine by October 1...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Pair in trouble over blank national IDs
TWO men recently appeared at Chitungwiza Magistrates Court after they were found in possession of 400 blank national identity cards, fake local and international drivers licences, fake Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested carrying 540kg of cannabis
A Zimbabwe Republic Police ZRP support unit officer was nabbed carrying 6 bags of dagga weighing 540 kilograms on Thursday.Constable Be...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Corrupt VID officials to appear in court
THREE Karoi Vehicle Inspectorate Department VID examiners are expected to appear in court this Friday for allegedly issuing provisional drivers licences to failed candidates.The arrest of the ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
South Africa mulls foreign driving licences ban
South Africa is considering a legal change for drivers of South African-registered commercial vehicles that will end recognition of driving licences for some classes obtained in foreign countries and ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Habitual unlicensed bus driver nabbed at roadblock
A MAN wanted by police over a bus accident that killed two people 10 years ago, is working for another bus company plying the Shamva-Harare route and admits to using a fake Class One drivers licence w...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Aspirants flock to Bulawayo VID depot
ASPIRING drivers have started flocking to the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) depot in Bulawayo after it resumed operations on Saturday. Cabinet last Tuesday approved that the VID be reopened unde...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears of third wave as complacency sets in
ZIMBABWE could slide into a third Covid-19 wave due to complacency and failure to observe standard safety regulations after the relaxation of lockdown rules, experts have warned as the re-opening of s...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Don't bribe VID driving examiners'
ZIMBABWE Driving Schools Owners Association (ZDSOA) president Onias Sanangure yesterday urged learner drivers to desist from bribing Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officials to get licences and...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scores rush to VID depots
ASPIRING drivers yesterday thronged the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) depots across the country to either sit for provisional drivers licence tests or undergo road tests as depots countrywide re...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VID resumes road tests, issuing driver's licences
THE Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) will from tomorrow start conducting road tests and issuing driver's licences after close to six months of closure.The closure of VID in March after the ...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:34hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Blood of foreigners flow in South African streets as locals swim in joy
If one can not be angered by the animalistic sadistic killings of our people in South Africa then one has a heart of a stone. Please be angry with me as we moan the patriots who are slaughtered like a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
VID officers suspended
Government has - with immediate effect - suspended Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officials from Marondera and Beitbridge depots on allegations of corruptly issuing provisional driver's licence...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll at VID
ACTION is going to be taken against Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials who are corruptly issuing learner driver's licences to underserving people and modalities are being worked out to comp...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
VACANCY: ZUPCO recruits drivers and conductors
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) has announced that it will be conducting recruitment for bus drivers and conductors from the 24th of June to the 24th of July 2019.Persons who wan...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Drivers' licence scam unearthed
The Vehicle Inspection Department (VID), which conducts driver training among other duties, has been taken over by criminal gangs that are fleecing the public and Government through pocketing various ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean wife beater jailed 7 year in Botswana
Molepolole Magistrate Michael Itumeleng this Tuesday sentenced Mike Graduate Mutizwa to seven years in jail for grievously assaulting his wife Cathrine Mutizwa.When the ruling was made, the co...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man assaults workmate with axe handle
A Beatrice man has appeared in court for attacking his workmate with an axe handle at the height of a misunderstanding. Farai Masango (29) appeared before Chitungwiza magistrate Mrs Rumb...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
LEAKED: Guidelines for cops monitoring ZANU-PF primary elections
GUIDELINES Each and every OIC/MIC is expected to brief their members on the following guidelines. Elections will be held at Party District Centres on 29/04...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jorum Gumbo acts on VID corruption
Rampant corruption in the process of acquiring a driver's licence is now threatening Zimbabwe's signatory status to the 1968 United Nations Convention, a reason one can obtain an international driving...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Accident claims 5 near Bulawayo
Five people have died and five others injured in a road traffic accident that happened last night along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Republic Police said the acci...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Open Letter to ZRP - Overloading vehicles
To whom it may concernI write to complain about the way vehicles overload especially public vehicles specifically combies and unregistered mushika shikas.as the operation restore order...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by R. Yassim
Police roadblocks torment tourists in Zimbabwe
A tourist who recently entered Zimbabwe to visit Victoria Falls has complained that he faced serious torment by the Zimbabwean police at road blocks where he was fined for a faulty trailer and the cop...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 07:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Please help Robert Sibanda find his particulars
My name is Robert Sibanda, I lost all my particulars, my metal ID 08-066250 M39. I also lost my drivers licence. If found please call 0712214075, or email to sibandarobert@gmail.com.Thank ...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 09:25hrs | | by Editor
Zimbabwe to roll out drivers' licences for the deaf
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) is rolling out a special programme to ensure people with hearing impairments can access drivers' licences across the country.A group of 20 student...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 11:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Vacancies at Oxfam Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Country Programme is looking for qualified staff to fill the following positions:a) Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Officer .To be Bas...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Oxfam
Police launch national WhatsApp hotline
The Zimbabwe Republic Police recently also launched a national WhatsApp hotline where members of the public can register their complaints to the police via Whatsapp. The ZRP National Whatsapp hotline ...Published: 18 Mar 2017 at 12:29hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Lost and found wallet for Ignitious Chiparaushe
I picked up a wallet belonging to Ignitious Chiparaushe @ Mazowe turn off aboard a Bindura bus Dzimbabwe. Contents:Drivers licence national ID, ZANU PF card and $8.Contact Moses Ja...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 12:05hrs | | by Moses Javangwe
NRZ opens 2017 apprenticeship application
APPRENTICESHIP INTAKE NATIONAL RAILWAYS OF ZIMBABWE 2017 APPRENTICESHIPINTAKEApplications are invited from suitably qualified candidates who wish to train as apprentices with the National ...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 12:58hrs | 3 | by NRZ
Motorists suspecting foul play on spot fines must take their receipts to nearest police station
The Zimbabwe Republic police has warned motorists that if they suspect being cheated at road blocks after being made to pay spot fines they are allowed to go to the nearest police station to check if ...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Cops nabbed for extortion
Three policemen based at the Minerals and Border Control Unit in Chinhoyi were arrested in Karoi last week after they allegedly demanded $430 from a businessman they accused of selling South Afric...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Noah Pito
ZUPCO trains female drivers
The training and recruitment of female drivers into the public transport sector has been hailed as they are deemed to be safer than their male counterparts. The Zimbabwe United Passen...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 13:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bogus VID officials on the prowl
Government has warned motorists to be on the lookout for fraudsters who illegally issue out counterfeit documents and masquerade as Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers. Transport an...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Masline Mavudzi
Dokora dismiss 'O' Level drivers licence issue
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Lazarus Dokora has dismissed speculation that 'O' Level students would be allowed to sit for examinations only after acquiring drivers licenses....Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 09:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
New rules for learner drivers
At least 80 percent of the process of obtaining both the provisional and practical drivers licence will now be conducted inside Vehicle Inspection Department depots with the public watching to discou...Published: 09 Jul 2015 at 10:27hrs | | by Nyemudzai Kakore
Zimbabweans face court challenges over 'fake' SA IDs
Scores of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are living in desperate situation as some are now being dragged to the courts after they surrendered their South African Identity particulars in order to ...Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 15:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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