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Cops, municipal police shield mshikashikas
In the heart of Harare's central business district, lawlessness and corruption are rife as pirate taxi operators, known as "mshikashika," continue to defy traffic regulations with apparent impunity, w...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:41hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
494 arrested in Bulawayo festive season traffic blitz
Police in Bulawayo have intensified efforts to restore law and order on city roads through an operation code-named: "No to Mushikashika, Touting, Unruly Elements, and Lawlessness on the Roads."...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:48hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Major crackdown on smuggling launched
A multi-agency operation targeting small businesses and cross-border transporters involved in smuggling and unethical practices has led to the impounding of dozens of vehicles, including buses and hau...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:49hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew implicated in bribing cops
A commuter omnibus (kombi) driver and his conductor have been arrested for allegedly offering bribes to two policemen, following a viral video that showed the officers accepting cash from motorists. T...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 13:19hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Zimra seizes Hwindi President's car
Popular Zimdancehall artist Bessel Mugo Parewa, known as Hwindi President, has taken to social media to voice his frustration after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) impounded his vehicle as part...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 16:01hrs | 10230 | by Staff reporter
100 illegal gold panners arrested in Esigodini, Umzingwane
A recent joint operation by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and the police has led to the arrest of 100 illegal gold panners in the Umzingwane catchment area, which supplies much of the city’s water...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:36hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Lake Gwayi-Shangani completion
State Media today reported that Lake Gwayi-Shangani, the country's third-largest inland reservoir, is now 70 percent complete with completion expected before year-end.Once reported by the same...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:54hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Over US$2 000 collected as BCC, police raid gold panners
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reported that it collected over US$2,000 in fines for environmental violations across its jurisdiction and water catchment areas, according to its latest minutes addres...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Motorist granted bail for assaulting TTI marshal
A motorist captured on video recently attacking a Tendy Three Investments (TTI) parking marshal was granted bail when he appeared in court facing an assault charge.Washington Nhenderere was no...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
TTI apprehends motorists for illegal removal of clamps, hunt for four others underway
TENDY Three Investments (TTI) has apprehended three motorists while the hunt is on for four others on charges of breaking or illegally removing and running away with the clamp gadget after being clamp...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn textbook pirates
In a brief but strongly worded statement, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube, said the law enforcement agents will soon descend on perpetrators without fear or favour....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus driver abandons 78 undocumented Zimbabwean passengers at SA police roadblock
A bus driver who was transporting undocumented foreign nationals to South Africa, abandoned his vehicle and 78 passengers at a stop and search operation in Moretele in the North West.The Depar...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimra impounds over 100 luxury vehicles illicitly imported into Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has seized over 100 high-end and luxury vehicles that were illegally brought into the country. Currently, the tax authority is executing a nationwide operation t...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop in court for mounting fake roadblock
A POLICE officer suspected to be part of a syndicate fleecing unsuspecting motorists along Herbert Chitepo Avenue and Leopold Takawira Street in central Harare by mounting a fake roadblock has been ar...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo push cart operators spooked by new law
A Bulawayo pushcart operator Calvin Sawunyama says he works six days every week, mainly operating from the busy vegetable market in the city centre.Sawunyama's pushcart, like that of his colle...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 19:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's clamping and tow-away by-laws approved
THE Minister of Local Government and Public Works, in terms of section 229 of the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15], has approved the City of Bulawayo (Clamping and Tow-away) By-laws, 2023 which allo...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani power station works start
PRELIMINARY works for a 10 megawatts Hydro-Power Station to be constructed at Lake Gwayi-Shangani at Cross Mabale in Hwange district have started.To increase power generation in the country, t...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to complete all the projects he started in his first term
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who has vowed to complete all the life-changing projects he started in his first term, has said Zimbabweans, through dedication to duty and unity, can do anything.Presiden...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Battles to watch in today's Zimbabwe election
AFTER five very short years, we are back to the polls.It feels it was just yesterday when President Mnangagwa gave us that signature dance to the Kutonga Kwaro soundtrack. It feels it was just...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Gwayi-Shangani Cowdray Park water treatment plant set to begin
Construction of the Gwayi-Shangani water treatment plant at the landing station in Cowdray Park is set to begin soon, according to Finance and Economic Development Minister, Prof Mthuli Ncube....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 08:51hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam expects first water in-take next season
THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam is expected to start impounding water in the forthcoming 2023/24 summer season on the backdrop of reports that construction work is now 70, 2 percent towards completion....Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA officials intercept truck smuggling cigarettes worth R20m
Law enforcement authorities have detained a truck that was ferrying illicit cigarettes worth some R20 million on Monday, after it was stopped in Bronkhorstspruit and the driver fled the scene....Published: 02 May 2023 at 22:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify operation against mushikashika
UNREGISTERED vehicles and illegal taxis commonly known as mushikashika are flourishing in ever large numbers and some are disrupting traffic by not pulling into parking places or otherwise getting off...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Huge outcry over CCC led city vehicle clamping fine
While the outcry over Harare City Parking's fines continues to grow and a Government investigation has opened, a motorist is trying to get the High Court to rule that Harare City Council has no legal ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorist files challenge against vehicle impounding by Harare City Council
A local motorist has approached the High Court seeking an order declaring as unlawful, the practice of impounding motor vehicles by Harare Municipal police over alleged violation of city traffic laws....Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pushcarts face city centre ban
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) intends to ban push carts, popularly known as "Scanias" from operating within the city centre while also criminalising displaying goods on the city's pavements, triggering ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
55 arrested, 29 Plumtree vehicles impounded
POLICE in the border town of Plumtree arrested 55 drivers and impounded at least 29 vehicles during a seven-day operation code name "i-number plate ingaphi/ number plate iripi" meant to curb traffic l...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-police chief to perform community service
FORMER officer Commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) at Southerton Police Station in Harare, Chief Superintendent Kirispen Mutsengi, has been ordered to perform 315 hours of community service after...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Harare City traffic boss in corruption storm
Harare City Council chief traffic officer Mr Martin Chimombe has been accused of releasing, without following procedures, some of the vehicles impounded after their drivers allegedly violated the Covi...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police operation targets buses
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched an operation targeting long distance buses using illegal pick-up points, impounding the vehicles and arresting both drivers and passengers.The operation starte...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani completion to spur rural industrialisation
THE completion of Lake Gwayi Shangani will spur rural industrialisation through provision of electricity and clean water to villages while weaning off some Bulawayo supply dams in Matabeleland South t...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists bemoan rampant car clamping
MOTORISTS are up in arms over Tendy Three Investments (TTI)'s management of parking in Bulawayo's central business district.Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association chairperson Ambrose Sibin...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Activist sues Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and police commissioner general Godwin Matanga have been dragged to the High Court after police impounded a vehicle belonging to human rights defender Melania Chiponda....Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
20-hour daily water shedding in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has introduced a 20-hour daily water shedding exercise for some western suburbs and is expected to decommission Umzingwane Dam this month, necessitating reintroduction of citywide water ratio...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorist sues minister, police over vandalised vehicle
A GWERU motorist has filed a notice of intention to sue Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and the police in the Midlands province who arrested him and i...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists hit out at Zimra blitz
Some Harare motorists have criticised the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for impounding their vehicles in a blitz targeting cars that were undervalued allegedly to evade paying the requisite impor...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane Dam chokes
TWO unregistered dams built in the Umzingwane Dam catchment area and gold panning activities along Umzingwane River have contributed to the Bulawayo supply dam not impounding adequate water since the ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Matanga not responsible for impounding vehicles
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said his department should not be held responsible for the unregistered vehicles which were impounded recently, as they were simply implementing a direct...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer drinker loses car to bogus cops
THREE bogus police officers stole a Honda Fit in Harare after confronting the owner who was drinking beer outside the vehicle at a city flat on Tuesday and accused him of violating Covid-19 regulation...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Number plates now available at border posts
Permanent number plates are now available at Zimra border posts, so anyone importing a vehicle now buys the permanent plates as they clear their car through customs with temporary plates no longer iss...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can the CVR stop impounding imported vehicles and put their house inorder
The basic solution to Zimbabwe's number plate system is to computerise the whole system and issue plates at the port of entry into Zimbabwe. In this age and time we are still running around with piece...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Transport blues resurface
Police say the operation came after it was realised that many unregistered vehicles were being used as getaway cars in the commission of dangerous crimes, including armed robberies.As part of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 784 unlicenced vehicles
Police yesterday arrested almost 1 000 drivers of unregistered, plate-less and unlicensed vehicles, and impounded 784 vehicles, on the first of a nationwide operation aimed at getting rid of criminal ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police resume operation against unregistered vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police have resumed an operation against plateless, unlicensed and unregistered vehicles in the country, which will see them impounding all vehicles found in the wrong.Th...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Noisy bars, churches risk heavy fines
GWERU City Council has come up with by-laws to deal with noise pollution, a development that will see offending bars, churches among others being penalised.Councillors, management and resident...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam most touted project in 2021
"From the budget presented in December, we allocated some money so that construction begins. I have promised traditional leaders that I will make sure that more money is released so that the construct...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
A chain is as strong as its weakest link
The Bishop's heart always bleeds each time he thinks about Ethiopia, the land of brave men and women who valiantly frustrated Italy's imperial designs in the 20th century, making it difficult for colo...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 10 | by Bishop Lazarus
Police arrest 40 in gold rush
Police have arrested more than 40 illegal miners during a gold rush at Insukamuni Business Centre in Lower Gweru, impounding four vehicles in the process.Hundreds of illegal miners descended o...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam: Zinwa says no evictions this year
BINGA villagers who face eviction in Lubimbi to pave way for the Gwayi-Shangani Dam have been assured that eviction will not take place this season as evaluation was still taking place.This wa...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Govt blunder leaves commuters stranded
GOVERNMENT was yesterday forced to concede failure and apologise after thousands of commuters were left stranded in Harare on Friday due to transport challenges following a government decision to grou...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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