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Pirate taxis continue to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe's roads
Zimbabwe's roads remain a death trap as pirate taxis, commonly known as Mushikashika, continue to wreak havoc through reckless driving, causing chaos, traffic congestion, and endangering the lives of ...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:34hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
BCC, TTI launch crackdown on illegal taxis
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Tendy Three Investments (TTI) have teamed up for a joint operation aimed at curbing the growing problem of illegal taxis, locally known as Mshikashika, in the city ...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 11:39hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Police target 13 550 unregistered kombis
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched an extensive operation targeting more than 13,500 unregistered commuter omnibuses (kombis) and pirate taxis in Harare. The crackdown aims to restore ord...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 05:49hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
'Counterfeits, financial instability imperil manufacturing sector'
Zimbabwean consumers are grappling with increasing difficulties, including the proliferation of counterfeit goods and financial instability, as the country's manufacturing sector struggles to grow. Pa...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:39hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew kidnaps woman over cellphone
A Bulawayo kombi crew has been sentenced to nine months in jail for kidnapping a 23-year-old woman after accusing her of stealing a mobile phone. Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu (35) and Proud Mpofu (24) appeare...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew in court for kidnapping woman
A kombi crew from Bulawayo, accused of kidnapping and assaulting a 23-year-old woman over an alleged cellphone theft, appeared before the regional magistrate's court yesterday.Ntandoyenkosi Nd...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:51hrs | 297 | 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 | 639 | by Staff reporter
'Taxi rank' chaos in Bulawayo CBD
Bulawayo's city centre is facing significant disruption as kombi crews, illegal taxi operators, and inter-city buses continue to flout traffic regulations and city by-laws, particularly during peak ho...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:39hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Policeman acquitted in abuse of office case
A POLICEMAN based at ZRP Glen View, who was facing a charge of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday set free by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.The magistrate ruled that the State faile...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew block road, assault Honda Fit driver
THREE commuter omnibus conductors from Old Magwegwe high-density suburbs in Bulawayo have appeared in court facing a charge of assaulting a Honda Fit driver.Method Mlilo (31), Ayibongwe Mlilo ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:56hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo City Council not going back on decongesting CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says there is no going back in decongesting the city centre and has directed informal traders and taxi operators to move to newly upgraded Egodini Terminus and other de...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to stem dirt, chaos and decay in CBD
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has given informal traders, kombi, bus and pushcart operators, and those involved in illegal car wash business in the city centre an ultimatum to cease their illegal activi...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo traffic lawlessness continues unabated
DRIVING on Bulawayo's roads in the Central Business District is now a nightmare as rowdy push-cart operators, pirate taxi drivers, kombi and bus crews flout traffic rules and regulations as the city f...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman gives birth in kombi
A Dangamvura woman in Mutare had a kombi journey through the city to remember on Wednesday morning after giving birth to a baby boy in the loaded city-bound public transport.Ms Patricia Chitsa...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police blitz leaves commuters stranded
Thousands of commuters in Harare and other urban areas were left stranded on a recent day when the police launched an operation targeting unlicensed commuter omnibuses and pirate taxis. While authorit...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew and passengers foil robbery
A 48-YEAR-OLD commuter omnibus driver and his passengers survived a robbery attempt when a four-member gang allegedly blocked their vehicle before damaging the windscreen with an axe.This was ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
100 pirate taxis impounded in clampdown
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded more than 100 pirate taxis and two buses for violating the traffic regulations and using undesignated areas in the city centre as pick-up and drop-off points...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Traffic nightmare as kombi crews create 6th Avenue rank
DRIVING on Bulawayo's streets has become nightmarish as rowdy kombi crews violate road rules causing congestion.Roads such as 6th Avenue Extension and Herbert Chitepo streets from 5th Avenue t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
2 die in bizarre Harare CBD incidents
VENDORS and kombi crews who work close to the Robert Mugabe Road and Julius Nyerere Way intersection in the Harare central business District (CBD) were yesterday left bewildered after four people coll...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew drive off at speed with police officers before dumping them after thorough beating
TWO Harare siblings from Glen Norah are in hot soup after they allegedly teamed up to assault and kidnap police officers after committing a traffic offence.The two are Shepherd and Allen Zhara...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshova Mubaiwa to make comeback
GOVERNMENT is in the process of coming up with regulations to guide the liberalisation of the public transport sector.To improve the public transport system, Government in 2020 directed player...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO urged to train its staff in customer care
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has been urged to train its commuter omnibus staff who joined its franchise in customer care as most of them are discourteous to passengers and brea...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew gang-rape passenger
Police are hunting for a Kombi driver and his conductor who gang-raped a passenger on Sunday in Harare.The police confirmed the sad incident on their Twitter handle."The ZRP is appeali...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 15:56hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kombi conductor killed by 4 bogus cops in extortion attempt gone wrong
Four bogus police officers killed a man during a botched extortion attempt, a court heard on Monday.A member of the quartet, Watson Mutondo, 23, appeared before a Harare magistrate charged wit...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pirate kombi crews arrest bribe-seeking bogus cop
PIRATE kombi drivers and touts on Monday effected a citizens' arrest on a woman who was allegedly impersonating a police officer and extorting money from them. Vinate Ncube (35) was arrested a...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crews plot attack on police
SOME rowdy pirate kombi crews operating in Bulawayo are reportedly plotting to attack traffic police officers at their homes in retaliation for skirmishes that occurred in the city centre last Wednesd...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops near death as tout mob attacks
PIRATE kombi operators and illegal money changers yesterday allegedly ganged up and attacked traffic police officers who were patrolling in the Bulawayo city centre.The rowdy crew smashed wind...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police must not be cowed by criminals
In March, a mob attacked police on official duty in Bulawayo and damaged their service vehicle.Yesterday, another police team enforcing the law was attacked. This means that there have been tw...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pirate kombi drivers attack police officers
ROWDY pirate kombi drivers ganged up with some rogue elements and attacked traffic police officers before smashing the rear windscreen of their patrol vehicle and stealing a car battery which was in t...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pirating kombis, taxis flood Bulawayo
PIRATING commuter omnibuses are back on the streets in Bulawayo taking advantage of reduced police roadblocks after Government eased lockdown regulations at the beginning of this month. Police...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Baby was not killed and was not hit by a baton stick, claims police
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has taken note of the social media post titled 'Police Officer strikes, kills little baby with baton in Harare. The public is advised that comprehensive investigat...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 09:49hrs | | by P Nyathi
Banned kombis devise new ways of operation
Banned kombis have devised new tricks and methods of illegally operating as they evade arrest in Harare and its satellite towns. The kombis compete for passengers with Zupco buses as transport...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Government shuts door on non-Zupco kombis
GOVERNMENT has insisted that commuter omnibus operators in urban centres have to operate under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) ambit as it brings sanity to the transport sector. ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police kombi shooting: Fresh details emerge
POLICE have arrested the driver of a fleeing unregistered kombi and two cops following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman which occurred in Gletwyn, Harare, on Wednesday.National police...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest driver in kombi shooting incident
Police have arrested the driver of the unregistered kombi in which a passenger was shot and killed while another was seriously injured near Juru Growth Point along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road on Wednes...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed police open fire on speeding kombi, one killed
Armed police opened fire on an unregistered speeding kombi yesterday killing one passenger and seriously injuring another near Juru along the Mutoko-Nyamapanda road. Police have launched an in...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman shot dead in police, kombi high-speed chase
ONE person was shot dead and another seriously injured in Harare yesterday as police pursued an unregistered commuter omnibus.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi la...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa where is your conscience, heart and professionalism
My 'beef' with Zesa is denying me the chance to watch my favourite local drama 'Tunga'. I am an avid follower of that local series but alas, I have now lost track, only fading memories still lingers. ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
We need Zupco buses in Chiwesh, Mashonaland Central
The frequency of kombi arrivals and departure in rural Chiweshe, Mash. Central are not amusing. This is one area where tobacco farming was 'born' and got 'raised' elsewhere. The communal farme...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Kombi crews circumvent tollgates
Commuter omnibus operators plying highway routes are reportedly dropping off passengers just before approaching tollgates as a strategy to avoid paying high tollgate fees which were introduced by Fina...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway accident claims 19
NINETEEN people died while seven others were seriously injured yesterday in a head-on collision involving a haulage truck and a commuter omnibus at the 89km-peg along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The singing and dancing is still going on
Household economies tend to zero in on one person or a couple if the marriage is still without 'cracks and bruises'. When needs and wants outpace incomes its the father who loses sleep pondering on ho...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Police arrest 120 Bulawayo children
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested about 120 teenagers who had gathered at various points in the city centre allegedly to go to Vuzu Parties or cause general nuisance.The sting operation ne...Published: 05 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | 10 | by Methusi Ncube
Police to raid vuzu youths
POLICE in Bulawayo will today arrest any rowdy youths found in the central business district and have increased deployment of officers to deal with the scourge of vuzu parties. Teenagers take ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bribe bid kombi crew arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a kombi crew for allegedly trying to bribe four cops with $10 bond notes after the duo were arrested for operating an unregistered commuter omnibus. The incide...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO return: Time for a comprehensive mass transportation system
Following the violent and destructive protests of Monday and Tuesday last week commuters were left stranded as commuter transport operators in some urban areas such as Harare and Chitungwiza parked th...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zupco buses invade Bulawayo routes
THE Government has introduced Zupco buses to ply routes between the Bulawayo Central Business District and the city's residential suburbs as it seeks to provide affordable transport to commuters. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 23:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators have themselves to blame
The modernisation of the mass public transport system in Zimbabwe through the introduction of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) buses will restore sanity and ameliorate the challenges that...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:13hrs | 4 | by Tafara Shumba
PHOTO: Kombi crews and their passengers being searched at roadblock
Kombi crews and their passengers being searched at a security checkpoint following the violence that occurred this week at Mabvuku turn off along Mutare road yesterday. (Picture by Justin Mutenda) ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 20:07hrs | | by Justin Mutenda
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