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9 cheat death after kombi crash
NINE people including the driver escaped death when a kombi broke a ball joint and overturned along Luveve Road in Bulawayo. Eight people who were in the kombi as well as a pupil who was...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:08hrs | 2896 | by Staff reporter
Biti, this world will humble you!
Even after having gone through the intellectual rigours of philosophy and theology at seminary, Bishop Lazi still doesn't fancy the nature versus nurture debate.But there is a particularly ine...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2845 | by Bishop Lazi
Machete-wielding robbers attack travellers
A GANG of eight machete-wielding robbers attacked and robbed six travellers along the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road. Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Province Chief Inspector Siphiwe Makonese ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Govt shelling $700 daily per bus in Zupco deal
Government is paying as much as $700 a day per every hired bus in its deal with private public transport operators that are partnering struggling State-owned Zupco.This came out when Local Gov...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2787 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe plane leaves 4 hours early, passengers stranded in SA
Struggling national carrier Air Zimbabwe left its passengers stranded in Johannesburg on Tuesday night - by flying out four hours early.Flight UM462 was not due to depart OR Tambo Internationa...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 19:11hrs | 4975 | by ZimLive
Chaos as Mnangagwa is sucked into ZANU PF Byo fiasco
The Provincial Administrator of ZANU PF Bulawayo Province Elifas Mashaba has been caught in the eye of a storm after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday dissolved Bulawayo Province ZANU PF struc...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 17:39hrs | 4784 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zupco in bid to boost fleet
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is inviting bidders from suitable suppliers for semi luxury buses as it fails to meet transport demands. In an advertisement the bus company advised intereste...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:42hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Zupco deal unsustainable
Last month, government allowed a fleet of private buses to join forces with the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) in servicing cities and towns so as to counter the high transport costs that w...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 17:57hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Zupco buses fast disappearing in many suburb
Fuel queues have resurfaced in Harare with commuter operators taking advantage of the situation to hike fares, while Zupco buses are fast disappearing in many suburbs of Harare, leaving thousands of c...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 21:15hrs | 3309 | by Staff reporter
Transport blues hit Harare
SCORES of commuters were on Monday night stranded in the city centre as public transport operators either stopped early in the evening or were not there at all.This was because of an unanticip...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2572 | 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 | 2469 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO buses disappear
ZUPCO buses reportedly disappeared from the road in Bulawayo and some parts of Harare on Tuesday rendering commuters stranded.ZUPCO buses were introduced by government under a special fa...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 07:05hrs | 8482 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Toyota Quantum is getting a new design - and better safety features
For the first time in 15 years, Toyota has revealed a new-generation Quantum van and bus range with advanced safety features, powerful new engines, enhanced ride comfort and increased specification, a...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 23:56hrs | 6312 | by Staff Writer
Corrupt cops feel the heat
POLICE have directed all policing provinces to set up investigating teams to probe graft and unprofessional conduct by law enforcement agents with a view to take disciplinary action against offenders ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
All aboard Zupco: Is this a rebirth or stillbirth?
This article is a follow-up to my previous one, Kombi nation: Re-imagining our urban transport system.In that article, I presented a number of options on how we could improve our public transp...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1489 | by Mike Murenzvi
'No plans to ban kombis'
Government has no immediate plans to phase out kombis, an official has said. In an interview, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Fortune Chasi said the reintroduction...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:11hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Egodini developer recruits 65 people
BULAWAYO's Egodini Mall developer, Terracotta Private Limited, has so far recruited 65 people to work on the initial stages of the multi-million dollar project. The Bulawayo City Council award...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:23hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa's only commuter train is cheap and reliable
CHUGGING through townships, maize fields and scrubland as the sun rises, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is cheap and reliable - two qualities that its passengers cherish in a downwards-spiralling econ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 6113 | by AFP
Zimbabwe internet shutdown proves ZANU PF's illiterate support base
This morning I have been experiencing slow social media connectivity, and was suddenly overcome by a disturbing sense of déjà vu, as I remembered those days in January when the Zimbabwe regime shutd...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:03hrs | 662 | by Taurai J. Pachena
1 dead, 13 injured in kombi accident
ONE person died while 13 others were injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned along Plumtree Road in Bulawayo's Belmont Industrial Area. The accident happened at arou...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:05hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic revival: none but ourselves
"Government must create jobs for us, we want our hospitals to be top notch medical facilities, we want to eat what we want anytime, there is no bread on the shelves, all our roads should be tarred, ha...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:25hrs | 952 | by Elijah Chihota
80% teachers heed strike call?
TEACHERS' unions yesterday described their nationwide strike as a huge success, with at least 80% heeding the call for industrial action, although there were reports of State security agents moving ar...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
The untold tale of Chiredzi's 'Muti Wenhamo'
AARON Tonderai trudges along the dusty road in the sweltering heat of the south eastern sun in the sugar-growing town of Masvingo province, trying to reach a nearby shopping centre before exhausting h...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 2169 | by Staff reporter
Gang of robbers subjects Bulawayo family to torture
FOUR masked men armed with iron bars and an axe subjected a family from Mahatshula North suburb in Bulawayo to a horrifying ordeal, torturing them before getting away with R18 000 and $400 in bond not...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crash kills 4
Four people died on the spot this morning when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in burst a rear tyre at Tiger Reef-Bridge at the 15 kilometre peg along Gokwe-Kwekwe road.According to ey...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 13:27hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
'ZUPCO buses brought to destroy Bulawayo'
Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has alleged that the recently introduced Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) buses in Bulawayo are a ploy by ZANU PF to takeover business from in...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 10:34hrs | 15334 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC led BCC against Zupco buses comeback
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has described the re-introduction of Zupco buses for urban commuter transport as running against its public transport policy (PTP) adopted in 2011.Government re...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:14hrs | 3711 | by Staff reporter
Traffic officer killed in high speed chase
A Harare police traffic officer was killed and another seriously injured in a road traffic accident by a motorist while chasing a Kombi driver evading arrest along Bulawayo road yesterday.The ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 20:26hrs | 5063 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, its people are basis for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
Zimbabwe, its people are basis for ED, Chamisa talksRUN-AWAY inflation, a wave of strikes, a disaffected public service, a worthless currency and political tension on the streets around the countr...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:38hrs | 384 | by NewsDay
Zupco revival triggers turf war
Current efforts aimed at reviving the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) have triggered a turf war between the parastatal and kombi operators that have been dominating urban routes. Zup...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 4650 | by Staff reporter
Govt launches urban mass transportation programme in Mutare
GOVERNMENT on Monday launched the urban mass transportation system in Mutare after it availed 40 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) buses to ferry passengers to and from the Central Business Di...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:14hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Kombi hit by train, 5 dead
An arrest warrant has been issued for a kombi driver charged with causing the death of 5 passengers after he failed to stop at a railway crossing.Simbarashe Gororo, 38, recently failed to turn...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:31hrs | 3101 | by newzimbabwe
Gukurahundi memories ignited
For years, Bulawayo residents have been known to be easy-going when it comes to nationwide anti-government protests compared to Harare, which has somewhat emerged as the citadel in expressing grievanc...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Majority MDC supporters hope Mnangagwa intervention continues; fares dramatically slashed
An ecstatic Zimbabwean passenger Shylot Sibanda screams with joy as he boards a bus from downtown Harare to the township of Budiriro. The fare has been slashed to a third of what he paid last week....Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | 1271 | by AFP
Zanu-PF members ditch Mnangagwa regalia
MASVINGO Zanu-PF provincial leadership got a rude awakening last week, when Chiredzi district chairpersons revealed that they had stopped wearing party regalia in public places for fear of being shunn...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:43hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
No to sanitising culture of violence
Possibly, the most well-known theory in this genre of work, Wolfgang and Ferracuti's Subculture of Violence attempted to outline a methodological framework for the empirical examination of violent sub...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:05hrs | 107 | by Limukani Ncube
Zupco reclaims bus termini
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) and the Harare City Council have embarked on a process of reclaiming bus termini in the capital.This development follows the re-launch of the mass...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:46hrs | 3932 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers bash Bulawayo kombi staff for overcharging
Kombi operators in Bulawayo yesterday reported their staff being bashed by soldiers for charging $2 bus fare.The soldiers were allegedly demanding that the kombis reduce their fares to $1 or p...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:10hrs | 1341 | by Staff reporter
Zupco forces kombi operators to reduce fares
COMMUTER omnibus operators in Bulawayo have resolved to reduce kombi fares across city routes to $1,50 from $2 with immediate effect. This followed calls by residents for a downward review of the komb...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:01hrs | 441 | 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 | 1270 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Harare to name street after Tsvangirai
The Mayor of Harare Hebert Gomba has announced that Harare City Councilors are contemplating honouring the late Prime Minister Morgan Richard Tsvangirai with a street name and Oliver Mtukudzi with Har...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 08:49hrs | 5026 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Buses part of govt plan to get rid of kombis
The introduction of Zupco buses by government is a part of a long term plan to get rid of kombis and sanitise the transport sector, Transport and Infrastructural development Minister Joel Biggie Matiz...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3258 | by Staff reporter
6 kombi drivers remanded for 'fatal assault'
SIX kombi drivers who allegedly ganged up and fatally assaulted a protester who was among violent protesters who had barricaded a road, appeared in court yesterday. Mthulisi Sikwabayila (24) o...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:13hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Kombi drivers refuse to leave bus terminus
COMMUTER omnibus drivers are refusing to pave way for ZUPCO buses at terminuses.ZUPCO and other buses were blocked by kombis from using Harare Central Charge Office Bus Terminus in protest aga...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 16:11hrs | 6187 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers takeover roadblocks, beat up kombi drivers
Members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces on Wednesday took over the roadblocks in Bulawayo to command drivers of commuter omnibuses to charge the stipulated $1 dollar fare from the western locations to ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 08:55hrs | 11968 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 9705 | by Staff reporter
Modi sets up makeshift shops in suburbs
ZANU-PF Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has set up makeshift shops in the western suburbs to service residents following the opposition instigated looting and destruction of shops last week. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 23:01hrs | 6641 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers deployed to guard ZUPCO buses
GOVERNMENT has deployed armed soldiers and details from the police para-military Support Unit to man buses carrying passengers after last week's fierce rioting saw cars torched by angry protesters dur...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1105 | by newzimbabwe
Khaya Moyo challenges authorities to sort fuel coupons mess
ZANU PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday implored authorities to address the recent rebasing of fuel coupons after massive fuel hikes announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, adding ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Kombis reduce fares
Gweru commuter omnibus operators have complied with the new fares that were announced by the Government last week. The new fares ranging between $1 and $2 came into effect yesterday morning, bringing ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
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