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Kombi overturns while fleeing police
17 people were seriously injured yesterday when an illegal commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned while fleeing from the Zimbabwe Republic Police, near Penhalonga in Manicaland.Wi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 08:47hrs | 3941 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Councils, Zupco clash over unpaid fees
The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) has not been remitting fees for the use of designated urban bus terminuses thereby depriving cash-strapped urban councils of revenue.Inquiries in...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Zupco losing business in Bulawayo
ZIMBABWE United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses in Bulawayo are losing business to pirate taxis who are charging less than the government subsidised fares.In the wake of the lockdown, the gove...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:52hrs | 2238 | by Staff reporter
Commuters petition teargas-throwing cops
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has petitioned the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over police officers fond of throwing tear smoke on commuter omnibuses.The petition came soon afte...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Cop steals own impounded car at police station
A Bulawayo cop has been arrested and charged for stealing his vehicle that had been impounded by police for violating the lockdown regulations. Nkosilathi Nyathi of Nkulumane Surburb whose ran...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 2071 | by Simbarashe Sithole / Shelton Muchena / Tarisai Mudahondo
Council exchanges 150ha for grader, fuel pumps
MARONDERA Municipality has reportedly surrendered a 150 hectare piece of land to a local company in exchange for a grader and a fuel pump to be constructed at the local authority's workshop, among oth...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Zupco forex fares spark outcry
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has started charging fares in foreign currency alongside local currency, but passengers have decried the disregard for official exchange rates. Yester...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares in forex
The Zimbabwe Passengers Company (Zupco) has started charging fares in foreign currency alongside the Bond.Yesterday, commuters were paying R10 or US$1 for kombis while buses were charging R5 o...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 19:30hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend killer found hanging
A kombi driver who allegedly killed his girlfriend is said to have committed suicide near Esigodini Tollgate, just a few kilometres from his Mlomolihotho rural home in Mawabeni. Melinkosi Moyo...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 4128 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chef 'exposes' army brutality
A ZANU-PF women's league executive member has unwittingly exposed human rights violations by the military and threatened to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and s...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:58hrs | 5998 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police impound 95 cars
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 95 vehicles from motorists, including pirate taxis, for defying the level 4 lockdown regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country has of...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo businesses defy lockdown regulations
MASVINGO province, which has been labelled as one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the country, still has most of its businesses open, despite the 30-day national lockdown announced early this month by the...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Police descend hard on curfew violators
Police are tightening enforcement of the curfew, at present between 6pm and 6am, and those breaking it now have higher risk of arrest and impoundment of any vehicle they might be using. Only e...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
'Mafia manipulating public transport sector'
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has alleged that the public transport sector was being manipulated by "mafia groups" which do not care about the rights as well as safety of passengers....Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Is it a crime to publish false news?
EARLIER this month, reports circulated on social media alleging that a police officer in Harare had struck a woman with his baton and killed a baby strapped on her back. The police issued a de...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1555 | by Veritas
Zupco fares hike riles commuters
THE hiking of bus fares by the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) from $16 to $30 and $24 to $50 for kombis has riled the commuting public, with transport associations and residents saying tha...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Zupco shuns bad road routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has abandoned some routes in Bulawayo due to bad roads. Bulawayo's road network is in a terrible state and this has been worsened by the incessant rains t...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Police descend on illegal transport operators
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded more than 80 vehicles for illegally transporting people in violation of lockdown regulations. The mushikashika vehicles as they are known, have topped the lis...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown fatigue hits Gwanda town
GWANDA town is slowly turning to be a ticking bomb as residents are no longer observing regulations of the ongoing 30-day strict lockdown.Under the newly imposed Level 4 lockdown, members of t...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:26hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Mother denies baby's death in Sikhala case
THE mother of the child who was reported by MDC-Alliance activists as having been struck to death by a police officer using a baton in Harare, denied that her baby was beaten to death during the incid...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
200 exam markers test positive, claims Unions
Teachers' unions have made sensational claims that at least 200 of their members currently marking recently completed public examinations have tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, the un...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 1687 | by Staff reporter
Zupco implements social distancing on commuter omnibuses
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company in Bulawayo yesterday started implementing social distancing on its buses with kombis now obliged to carry a maximum of eight passengers per trip as part of the ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:50hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown fatigue kicks in
The Herald Herald Reporters More people and vehicles are flouting Covid-19 lockdown rules as evidenced by a flurry of movements in residential areas and the Harare central business district. Manufactu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Modalities for exams tweaked
Authorities have put in place adequate measures to cater for public examination candidates affected by transport challenges without compromising the credibility of the system by allowing latecomers to...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 10:54hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe orders ZRP to deal with windscreen smashing cops
HOME Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to take stern action against police operatives who smash vehicle windscreens in attempts to arrest offending motori...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:21hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Police dismiss baby death reports
POLICE yesterday dismissed social media reports that a police officer based in Harare killed a nine-month-old baby with a truncheon while enforcing the lockdown measures in the city centre on Monday....Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:27hrs | 300 | 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 | 4346 | by P Nyathi
'Zimbabwe police shoot, injure pregnant woman'
A pregnant woman was allegedly shot and injured by police during a high-speed chase in Lupane, Matabeleland North along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway after boarding a suspected stolen kombi with...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:04hrs | 3645 | by Staff reporter
'Bad state of roads biggest cause of accidents'
THIS year's festive season recorded more road traffic accidents (RTAs) mostly due to human error, as compared to the 2019 - 2020 season, statistics released by the police reveal.According to t...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Is someone in government sabotaging ED Mnangagwa?
Zimbabweans are a people of strong political opinions who have always debated vigorously the issues of the day. During the Chimurenga war, freedom fighters convened Dare Rechimurenga to debate the pac...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 3382 | by Sam Wezhira
My heart is in Zimbabwe!
As we pass from the year 2020, let us establish some homegrown truths about ourselves as Zimbabweans.While I will challenge our readers to this debate, on penalty of paying a fine of a goat if...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 936 | by Ken Mufuka
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 second wave deaths, infections soar alarmingly
AMID soaring deaths and numbers of people infected by the lethal coronavirus, concerned health experts warned anew yesterday that the country was facing a Covid-19 storm which could have devastating c...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 16:29hrs | 3023 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to import buses duty free
The suspension of duty on public service buses for Zupco is valid for 12 months with effect from yesterday.According to the latest Government Gazette, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in consulta...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 16:28hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver kills minor pedestrian
A BINDURA based Kombi driver is assisting police with investigations after he fatally knocked down a 7 year-old boy at the 58 kilometer peg along Mukumbur...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 14:21hrs | 1098 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police impound 100 vehicles in operation 'Mntakagogo'
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded more than 100 pirating vehicles operating from undesignated pick-up points in its ongoing "Operation Mntakagogo" which is a blitz on unlicensed operators. The...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:33hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Defiant killer kombi driver to appear in court
A DEFIANT commuter omnibus driver violated the Covid-19 travelling restrictions which banned kombis not registered with ZUPCO from operating around the country's roads and drove into Harare's city cen...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:28hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
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 | 675 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Zupco operators lick wounds
PRIVATE commuter operators under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise have not been paid by government since November 14 this year it has emerged.Reports say that they went ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:35hrs | 2944 | by Staff reporter
5 killed, 7 injured in Gweru accident
FIVE people, including four members of the same family died in an accident while seven others were seriously injured when a Toyota D4D collided head-on with a Zupco kombi near Josiah Tungamirai Airbas...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns errant drivers
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would descend heavily on road offenders to minimise loss of lives due to road traffic accidents during the festive season, and on those using unregistered and unroadworthy...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Goose or Gander: Govt bans Xmas parties
HOME AFFAIRS Minister Kazembe Kazembe has prohibited any form of partying during the 2020 festive season as Zimbabwe is not yet out of the Covid-19 pandemic risk.Information Minister Monica Mutsva...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 second wave hits Zimbabwe hard
THE much-feared coronavirus second wave is increasingly becoming a reality in the country - with the lethal disease claiming the lives of 10 people over the weekend, amid an alarming drop in disciplin...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:38hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Police warn corrupt officers
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned members of the force with a penchant for taking bribes from motorists that the long arm of the law will soon catch up with them.In a statement las...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:17hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
School head in car accident
Chibuwe High School head walked from a car accident with minor injuries after the school minibus he was driving while being towed overturned and landed on the side.The accident happened at aro...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1581 | by Staff reporter
Police warn motorists
POLICE in Bulawayo have warned drivers to exercise caution during the rainy season as roads get slippery during this period. The warning follows a Zupco bus accident that occurred on Sunday ne...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
'Illegal kombis risking lives'
PASSENGERS and pedestrians are risking their lives everyday due to the running battles between police and pirate commuter omnibus operators in all urban centres across the country.Ever since t...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 15:59hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt petitioned over police harassment on taxis
MATABELELAND secessionist group Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over harassment of commuter omnibus o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Police impound 24 000 kombis, pirate taxis
Police have impounded 24 310 non-Zupco kombis and pirate taxis countrywide for continuing to carry passengers and violating Covid-19 national lockdown regulations. Unregistered vehicles, which...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety over freak Zupco accidents
"Naturally, when you get into a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus, safety, with regards to the fitness of the vehicle, should be the least of your worries. We are made to believe the buses...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:38hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators deal with potholes
A team of kombi operators in Highfield, Harare gave back to the community by filling potholes at Machipisa shopping centre on Friday morning.The good Samaritans told Bulawayo24.com that pothol...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 10:11hrs | 2592 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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