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4 die in horror kombi crash
Four people died and 13 others were injured when a Harare-bound kombi collided with a lorry near Waddilove Mission School in Marondera yesterday. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pau...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:05hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Zupco ready to ferry pupils
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has said it is ready to ferry students across the country back to their various schools in preparation for the June/July examinations, which begin tomorro...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must at least provide the basics
The dirty water phenomenon has final arrived in the great City of Kings and Queens. We all knew this as the trademark of Harare. The government and city fathers seem to be clueless about solving the w...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 151 | by Lubani Nondo
Sticky-fingered conductors strike Zupco, again
PILFERING staffers have been the proverbial monkey on Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)'s case ever since it was brought back to life.Last year, the mass public transport operator jett...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:15hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1542 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Zupco crews on go-slow
DRIVERS of Mutare-based conventional buses operating under the Zupco franchise have gone on a go-slow to force government to review their daily commission, leaving thousands of commuters stranded....Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to reintroduce passenger train
GOVERNMENT has said the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train is coming back soon to relieve commuters who have been facing transport challenges since the lockdown came into effect in Ma...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
'Kombi' operators turn vehicles to mobile stores
Known as kombis in Zimbabwe, commuter omnibuses are no more, but in residential areas they have resurfaced, with conductors this time not shouting out for passengers, but for customers to rush for buy...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1095 | by Jeffrey Moyo, Anadolu News
A skeletal cow 'knocking at the butcher's door'
They will stumble those who hurry, true to that saying, the tobacco farmers who rushed to the auction floors hoping to be the early birds catching the fattest worms are now regretting the decision. ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 2105 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Kombis use fake Zupco stickers
SOME commuter omnibuses have been operating using fake Zupco stickers to illegally transport passengers in the Midlands province but law enforcement agents have curtailed the challenge. Only Z...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Private bus operators seek return
Private bus and commuter omnibus operators whose vehicles have been suspended since the beginning of the lockdown have sent a distress call to Government seeking to return to business to alleviate the...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
PICTURES: 3 dead in haulage truck, kombi and Ford Ranger accident
Three people have died in an accident involving a haulage truck, a commuter omnibus and a Ford Ranger near Guinea Fowl Secondary School along the Gweru -Shurugwi road....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 14:36hrs | 5050 | by Staff reporter
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1700 | by Jonathan Chando
Zupco accused of dumping tap cards
ZIMBABWE United Passengers Company (Zupco) has been accused of dumping clients who purchased its tap cards, with conductors reportedly demanding cash from passengers.Zupco introduced the tap c...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU calls for stayaway
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on workers to stay at home, claiming they had received several reports of workers being harassed at army and police-manned checkpoints and faili...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:45hrs | 3938 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans have a duty to free themselves from crocodile jaws
EVERYTIME I travel to and from the US, I have noticed, the flight crew will always ask those who are serving or have served in the military to board first. As they present their boarding passes to the...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 476 | by Dr Shepherd Mpofu
Zanu-PF shedding crocodile tears
THOSE whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. Ablating the lipstick off the crocodile would need quite an enumeration; the cacophony of deceit and deception, the apophasis in seeking divin...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:39hrs | 490 | by Evangelist Sendekai W T
Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
GWANDA magistrate, Ndumiso Khumalo, who was battered by police in April following his arrest over suspected robbery, has lodged a complaint for the violation of his rights.Khumalo filed his compla...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Transport operators fret over Zupco scheme
Transport operators that are part of the Zupco franchise scheme are up in arms against the government-owned company, which they say is underpaying them for the use of their vehicles.Last year ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
No joy for kombis, taxis
THE Government has reiterated that private transport operators are still barred from taking to the road except those registered under Zupco.On Friday President Mnangagwa addressed the nation o...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1078 | by Staffreporter
500 more Zupco buses in next 12 months
Government will buy 500 additional buses over the next 12 months as it redoubles efforts to revamp the public mass transport system.The procurement of the coaches will be made through Landela ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus fares up 100%
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) has hiked fares by 100% barely three months after an increase by the same margin in March putting pressure on the already economically overburdened commu...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2467 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo running out of Covid-19 test kits
MPILO Central Hospital is running out of Covid-19 test kits which the health institution urgently requires. This comes at a time when 197 members of staff are under quarantine after four people, inclu...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Council under pressure to cancel Egodini Mall contract
BULAWAYO residents and councillors have called for the termination of Egodini Mall contract awarded to South African developer Terracotta (Private) Limited after the contractor failed to build the mal...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 exposes Zimbabwe's lack of leadership
THE COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, but Zimbabweans must have had enough of their selfish, clueless and callous leadership. By leadership, I am not referring only to political leadership, b...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
New termini for Zupco buses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has identified seven bus termini which will be used by Zupco buses and kombis as designated picking and dropping points to decongest the central business district (CBD)...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2287 | by Staff reporter
172% taxi fare hike on the cards for Joburg commuters
A massive taxi fare hike is looming for Johannesburg commuters as the operators of one of the city's busiest routes seek to compensate for the Covid-19 lockdown on public transport.The Alexand...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:38hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter
Biti's lawyers in high speed chase
LAWYERS representing MDC Alliance officials were yesterday involved in a high speed chase with detectives after they drove away their clients from court without notifying them.MDC vice preside...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:37hrs | 6033 | by Staff reporter
Single, childless and black
THERE is a generally held assumption that every adult person is married or should be married and have children.Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adul...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 2767 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zupco back to full sitting capacity
Public transport dramatically improved from Wednesday as Zupco-operated buses and kombis were allowed to increase sitting passengers to fill all seats, but standing passengers are still not allowed. W...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Zupco carrying capacity increased
Zupco buses can now carry more passengers under new Government health guidelines to ease public transport challenges, but truck drivers who have been running pirate services will be severely penalised...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: MDC Youth leader Obey Sithole arrested
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Chairman, Tererai Obey Sithole has been arrested and is currently detained at Harare Central.Police last month hinted they wer...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 14:25hrs | 4592 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Workers walk to town: Zupco fleet overwhelmed
THE transport crisis has been tabled before the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) as the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus fleet is overwhelmed, leading to workers walking to and from Bul...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Zupco hiring charges up
Zupco is now hiring conventional buses for $4 000 a day and kombis for $1 000 a day, a 33 percent rise in fees, after the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works approved the increases after cos...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Police ordered to descend hard on pirate taxis, kombis
GOVERNMENT has said police should come down hard on pirate kombis and taxis and also ensure there is tight security at quarantine centres. In Gweru, Bulawayo and other cities, private commuter...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:35hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
High Court challenge for Zupco 'monopoly'
COMMUTER omnibus owners in Bulawayo, operating under the banner 'Tshova Mubaiwa Transport Co-operative Company' have approached the High Court challenging Government's decision to have their kombis op...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Informal sector remains closed, says High court
The informal sector remains closed under lockdown after the High Court found that the Government acted reasonably and lawfully by keeping it closed while allowing the formal sector to reopen under str...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Schools, colleges no longer isolation centres
Schools, colleges and universities will no longer be used as Covid-19 quarantine centres for returnees since they will soon partially re-open, while hundreds of buses and kombis have joined the Zupco ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Every elder is your parent despite being a stranger
I am sure, and others too, without an iota of doubt that some 'Hwindi', is sorely missing his day out on duty. Rasta, dread, or some hairdo where the hair is sticking out like three inch nails. ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:57hrs | 157 | by Tondo
Is Zimbabwe cursed?
Zimbabweans are so friendly and peace loving people, Zimbabweans are known for being some of the friendliest and most welcoming hosts in the world – there is no better place to experience this than ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:31hrs | 3506 | by Knowledge Hakata
Omalayitsha feel Covid-19 pinch
IT'S a Tuesday morning and Dennis Dube, popularly known as Ndlesto, is basking in the sun gazing at the pride of his life, a spotless Quantum that is parked at a car park in Emakhandeni suburb. ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
800 kombis impounded
HARARE City Council has impounded more than 800 commuter omnibuses in the past two weeks for flouting several by-laws since opening the Coventry Road holding bay. The commuter omnibuses are be...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Police clampdown on truck drivers
Police are being more strict in checking trucks and private cars ferrying passengers for during the lockdown in violation of transport and lockdown regulations. Most passengers using trucks an...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's policymakers are flying blind
...COVID-19 exposes gaps in social infrastructureThe lack of accurate data, which is the lifeblood of any economy, is a disease of incompetent governance and makes informed economic developmen...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 743 | by Vince Musewe
Bus queues a ticking time bomb for Covid-19
The extended lockdown period coupled with the opening of industry and commerce has seen the reintroduction of long winding bus queues as the city has been hit by an acute shortage of ZUPCO buses and k...Published: 21 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 991 | by Stephen Jakes
Nelson Chamisa you are now pissing us off
Sir you have become a Twitter President of which most of the people who are following you are in the diaspora the ones who did not vote for you.We now need you to call for a Massive Civil Diso...Published: 20 May 2020 at 21:45hrs | 4572 | by Knowledge Hakata
Banning kombis a blow to the transport industry
Whilst government monopoly regulates costs within affordable levels, to control growth and development, this new government's move to control the transport industry is an ambush to other transport pla...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:14hrs | 1840 | by Leonard Koni
Jitters over indefinite Covid-19 lockdown
Zimbabwe's indefinite lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus could sound a death knell to an ailing economy and lead to massive job losses, experts have warned.President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:26hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
End of road for private kombis
PRIVATELY-RUN commuter omnibuses will not return to the road even after the national lockdown as part of Government measures to bring sanity into the urban transport sector.Before the lockdown...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1741 | by Staff reporter
Fuel queues resurface
LONG winding queues have resurfaced at fuel stations in Bulawayo with motorists expressing frustration over the situation during the lockdown. Service station staffers who spoke to reporters y...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
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