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Beitbridge roads in bad state
The poor state of major roads in Beitbridge East is adversely affecting the introduction of public transport resulting in communities relying on private motorists. This was said by Beitbridge ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:05hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Harare reverses parking fees hike
With most motorists boycotting street parking in Harare city centre yesterday morning and shopkeepers counting severe losses, Harare City Council reversed the US$1 an hour new parking charges and reve...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated Gwanda - Maphisa road needs urgent upgrade
THE 66km Gwanda-Maphisa Road remains dilapidated, forcing Government officials and other travellers to drive for 464km via Bulawayo to access the two districts of Matabeleland South Provin...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
BCC closes roads to under take sewer rehabilitation
BULAWAYO Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Projects (BWSSIP) declared road closure on Thursday in some parts of the city to avoid disturbance as sewerage works commence are likely to take the wh...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 422 | by Stephen Jakes
Police stations get POS machines
Almost all police stations now have functioning "swipe" machines for payment of admission of guilt fines, removing the need for cash payments and associated potential corruption. Unlike previo...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel price hike raises ethanol eyebrows
ZIMBABWE'S fuel is the most expensive in the region following this week's price hike, amid grave concern over the cost component of locally-produced ethanol on the overall petrol price. Ethanol is sup...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 2837 | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices spark public outrage
AS Zimbabwe's fuel crisis intensifies, we took time to track the number of times the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) formally announced an increase in the price of fuel over the past 12 mo...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Zinara introduces digital vehicle licensing
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has digitised vehicle licensing and motorists can now renew their discs in the comfort of their homes as the administration moves to bring convenienc...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel prices shoot up 150%
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority on Wednesday increased the pump prices of fuel by about 150 percent.With effect from Wednesday, diesel will cost 62.77 Zimbabwe dollars (ZWL) and petro...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:26hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Possible fuel price hike triggers long queues
WITH anticipation of a hike in fuel prices by the Government to avert artificial shortages; fuel queues in the capital are long as motorists try to get the underpriced commodity before the hike....Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 19:45hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's sex vendors on streets despite virus restrictions
Forced to stay home for weeks without any source of income, Zimbabwe's sex workers, like many other informal traders, are beginning to defy the country's lockdown and return to the streets.Ris...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 14:45hrs | 2020 | by AP
Mnangagwa faces sterner test
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing his sternest economic test since assuming power in 2017 as the crash of the Zimbabwean dollar pushes up prices, amid growing disenchantment with his le...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 9746 | by Staff reporter
Roadblocks, tollgates should have bins: EMA
GOVERNMENT environmental overseer, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has said all roadblocks and toll stations should have bins to dispose of used personal protective equipment in light of the...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Army, police blockade Bulawayo, MDC Alliance come up with theories
BUSINeSS came to a standstill in Bulawayo yesterday after police supported by the army drove people out of the city centre in an early morning operation believed to be clearing the way for the MDC fac...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 3737 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightened
The tightening of police roadblocks on highways leading into city and town centres yesterday was part of law enforcement measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and not meant to frustrate essentia...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's troops shut down Bulawayo city centre
Businesses including banks were forced to close shop after police and soldiers drove people of out Bulawayo's central business district in an early morning operation on Tuesday.Police checkpoi...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 14:11hrs | 5404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ignore Mnangagwa's prayer day
ZAOGA leader Ezekiel Guti prays at the national day of prayer and fasting at State House in Harare yesterdayMOST Zimbabweans yesterday snubbed the national day of prayer and fasting pronounced...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Toll fees to go up
MOTORISTS are set to be hit with new tollgate fees as government seeks to keep the charges at par with the United States dollar.Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joel Biggie M...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:33hrs | 1780 | 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 | 885 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls fuel price hike
Fuel prices might be reviewed upwards in order to address biting "artificial shortages" of the commodity on the local market, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has hinted.In ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Government patches collapsed road at Boterekwa
GOVERNMENT has moved in to avert a potential disaster at Boterekwa stretch in Shurugwi after illegal mining activities resulted in an underground tunnel which had seen part of the road collapsing....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 18:47hrs | 1983 | by Staff reporter
2265 metres of storm-water drain cleaned
Bulawayo City Council says it has cleared a total of 2265 metres of drain that had been declared cleared by in-house teams during the period."Areas covered include wards 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1760 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegal panners 'destroy' Boterekwa Road
A SECTION of the famous Boterekwa Road in Shurugwi caved in on Friday after illegal gold panners allegedly dug a series of tunnels under it over the years. The damage threatens motorists trave...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
'Snow' in Matebeleland South
A THUNDERSTORM affected some parts of Matebeleland South on Friday resulting in the fall of hail, triggering a social media frenzy as people thought it was snow that had resulted from falling winter t...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Price of fuel increases
THE price of fuel has been marginally increased with effect from today. Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) announced the new prices yesterday in line with Statutory Instrument 270 of 2019. ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Murder-accused woman dies in SA car crash
A Beitbridge woman, Khathutshelo Moyo, suspected of teaming up with two other men who are still at large to kill her husband Langton Ribombo was killed in a road accident over the weekend. Moyo was bu...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens lockdown
ZIMBABWE yesterday tightened the COVID-19 lockdown in major cities, with police and army blocking motorists and commuters from entering central business districts around the country after infections t...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7185 | by Staff reporter
Junior cop files attempted rape charge against boss
A SENIOR police officer was reportedly assaulted by a junior female officer after he tried to apprehend her for a bribe she had allegedly received at a roadblock and she, on the other hand, filed a re...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa locks down Harare amid fears of opposition protests
Police and soldiers turned away motorists and ordered morning commuters to disembark from ZUPCO buses and walk home during a heightened enforcement of a coronavirus lockdown on Tuesday.Long qu...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 13:18hrs | 4432 | by Staff reporter
Tense situation in Harare as lockdown intensifies
There is a tense situation in the capital city today as transporters and motorists are being ordered to go back home by law enforcement agencies....Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 2654 | by Tarisai Mudahondo / Simbarashe Sithole
Bribe taking cop assaults boss, screams rape
There was drama in Norton on Friday at the 39 km peg along Harare - Bulawayo highway where police officers were manning a roadblock.A f...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:43hrs | 3698 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Motorists shun forex fuel
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo are shunning service stations which sell fuel in foreign currency and opting to fill their tanks from those charging in local currency as the exchange rate continues to shoot thr...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2241 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus used as an excuse to abuse citizens - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has said in Zimbabwe corona is an excuse to abuse citizens by the rich and the powerful, worse still by the government."This is no longer about corona but op...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:15hrs | 1003 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe fuel crisis set to worsen
DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign currency to import petrol and diesel.This c...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2592 | 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
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1806 | by Brezh Malaba
Lodges closure fuels bush, car sex
THE Covid-19 pandemic which has forced the temporary closure of lodges to stop the spread of the coronavirus has also pushed some randy lovebirds to brazenly use cars and bushy areas close to their su...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:52hrs | 6591 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash limits ridiculously low in comparison to similar markets
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been on a war path against EcoCash, one of Africa's successful mobile money service. The battle has been tariffs, barring of EcoCash agents and some crazy pronou...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:50hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Social distancing fails as queues grow
MEMBERS of the public are abusing the eased lockdown regulations as they are not taking heed of calls for social distancing, putting themselves and other people at risk of Covid-19 infections. It was ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:33hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Government speaks on fuel hike claims
Government has said it will only announce fuel prices on the gazetted 5th of every month and the public should ignore false claims regarding price hikes that have been circulating since long queues re...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1418 | 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
Harare hit by crime wave amid COVID-19 lockdown, residents organise neighborhood watch committees
The current lockdown currently underway to fight coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge in crime as people are hard-struck to make a decent living in Harare. Residents took to social media time...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1673 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Fuel queues resurface
LONG fuel queues have resurfaced across the country as traffic increased following the easing of the national lockdown measures by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow companies to operate.In...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Catholic priests survive train & car crash
TWO Roman Catholic priests escaped death when a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a goods train and dragged for about 50 metres in Hwange on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred at...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:54hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
New $10 notes start circulating
Some banks yesterday started issuing new $10 notes to customers queuing for cash, although others said they would only start availing them today. The red $10 notes were put into circulation by...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:50hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Central Vehicle Registry a national embarrassment
IN any other jurisdiction, the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) director-general should by now have long been relieved of their duties. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development whose am...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1181 | by Learnmore Zuze
Liquid propane could supply Zimbabwe with fuel
Gift Chitanda remembers the day in 2019 the Zimbabwe company Intergas Zimbabwe offered him an interview for the lucrative job as the company's chief operating officer.The day before his interv...Published: 16 May 2020 at 09:07hrs | 8851 | 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
Man 'steals' R45 000 from car
A BULAWAYO man who has pending robbery and unlawful entry cases, has been re-arrested for allegedly stealing R45 000, US$800 and RTGS$800 from a parked car belonging to a local businessman before spee...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
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