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Zimbabwean police overpolice foreign registered vehicles

Last year, I travelled extensively across Zimbabwe using two different vehicles: one registered in Zimbabwe, the other in South Africa. The contrast in treatment was impossible to ignore. When driving the Zimbabwean vehicle, I passed throu…

Published: 09 Feb 2026 at 04:37hrs | 1354 | by Anonymous

Mushrooming roadblocks trigger public outrage

A surge in police roadblocks on major routes into Harare - particularly along the Harare-Chitungwiza highway - has triggered public outrage and raised alarm wit

Published: 16 Nov 2025 at 10:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Too much roadblocks is not a solutiom

Even if we put 50 roadblocks within 100km, the unlicensed drivers will still pass from one roadblock to another. There is too much corruption being practiced by your boys Matanga. You are failing to curb corruption that is rampant within t…

Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | | by Isaac Nkomah

Zimbabwe's shady police roadblocks reflect its failing governance

First published by ISS TodayIn Harare, it is sometimes said, nothing is what it appears to be. This is certainly the case with the city's omnipresent police roadblocks, which give the impression of efficient police maintaining order on the…

Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 16:00hrs | 1858 | by Derek Matyszak for ISS Today

Police spikes cause tragic accident at an illegal roadblock

MDC-T has claimed that police in Mt Pleasant left residents in a state of shock and agony when 3 police officers from Highlands police station illegally put a road block along Churchill road at the southern side of the then illustrious Uni…

Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 08:53hrs | 2460 | by Stephen Jakes

Illegal roadblocks along Jumbo Road

Editor, I am a concerned citizen who is worried about the level of corruption at Jumbo road. I live at Mazowe and 7,5km away from my place of residence is a Mine called  Jumbo where i make my short trip to market and sell my poultry. …

Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 05:26hrs | | by Concerned Citizen

Open letter to Police Commissioner General - too many unlicensed drivers in Zim highways

The Editor,  I am a motorist in Bulawayo ,  Zimbabwe.  I am very worried with the number of unlicensed drivers in the country highways.  This is despite the fact that there are many roadblocks. I  would like to app…

Published: 10 May 2017 at 16:49hrs | 1259 | by Concerned Citizen

Too many police road blocks

EDITOR,I'm appalled by the operations of traffic police along Chiremba Road where one can find no less than three to four police road-blocks within a 20km stretch of road to Epworth.A trip that is supposed to take only 20 minutes is now ta…

Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 14:08hrs | 4943 | by Bitter Commuter,

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