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Bogus estate agent in court for duping clients US$44 000
A bogus estate agent who defrauded desperate home seekers by selling them non-existing stands and already sold stands worth US$44 000 has appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court.Nelson Mandiz...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:05hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tollgate fees go up today
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has increased toll gate fees in local currency, effective today 20 March.Zinara on Friday issued a statement notifying motorists of the immin...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 10:38hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler, police in 250km high speed chase
A truck driver fleeing Beitbridge Border Post with a load of smuggled groceries in his 30-tonne rig was cornered after a 250km high-speed chase and although he managed to run off into the fields, his ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Local varsity pioneers road tolling system
Vehicles will spend just seven seconds going through a Zimbabwe tollgate once a new express tolling system developed by Bindura University of Science Education to Zinara specifications, which is alrea...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu bypass complete
National and international traffic no longer has to inch through Chivhu town centre, and the residents no longer have to fear for their lives every time they cross their main street, with the new 2,6k...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:21hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for erecting illegal 'tollgate' in Zimbabwe
A Mutare man, Padina Dzumbira, who created an illegal by-pass on his farm opposite the 22 Miles tollgate has appeared in court facing charges of contravening sections of the law governing tollgates....Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:02hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says 'disengaging' from controversial Univern contract
Transport minister Felix Mhona says the government has started disengaging from the controversial Univern contract after it was deemed inconsistent with the Procurement Act.This came aft...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:21hrs | 3271 | by Staff reporter
Car thief caged 10 years
An unlicensed driver who stole a relative's Mercedes-Benz in Bindura and drove to Bulawayo was sentenced to 10 years behind bars by a Bindura magistrate today.Alington Ambulance (24) will howe...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 12:58hrs | 800 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zinara hikes Z$ toll fees
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has hiked toll fees in local currency with effect from February 1, 2023.In a statement yesterday, Zinara said the toll fees in local currency...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:27hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt turns to banks to fund roads rehabilitation
ZIMBABWE'S roads administrator said this week it had kicked off processes to draft in banks to bolster its capacity to fund rehabilitation of the country's crumbling road network.In an intervi...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Education the only investment with no risk
Here I was walking lackadaisically towards our forlorn and miserable Chinehasha Shopping Centre on New Year's day. The much-remembered and never to be forgotten 2023. Ahh isn't it the same year ...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 14:45hrs | 920 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Suspected robber shot dead
POLICE gunned down a suspected armed robber and arrested five others during a crackdown after the suspects raided a gold mine in Shurugwi in Midlands Province and went away with 400kg of crushed gold ...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:33hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official arrested
A former Zanu-PF youth leader was arrested and another man shot dead – both suspects after a Shurugwi mine was robbed of 400kg of crushed gold ore.Khumbulani Mpofu, 42, is being held with fi...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 15:52hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Police exchange fire with robbers at tollgate
Seven armed robbers who allegedly stole about 400 kgs of pregnant carbons, cellphones and cash amounting to US$250 at Ansh Red mine in Shurugwi on Thursday, were arrested at Flamingo tollgate on Frida...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 10:50hrs | 3506 | by Tarisai Mudahondo / Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's 24 500km road network to be revamped by 2025
THIS week Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) business reporter, Freeman Makopa caught up with Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona (FM) to discuss updates in the progress of crucial i...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 17:55hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
'Selfish' CCC MPs defend US$40,000 loans
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament yesterday said there was nothing wrong in them accepting the US$40 000 housing loans despite criticism by their leader Nelson Chami...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Why CCC MPs defied Chamisa and took the US$40,000 loan
ON Tuesday 6 December 2022 the Citizens Coalition for Change Parliamentary Caucus converged in Harare where among other things they discussed critical national issues affecting the citizens of Zimbabw...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:17hrs | 1380 | by Prosper Mutseyami
Chariots of death' on Zimbabwe's roads
WHILE speaking at the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) in Bulawayo recently, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona revealed that 1 559 people were kille...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 306 | by Pamenus Tuso
Only 5% of Zimbabwe roads in good state
A REPORT by the Zimbabwe Passengers Association (ZPA) claims that only 5% of the country's road network is in good state."We know that the roads are so useful to our economy, otherwise if we d...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
NetOne loses $16m to Zinara cashier
A ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (Zinara) tollgate cashier appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing a $16 million theft charge involving point-of sale machines.Tongai C...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
'40% Zimbabwean cars uninsured'
At least 40 percent of cars on Zimbabwe's roads do not have insurance cover, the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) has said.ICZ spokesperson Ringisai Batiya said this has affected victims of...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:39hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spy bashes ZINARA worker in a jealousy affair
A member of Centra Intelligence Organisation Zvidzai Gava was on Friday arrested after he severely assaulted Tatenda Nyanhanga in a jealousy affair....Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 12:41hrs | 1334 | by Paul Ndou
Tollgate upgrades programme underway
GOVERNMENT has said plans are underway to upgrade all toll-gates across the country and making them uniform in line with the modern standard set on those along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway.Tran...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:53hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Family of US$2,7m heist mastermind arrested
The family of Shadreck Njowa, the mastermind behind the ZB Bank US$2,7 million and $43 000 heist which occurred in January last year at Gwebi River Bridge along the Harare-Chirundu Road has been arres...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
US$2,7 million ZB Bank heist mastermind arrested
The mastermind behind the ZB Bank US$2,7 million and $43 000 heist which occurred in January last year at Gwebi River Bridge along the Harare-Chirundu Road has been arrested in Harare after being on t...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:25hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zinara hikes toll gate fees again
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has with effect from today slightly increased tolling fees in local currency but they remain unchanged in foreign currency.According to the n...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moots Road Accident Fund
Government is mooting the establishment of a Road Accident Fund (RAF) which is aimed at minimising the effects of traffic accidents on the citizenry and the proposal was tabled to traffic stakeholders...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:20hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Zinara tightens screws on unlicensed vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it will bar all vehicles without valid licence discs from passing through tollgates.In a statement, Zinara said this would be implemente...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Zinara to block toll gate passage of vehicles without Licence disks
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) has announced that vehicles without valid licence discs will not be allowed passage through toll gates with effect from 1 October.This comes on t...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:33hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urged to release ambulances donated by World Health Organisation
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Settlement Chikwinya has urged the government to expedite deployment of ambulances at toll gates to offer emergency services to road traffic accident victi...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:26hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
ZINARA hikes Zimdollar toll fees
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (ZINARA) has with immediate effect hiked Zimdollar toll fees in line with obtaining exchange rate dynamics.The developments are in line with recent ...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:55hrs | 5658 | by Staff reporter
Equipment woes force Bulawayo road rehab scale down
A COMBINATION of breakdowns and shortages of plant and machinery has forced the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to scale down on capital projects including the ongoing road rehabilitation works.A ...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:52hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roadworks create 11 000 jobs
Fifty-five contractors and nearly 11 000 people have so far been hired countrywide to conduct works under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2), bringing joy to communities along the r...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
New toll plazas to be constructed on Zimbabwe roads
THE Government will soon start constructing toll plazas along major highways to address congestion at the toll gates countrywide, a Cabinet Minister has said.A toll plaza has more lanes compar...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:10hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF convoy overruns Goromonzi tollgate
Rowdy Zanu-PF supporters overran a tollgate in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East, after destroying a side gate and driving through in a convoy of nearly 15 vehicles, witnesses said.The Zanu-PF suppo...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:53hrs | 6583 | by Staff reporter
7 tollgate cashiers fired over million-dollar theft
SEVEN cashiers at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) Flamingo tollgate in Gweru have been fired while eight have resigned over a million-dollar theft scandal.Acting Zinara chie...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
$7 billion to upgrade tollgates infrastructure
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has set aside $7 billion for the upgrading of all tollgates across the country as part of efforts to plug revenue leakages and improve efficiency....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:24hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Zinara moves to weed out corruption
A LEGACY of corruption and operational challenges at tollgates has tainted the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)'s corporate image.NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Taurai Mangudhla int...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar dead by next month'
TWO of Zimbabwe's most respected economics professors have warned government to bite the bullet and redollarise because the Zimdollar "would be dead soon".Professors Gift Mugano and Anthony Ha...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
New toll fees raise dust
MOTORISTS are crying foul after the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) hiked toll fees by 73%, which will result in long-distance transporters hiking fares.In a statement, Zinara ...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Zinara raises tollgate fees
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has increased toll fees with effect from Monday, May 23.‘"In terms of section 4 of Statutory Instrument 32 of 2021, toll fees which are peg...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:58hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe travellers caught up in Musina demos
SCORES of Zimbabwe-bound motorists, haulage truckers and passenger buses were stranded in South Africa on Thursday when residents of Musina went on strike protesting poor service delivery by their mun...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | 2605 | by Staff reporter
Zinara mulls e-tollgates
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is making headway on plans to establish an e-tolling system to reduce operating costs from toll fees collection processes.According t...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:54hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $3,2bn for road rehab
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has started disbursing funds to road authorities to facilitate the ongoing countrywide road rehabilitation programme, with $3,2 billion having been d...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt VID officers warned
Reports that officers at the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) have been conniving for years with driving schools to demand bribes for learner's and driver's licences show the need for firm action...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
$9,8million tollgate fraud syndicate busted
A total of 16 Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employees at Gweru-Shurugwi tollgate working as a syndicate have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the road authority of $9,8million m...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
12 more Zinara employees arrested
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested 12 more Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employees for fraud involving $9,8 million after they created fake tap cards which th...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
25 Govt officials arrested in one week
Twenty-five Government officials have been arrested over the past week on allegations of criminal abuse of office, or fraud and stealing large quantities of bitumen meant for the rehabilitation of the...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Heads roll at Zinara after tollgates scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is weeding out corrupt employees following a scandal at toll gates in the Midlands where several employees were allegedly caught stealing fro...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Zinara pair in $6,8m fraud storm
Two Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) senior employees have been arrested at the Shurugwi Tollgate by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), on allegations of facing about 234 co...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:17hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
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