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Soldiers salvage goods from burning bus
A Harare-bound bus was yesterday reduced to a shell after it caught fire near Tree Tops Tollgate, about 20km from Gweru along the Bulawayo Road. No one was injured as the more than 40 passengers disem...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Mass resignations hit Zinara
At least 12 top executives have resigned from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) in protest over alleged interference, endemic corruption, harassment and threats from some board member...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 4463 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fatcats in tollgates scam
A FRESH storm has hit the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) after the parastatal proposed to award a million-dollar deal to its perennial contractor Univern, a deal seen as a corrupt way ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fires 30 cashiers for fraud
THIRTY Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) cashiers have been fired for fraud and theft. This comes after the authority uncovered systematic scams at four tollgates involving cashiers, supe...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police kill man over $2 bribe
A man was shot dead by a police officer after refusing to hand over a $2 bribe, the High Court has heard.The Harare woman is now suing police chief Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs Minister Cai...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 3415 | by ZimLive
Zinara deputy board chairman quits in security tender row
The vice chairman of the roads agency, ZINARA, has resigned in a growing storm over alleged flouting of tender procedures.Runyararo Jambo resigned on October 28 in a letter to Transport Minist...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:24hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
No tollgate fees on Friday 25 October
The ZINARA Acting Chief Executive Officer has instructed all the Tolling Supervisors to allow vehicles carrying people going to the anti-sanctions demonstrations on Friday 25 October to pass tollgates...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 15:45hrs | 3382 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Villagers set-up off road 'tollgate'
DARING villagers in Mapiye village under Chief Musarurwa have set up their own "tollgate," cashing in on motorists who are evading the official Zinara plaza along Chivhu-Murambinda Highway, about 18km...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:06hrs | 3218 | by Staff reporter
Banking Survey places NMB among country's top three banks
NMB Bank's top level performance was acknowledged in this year's Zimbabwe Independent Banks and Banking Survey, where it was second runner-up for the Overall Bank of the Year award.The results...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 13:06hrs | 1841 | by Agencies
PSL, NMB introduce tap and go card
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has partnered with NMB Bank to introduce an electronic ticketing system to ease transactions at turnstiles. The electronic ticketing system, which is in the for...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
5 little known firms for Chirundu roadworks
Government has assigned five more contractors to undertake roadworks on the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway and released $150 million for the project. Work is expected to start soon. Tensor...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Muzamhindo presents an ideal plan for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is buffeted by inconsistencies, lack of cohesion, indecisive politics, incapacitation and deep rooted corruption. The bottom line is Zimbabwe economy has totally collapsed and there is need f...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 22:10hrs | 1210 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
NMB extends TapCard use to Chibuku Super Cup game, PSL matches
Soccer fans attending the Dynamos v Highlanders Chibuku Super Cup game at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday will be able to use NMB's TapCard to pay the entrance fee. The card is available from NMB bra...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 19:16hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $42m for road projects
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed $42 million countrywide for road projects as it resumes its core functions as enshrined in the Road Act. A forensic audit at Zi...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 06:30hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa-Chamisa fired
ZINARA has fired its suspended chief executive officer Engineer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa and finance director Mr Simon Taranhike for gross incompetence and abuse of office, our Harare Bureau can reveal....Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
ZINARA Employees stealing from government and motorists
Dear Minister of TransportOn Friday at around 1700 hours I witnessed one ZINARA tollgate till operator stealing from both the government and motorist. The operator in question was at the Guine...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 20:40hrs | 2776 | by Munya Shumba
Let's reduce road deaths: Do unto others...
This is an open letter to all stakeholders concerned with the rising road deaths on our roads. Recently I had an opportunity to drive in another African city, Francistown, Botswana to be specific. I w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 05:47hrs | 136 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Civil servants in Mnangagwa salary U-turn
ZIMBABWE'S impoverished civil servants yesterday made a volte-face and embraced a 76% salary adjustment made by their employer, hardly a week after they scoffed at the offer, describing it as falling ...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Transport computerisation ups revenue to US$375m
Government's computerisation programme in the transport sector has yielded significant gains through increased revenue, with at least US$375 million being realised over the past five years since the p...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government gains $375 million
Government's computerisation programme in the transport sector has yielded significant gains through increased revenue with at least $375 million being realised over the past five years since the prog...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Does Brother Mthuli Ncube live in Zimbabwe?
Hope is the expectation, against all rational considerations, that desires will be fulfilled miraculously.When the "new dispensation" was introduced in Zimbabwe, we hoped against past experien...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1055 | by Kennet Mufuka
Kombi crews circumvent tollgates
Commuter omnibus operators plying highway routes are reportedly dropping off passengers just before approaching tollgates as a strategy to avoid paying high tollgate fees which were introduced by Fina...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Toll gate fees go up
GOVERNMENT yesterday increased toll gate and vehicle registration fees in response to increasing costs for road construction and rehabilitation. The funds that are collected from toll gates an...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Motorists refuse to pay tollgate fees at Esigodini
Motorists were on Friday stranded along Zimbabwe's major highways after the Government hiked toll fees by 500 percent. By 5pm on Friday, toll fees were revised to the following charges: ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 19:56hrs | 7621 | by Staff reporter
'Tollgate fees hike unconstitutional'
THE steep hike in tollgate fees by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is unconstitutional and legislators must unanimously block the move, a top MDC official has said.Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya ...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 13:18hrs | 2714 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's hike in charges slammed
VARIOUS workers' unions have slammed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's decision to hike charges for government services without adjusting civil servants' salaries.On Thursday, Ncube presented hi...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:50hrs | 2228 | by Staff reporter
Prices of goods set to skyrocket
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday announced a three-fold increase in electricity tariffs and raised tax on fuel imports in addition to raising the cost of obtaining government services in a midt...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | 4617 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube piles more misery
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday announced a three-fold increase in electricity tariffs and raised tax on fuel imports in addition to raising the cost of obtaining government services in a midt...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
Clueless Mthuli Ncube hikes tollgate fees and vehicle licence fees by 400%
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has increased Tollgate Fees and vehicle licence fees by 400% effective 1 September 2019Presenting his 2019 Mid-Term Budget Review statement on Thursday, Ncube sai...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 11:32hrs | 22143 | by Ndou Paul
Revisiting the Beitbridge-Harare highway
The state of the Beitbridge-Harare (A4) Highway is now a cause for concern as the number of human fatalities grows by each day due to deadly accidents in the narrow strip that links Zimbabwe and South...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 2215 | by Victor Bhoroma
23 toll-gate staffers dismissed for fraud in three months
A company managing part of the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s toll-gate network has dismissed some 23 workers on charges of fraud in the last three months, Parliament has heard....Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1023 | by newzimbabwe
'Taming the Shrew' - Deaths on our Roads
Driving in Harare and in the highways of Zimbabwe has become distressful. Recent reports of high profile road traffic deaths refer. The traffic chaos has become a 'shrew.' There is urgent need to 'tam...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1341 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Zinara revenues projected to hit $136m
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s combined revenues are projected to rise to $135,6 million for the current year, up from $133,3 million last year. The improvement in the roads aut...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop robbed of AK-47 rifle at tollgate
A POLICE officer stationed at Lion's Den tollgate outside Chinhoyi was last week robbed of her AK-47 assault rifle while on duty, NewsDay reported.Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspecto...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2069 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe not ready for urban tollgates'
ZIMBABWE is not yet ready to implement urban tolling, the Transport and Infrastructure minister Joel Biggie Matiza (pictured) has told Parliament.Matiza revealed this during Wednesday's questi...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Major Matabeleland roads under reconstruction
THE multi-million dollar road infrastructure development programme undertaken by the Government has moved a gear up with work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road now underway, amon...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1696 | by Staff reporter
Zinara ropes in CID
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is working with the Criminal Investigations Department anti-corruption team to investigate all its revenue streams as part of efforts to curb corrupt...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Of corruption and political will
THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome
Tollgate, vehicle insurance fees to go up 'very soon'
The government says it will raise tollgate fees within weeks.Transport Minister Joel Matiza says the increase in tollgate fees, currently RTGS$2 for small vehicles, RTGS$3 for minibuses, RTGS$...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 18:17hrs | 5502 | by ZimLive
Government speaks on new passport fees
Government has dismissed social media reports that it has increased the price of passports. According to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance George Guvamantanga the reports are only fak...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 19:14hrs | 19741 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Where is Mnangagwa taking us to?
I DROVE up the window of the tollgate and the man on duty asked me: "Eddie, where are we going?" He was not asking what my destination was, but where did I think the country was going.Last nig...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 8897 | by Eddie Cross
Cop hires kombi to ferry stolen Cyclone Idai donations
A police officer has been arrested for alleged wholesale looting of aid valued at tens of thousands United States Dollars earmarked for victims of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge amid reports of rampant misa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 18:39hrs | 5181 | by Methusi Ncube
Umalayitsha wins battle to recover impounded car
THE High Court has ordered police to release a South African registered kombi belonging to an umalayitsha which was impounded last year after it was found carrying a carcass of an alleged stolen beast...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Milestone in Harare-Bulawayo dualisation
GOVERNMENT has completed dualising another 12-kilometre section of the Harare-Bulawayo highway, with work on the road-over-rail bridge after the Norton tollgate expected to be completed in four months...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 09:41hrs | 11216 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF packs hundreds of people in goods train for Mnangagwa rally
Hundreds of people made it to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 'Thank You' rally in at Rutenga last Saturday aboard an old goods train in which the party's Chiredzi leadership had packed them to boost a...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Truck driver shot dead by police while avoiding paying $4 tollgate fee
A man was shot dead by a police officer while trying to avoid a tollgate in Harare.The incident, at around 8PM on Monday night, took place at the Skyline tollgate just after the Mbudzi roundab...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:25hrs | 9175 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa accelerates ease of doing business
Government says a fully-fledged Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) that will process investment approvals within a day will be fully operational this year. This is part of Gover...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:26hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Zinara rules out tollgate fees hike
THE Zimbabwe National Road Adminstration (Zinara) says it will not increase road user fees despite resurgent inflationary pressures.Responding to questions from Matabeleland North road authori...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:04hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate scandal rocks Zinara
inara has lost thousands of dollars in foreign currency and bond notes to tollgate cashiers who have been manipulating operating systems. According to people familiar with the developments, th...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 2807 | by Staff reporter
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