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More buses, new train coaches coming
More than 288 new buses will be delivered next month, while an additional 279 are expected before year-end to boost Zupco's capacity to provide an efficient and reliable mass public transport system, ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 13 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa's govt to regularise urban tolling
Government is working on a legal instrument that would regularise its desire to introduce urban tolling as part of its measures to enhance revenue meant to improve infrastructure, a Cabinet Minister h...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:46hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T blast Gumbo, Kasukuwere over remarks of accident victims compensation
MDC-T Bulawayo Deputy Provincial spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda: has said Transport Minister Jorum Gumbo and local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere are taking people for granted over the ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Urban tolling a necessary evil, says Kasukuwere
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has insisted that urban tollgates are a necessary evil, vowing to go ahead with construction of the plazas, despite fierce resistance by motorists. ...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Transport minister Gumbo distances self from proposed urban tollgates
Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Jorum Gumbo has distanced himself from the proposed urban tollgates saying if they are to be put in place they are the responsibility of the ministry ...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Will Mugabe come to the rescue?
TWO things that are sure about death are its certainty and finality. Reference is being made to death in the physical sense, not the spiritual side of things.Because of this, many human beings...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Cyril Zenda
Government suspends urban tollgates project
Government has temporarily shelved its controversial plan to introduce toll gates within cities.Government is now prioritising rehabilitation of major highways, including construction of state...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
No going back on urban tollgates, says Obert Mpofu
Obert Mpofu,Transport and Infrastructural Development minister said government will not go back on its planned urban tolling project despite protests by motorists. Speaking at the 2015 Nat...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt wont backtrack on urban-tollgates - Min Mpofu
Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu has said government will not backtrack on its planned urban tolling project despite protests by motorists.Speaking at the 2015 Na...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Motorists to pay 15c in urban toll fees
Motorists will pay at least 15 cents in urban toll fees when the exercise is implemented, compared to $2 that private light vehicles are paying on the highways. Zimbabwe National Roads Adm...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who wants Obert Mpofu's urban toll gates?
The notion of introducing urban toll gates has greatly divided opinion among all the stakeholders involved.Government is saying yes, the motorists are saying no, public transport operators are...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff writer
Urban tollgates coming, says Obert Mpofu
THE government will go ahead with plans to introduce tollgates in urban centres, Transport Minister Obert Mpofu said yesterday. Urban tolls, he said, would raise funds to finance infrastructural devel...Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 08:14hrs | | by Felex Share
Residents resist city tollgates
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents' Association (Bpra) has vowed to mobilise residents in resisting the erection of tollgates within the city, a development that city fathers seem to have endorsed....Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Urban toll gates loom
WORK to set up toll gates in major cities has begun with a government technical team identifying possible sites while tenders for the implementation of the project would be flighted before month-end,...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 06:13hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Pathfinder bus accident could have been avoided
RESIDENTS of Jama resettlement area, about 62km from Bulawayo along the Gweru Road have blamed the horrific accident involving a Pathfinder luxury bus and haulage truck that left six people dead o...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zim not ready for urban tollgates'
Munesuishe Munodawafa, permanent secretary for Transport and Infrastructural Development, said yesterday government was not yet ready to introduce urban tollgates as more consultations were needed on...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists call on Mpofu to fence major roads
MOTORISTS have called on Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu to secure the country's major roads first by erecting a fence to prevent fatal accidents involving animals....Published: 17 Nov 2013 at 03:15hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Urban tolling to go ahead,' says Mpofu
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu has said the government will not go back on its planned urban tolling project despite protests by motorists, saying it had proved to be t...Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 02:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt begins consultations on urban tollgates
The Government is consulting stakeholders on the proposal to introduce tollgates in urban areas and will have a position on the matter soon, the National Assembly heard on Wednesday.The Govern...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No going back on city tollgates,' says Obert Mpofu
THE government is working with local authorities in setting up the proposed urban tollgates and consultations are still underway, Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu said ...Published: 25 Oct 2013 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Consultations on urban tollgates start
THE Government has started engaging local authorities and other stakeholders on the establishment of urban toll gates with the view of getting their input on the implementation of the project. ...Published: 25 Oct 2013 at 04:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We can't think like Africans,' says Zuma
South African President Jacob Zuma torched a diplomatic storm on Monday over his comments urging South Africans not to think like Africans in Africa, with critics saying such talk fed xenophobia that ...Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 04:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU against urban tollgates
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it will not allow government to introduce tollgates in urban areas as proposed by the ministry of Transport.Government, this week said it is c...Published: 06 Oct 2013 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa opposes Obert Mpofu on urban tolling
Businessman Philip Chiyangwa says Obert Mpofu's idea of urban tolling will be a great inconvenience to the public."We have a lot of people driving ex-Japanese cars who are struggling to fuel ...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 10:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu considering introducing tollgates in cities
Government is considering introducing tollgates in urban centres to raise money to finance infrastructural development, decongest the centres and reduce carbon emissions, Transport and Infrastructura...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 04:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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