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Zimbabwe police, VID officers under investigation
Police and Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officials responsible for clearing the unroadworthy Urban Connect bus, which was involved in a fatal accident in Beitbridge, are now under investigatio...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:33hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
ZACC to break drivers' licence corruption chain
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched investigations into reports of corruption involving driving school instructors and Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers accused of...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:41hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
VID officials arrested
A VEHICLE Inspection Department (VID) trio has been dragged to court for awarding a class four licence to a driver without her going through the required testing procedures.In a statement, the...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
4 VID Depot officers face probe
AT least four Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers based at Chitungwiza Depot are facing investigations on allegations of soliciting money from people acquiring driver's licences and learner...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
An online driver's licence verification System will solve fake licence fraud that the DVLA is experiencing
The British authorities are aware that as from the year 2000 many Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom (UK) have either a fake driver's licence or have paid thousands of dollars to be given a valid drive...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 20:20hrs | 247 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Are Zimbabwe roads safe?
It is, indeed, the silly season, so silly that even the simplest of promises are used to secure votes.In this episode, some politicians have promised to "drive" their way to victory.Fo...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:34hrs | 10 | by Jairos Saunyama
VID senior management reshuffled as corruption soars
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has reshuffled senior management at the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in a bid to curb corruption...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rogue drivers menace on Zimbabwe roads
THE general behaviour of motorists on Zimbabwe's roads ranges from shocking to bizarre.It is now common to see motorists breezing through red traffic lights or overtaking in prohibited zones. ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to introduce plastic driving licences
The current metal driver's licences will soon be replaced with a new plastic disc from June this year as Government through the Central Vehicle Registry moves Zimbabwe into line with the Common Market...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | 2 | 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 | 12 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt VID depots fingered over horror crash
Masvingo and Zvishavane Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depots are playing the blame game after details emerged that the Toyota Wish that was involved in the Mhandamabwe road carnage which claim...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt VID officials to appear in court
THREE Karoi Vehicle Inspectorate Department VID examiners are expected to appear in court this Friday for allegedly issuing provisional drivers licences to failed candidates.The arrest of the ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
VID 'inspectors' dupe job seekers
FAKE Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials have been on the prowl in the Midlands Province where they targeted and duped desperate jobseekers of money after promising them jobs. Severa...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VID officials fined for violating lockdown restrictions
The love of beer landed two Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials and their three accomplices in trouble.Fidelis Munetsi (45) a...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 13:22hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Heads to roll at VID
ACTION is going to be taken against Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials who are corruptly issuing learner driver's licences to underserving people and modalities are being worked out to comp...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drivers' licence scam unearthed
The Vehicle Inspection Department (VID), which conducts driver training among other duties, has been taken over by criminal gangs that are fleecing the public and Government through pocketing various ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zimbabwe drivers to write licence test online
ASPIRING drivers will soon write provisional driver's licence tests online to reduce interface with officials and minimise cases of alleged corruption. In a telephone interview yesterday, the ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Police demand driver's licence in exchange of fuel
Seasoned journalist Arther Chatora has posted a video of police officers and members of the Vehicle Inspection Department manning a fuel service station in Mutare demanding that every vehicle mus...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 10:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
VID to roll out electronic learner’s licence exams
The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) will soon introduce electronic Provisional Drivers' Licence aptitude examinations as part of a raft of new measures to reduce rampant corruption in the acquis...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to introduce e-provisional driver's exams
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) will introduce electronic Provisional Driver Licence tests at Vehicle Inspection Department Depots in an attempt to reduce interface with officials as we...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 09:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe transport management system to improve efficiency
Zimbabwe has signed an integrated transport management system, which seeks to bring together five key elements of road policing, efficient use of national infrastructure and coordination of informatio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:25hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
$150 bribes costs nation millions
BEFORE the army-led Operation Restore Legacy, the occurrence of road accidents in Zimbabwe was attributed to failure by the traffic police to stem road carnage, as they were only keen to collect money...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
VID to stop issuing drivers' licences?
Government is considering stopping the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) from issuing drivers' licences and create a separate department to play that role as part of measures to combat corruption....Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
VID officers given 100-day ultimatum to stop corruption
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has given officials from the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) a 100-day ultimatum to stop corrupt activities or risk prosecution....Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo in CMED scandal
Transport Minister Joram Gumbo has reportedly ordered mechanics at Gwanda CMED workshop to be on 24 hour standby in readiness to attend to his JMP Express bus breakdowns.The bus, said to b...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 08:05hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
32 corrupt officers fired from VID depots, 200 licences cancelled
THE Government has fired 32 officers from 13 Vehicle Inspectorate Departments (VID) depots and cancelled about 200 driver's and provisional licences corruptly issued countrywide.Transport and ...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Zimbabwe Provisional Drivers License tests to be written online
Government has revealed plans to bring innovation to the Vehicle Inspection Department(VID) that will see Provisional drivers license test written and submitted online in a bid to reduce shady int...Published: 10 May 2016 at 09:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
VID goes digital . . . Provisional licence tests to be written online
THE Government is in the process of digitalising the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID), a process which will see aspiring drivers writing provisional driver’s licences tests online and reducing in...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:03hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
'Ban second-hand tyre imports'
Government should ban second-hand tyre imports as these contribute significantly to fatal road accidents, passenger representative organisations say.A week ago, 32 people were killed in an acc...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Harmony Agere
Bogus VID officials on the prowl
Government has warned motorists to be on the lookout for fraudsters who illegally issue out counterfeit documents and masquerade as Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers. Transport an...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Masline Mavudzi
Hwange VID road tests bribes allegedly reach alarming levels
As some numerous prospective drivers last week in Bulawayo and Harare expressed concerns over Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials demanding bribes from them so that they pass road tests and ...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 17:40hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Driving licence tests high failure rate torches storm
AN alarming number of people continue to fail leaner's driving licence and practical road tests, amid claims that officials at the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) deliberately fail people to ind...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge VID officials accused of being vindictive
Beitbridge residents have accused the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) of being vindictive following an on-going blitz on privately-owned cars whose owners are accused of operating pirate taxis but...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 08:05hrs | | by Concerned citizen
ONE killed, 13 injured as traffic cops chase after unlicensed driver
A BULAWAYO woman died on the spot while 13 other people including two juveniles were injured when a Toyota Granvia driven by an unlicensed driver burst a tyre and rolled several times during a pol...Published: 13 Dec 2014 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Rampant corruption at VID Plumtree'
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone Number....Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 10:52hrs | 4 | by Concerned Citizen
Granvia driver hijacks impounded vehicle in movie style
A Security guard at the Gwanda Vehicle Inspection Depot (VID) is currently admitted at Gwanda hospital following injuries he sustained in a hit and run accident when a kombi driver tried to "hijack" h...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 15:00hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
VID comments on the Jeep Cherokee that killed Chindori Chininga
The vehicle in which Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Guruve South, Edward Chindori-Chininga, died had faulty brakes and several mechanical faults, Bindura Vehicle Inspection Department has claimed....Published: 29 Jun 2013 at 13:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crews complain about police demanding bribes
PUBLIC transport operators in Bulawayo have raised concerns about what they said was harassment by traffic police officers who are reportedly demanding bribes despite the fact that they are making ve...Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 22:49hrs | | by staff reporter
Police investigate fake driver's licence racket
POLICE are investigating a fake driver's licence racket involving hundreds of motorists suspected to be using fake licences.National Traffic Police spokesperson Inspector Tigere Chigome yeste...Published: 20 Sep 2011 at 05:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bogus VID officials appear in court
THREE bogus VID officials stood before the court of law on allegations of duping US$60 from a 31-year-old Chitungwiza woman on the grounds that they could book her a road test without any problems. Pe...Published: 29 Jun 2011 at 22:39hrs | 1 | by Ndou paul
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