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Where are the once touted Zupco buses?
As members of the fourth estate, our role is clear: to hold power to account and to speak truth to those entrusted with public resources. Remaining silent in the face of Zimbabwe's ongoing transport c...Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:00hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to import spare parts for 100 grounded buses
Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) CEO George Chigora has revealed plans to import spare parts for 100 grounded buses, as the public transporter seeks to revitalize its fleet and improve servi...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:26hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
2 dead, several injured in separate Zupco bus accidents
In a tragic turn of events on Wednesday, two separate accidents involving Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses claimed two lives and left multiple passengers injured along the Harare-Mutare...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 20:31hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Minister calls for end to police chases of pirate taxis
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka has urged police officers to stop pursuing unregistered "mushikashika" taxis, attributing these chases to an increas...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:14hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims sanctions affecting 2030 agenda
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated that sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe are severely hampering his government's Vision 2030 agenda by restricting access to international financial support. His rema...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:44hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: ZUPCO overturns at Dande bridge
A Kanyemba-bound ZUPCO bus allegedly overturned on Saturday at Dande bridge in Mbire district.The driver is said to have failed to cross the bridge and it overturned and there were no injuries...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 1885 | by Simbarashe Sithole
VID impounds Zupco bus
The dispute between the Zimbabwe Passengers Company (Zupco) and the Vehicles Inspectorate Department (VID) continues to disrupt public transport. VID officers recently impounded a Zupco bus in...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:12hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
VID impounds Zupco buses
Several Zimbabwe Passengers Company (Zupco) buses were impounded by the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) last week for lacking registration papers, highlighting the ongoing operational and financ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zupco terminates contracts for urban buses
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has initiated a process of terminating its contracts with private owners of buses plying urban routes.The move comes as the remaining buses on con...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa where are the ZUPCO buses purchased in 2019?
The Citizens Coalition for Change raises critical questions surrounding the fate of ZUPCO buses reportedly bought and commissioned by Mr. Mnangagwa in 2019, as citizens grapple with transport challeng...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO to introduce electric fleet, add 500 buses
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is set to procure 550 buses including electric models and has invited bids for fleet supply from domestic and international companies as it moves to boost...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:50hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean firm develops 120 passengers seater bus
Returning to innovative solutions to help beat Zimbabwe's urban public transport woes, AVM Africa (Pvt) Ltd has developed a prototype 120-seater bus to provide the most cost-effective solutions on bus...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:49hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO bus conductor up for blank ticketing scam
A ZUPCO conductor appeared before a Bulawayo magistrate on Thursday, facing charges of fraud for issuing passengers with blank tickets and keeping the fares for himself.The Tredgold Magistrate...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 07:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to get 500 more buses
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is set to receive a total of 500 buses by the next year, including 150 coaches to be delivered by the end of this year, as part of a comprehensive plan to...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Disband Zinara, demands Zapu candidate
ZAPU candidate for Lupane East, Mthenjwa Gumbo, has demanded that the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) be disbanded due to its failure to rehabilitate national roads, especially in the M...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's well-oiled campaign raises eyebrows
A day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally in Harare on August 9, thousands of empty boxes of fast foods were strewn across the venue spanning up to more than the size of four soccer fields....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters enjoy domestic tourism
AS the sun rises over the horizon, buses plastered with Zanu-PF insignia can be seen traversing the country, picking up supporters from different corners of Zimbabwe.Dubbed the "Zanu Express" ...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF forces informal traders to attend rally
The usually bustling Fifth Avenue vegetable market was deserted on Wednesday after informal traders were forced to attend a Zanu-PF rally in Cowdray Park.Large sections of the informal market ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 19:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zupco accident kills Zanu-PF supporter
A ZUPCO bus carrying Zanu-PF supporters to a campaign rally in Nkayi was involved in an accident yesterday, killing one passenger on the spot.According to reports, several passengers from Bing...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Commuters complain over exorbitant fares
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the exorbitant fares charged by transport operators in order to force them to pay in foreign currency.The fares in local currency are ranging ...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF abusing State resources'
CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) and opposition political parties have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of abusing State resources by transporting its supporters to rallies across the country using ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:16hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube inspired road rehabilitation at full throttle in Cowdray Park
THE Zanu-PF candidate for Cowdray Park constituency, Professor Mthuli Ncube has set the ball rolling in his development agenda of the area with road rehabilitation works, borehole drilling and Wi-Fi i...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombis fares now range between $600 and $1 000 for a single trip
COMMUTER omnibus operators in Bulawayo have increased fares in local currency.The new fares range between $600 and $1 000 for a single trip, depending on the time one boards the vehicles and t...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Al Jazeera documentary is likely to cause fallout between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga?
A MAN is like the company that he keeps. This old adage is coming to haunt President Emmerson Mnangagwa as his re-election campaign, six months before the polls, hit a huge pot-hole after Al Jazeera p...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe desperately needs leadership renewal
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as you are quite aware, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) symbolises the antiquity of State-owned public institutions. It is ground...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | 15 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Man arrested for stoning police officers
A 32-year-old man from Nkayi has been arrested for attacking police officers with stones.National Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and said invest...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 16:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares slashed
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) at the weekend reduced inner city fares in all trading currencies, a development commended by the Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ).Zupco reduced ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos engulfs Zupco
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), a state-owned public transportation provider, is in the centre of an alleged corruption and mismanagement storm, involving top management and private ope...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$6 billion for new Zupco buses
Government will spend $6 billion to recapitalise Zupco next year in a development set to enhance service delivery and modernise the mass public transport system.Presenting the 2023 National Bu...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to recruit 7 000 teachers
The GOVERNMENT will recruit an additional 7 000 teachers next year to enhance the delivery of quality education, with special focus on infant education.In the 2023 National Budget tabled in Pa...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO withdraws subsidised fuel from private operators
BUS fares for peri-urban routes are set to increase following the decision by the state run Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) to order privately-owned buses registered under its franchise to p...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs demand answers on Belarus bus deal
OPPOSITION legislators have demanded that Local Government minister July Moyo should appear in Parliament to explain the whereabouts of Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) buses purchased by government...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Spare us the sanctions rant, please!
IT should be about time many in government spared us the sanctions narrative, especially when some issues affecting us have absolutely no link with the so-called Western sanctions.In fact, gov...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commandeers train to Mnangagwa's rally
Zanu-PF will on Saturday use a National Railways of Zimbabwe train to transport its supporters to a party rally to be addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Mutasa, Manicaland province as campai...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister threatens unregistered Zupco buses
GOVERNMENT has said all Zupco buses should comply with the law as the police will not hesitate to impound vehicles without number plates.Deputy Information minister Kindness Paradza said this ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions to police blitz
ABOUT 81 people had been arrested as of yesterday in the latest crackdown against unlicensed, uninsured and unregistered vehicles in Harare central business district.Police said criminals were...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa stole power, destroyed Zimbabwe, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change party president Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of destroying the country after "usurping" power from the late former ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators pledge to end crisis
PUBLIC transport players have committed to revamp the sector with modern and customer-friendly buses to help manage the country's unrelenting transport crisis.Addressing delegates during a pas...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools third term opens
IT was a hive of activity for boarders across the country yesterday as they returned to their schools for the third term that starts today.Pupils and a representative of national school heads ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs revolt over fuel coupons
Legislators on Friday threatened to block Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's mid-term budget as they protested against treasury's failure to provide them with fuel and to cater for their welfare....Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zupco leading local bus assembly revival
From being a shining beacon of mass public transport during the early years of independence, Zupco had in recent years mutated into a classic example of a failed State-owned entity.In 1993, it...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane, Matobo main road 'forgotten'
Villagers in UMZINGWANE and Matobo, Matabeleland South have bitterly complained over the poor state of the main road linking the two areas.Matobo ward 15 councillor Dickson Moyo said the Old G...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa too desperate
POLITICAL survival remains democratic when the leader of a country is deriving their power from the masses.Politics remains peaceful when those in power are running a successful economy, with ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Mnangagwa's govt ordered to come clean on Zupco
THE Zimbabwe Independent (ZimInd) newspaper has won a landmark case in which the publication sued government ministers for refusing to release information relating to the procurement of Zupco buses....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious armed robbers arrested
THREE armed robbers who allegedly got away with US$13 000 and three vehicles in three incidents in Mvuma and Mberengwa in less than 24 hours have been arrested in Masvingo.Midlands provincial ...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Stop govt, Zanu-PF conflation
WHILE corruption and misgovernance have a bearing on the chaos at most parastatals, the main problem is plunder of money and other resources at these institutions by the ruling Zanu-PF party and fatca...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:58hrs | | by Mukunda Chitova
Zanu-PF splurges cash on delegates
Zanu-PF has revealed that members of the party's women's league conference in Harare were showered with cash and fuel coupons amid indications that the ruling party is already well oiled ahead of the ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Free Zupco transport for traditional leaders
TRADITIONAL leaders will no longer have to pay transport fares on all Zupco buses across the country, Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga told mourners at the homestead of the late Chief Nhlamba in...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe commemorates Africa Day
As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the continent today in commemorating Africa Day, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa has reprimanded regime cha...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns accident victims
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga has consoled families of the four people who died in an accident involving two Zupco buses yesterday along the Harare-Chirundu highway.In a statement last...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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