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Zupco in 6 months salary arrears
WORKERS at the State-owned Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) are up in arms with management over non-payment of salaries for almost six months.The workers are threatening job action....Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Letter to the President of Zimbabwe
His Excellency The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, I just do not understand why our Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General (CG) is not ticketing traffic violators on Zimbabwe's roa...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 09:37hrs | 22 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Shona speaking Zupco driver receiving preferential treatment
ZIMBABWE United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus drivers in Bulawayo have claimed unfair distribution of fuel at Khami depot.Bus drivers claimed that their peers from stations managed by Ndebele-...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 3 | 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
Salary erosion irks employees
SALARIES in local currency are being eroded on a daily basis by the downward spiralling economic situation worsened by runaway inflation, the Zimbabwe Independent has observed.The fluctuating ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts over transport crisis
ZIMBABWE's transport crisis yesterday attracted global attention with the Amnesty International (AI) berating the Zanu-PF government for refusing to rescind the Zupco monopoly.This came as Zup...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zupco drivers strike over delayed salaries
SOME employees of Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) staged a strike in Masvingo on Monday due to delays in being paid their salaries since last month.Many commuters had to walk to and...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco increases fares by 25%
ZUPCO has increased fares for buses and kombis by 25 percent so that they buy enough fuel to ferry commuters to their destinations around the country.In Bulawayo on Monday morning, commuters w...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco drivers go on strike
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo are stranded after Zupco drivers went on strike.This has forced some people to board pirate taxis to get to their respective destinations on time.The drivers clai...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man collapses, dies in bus
Danisa Masuku Passengers were left shocked when a 60-year-old man collapsed and died in a bus. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident. A man, who ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Zupco drivers call off strike
ZUPCO commuter omnibus drivers, who downed tools in Bulawayo on Wednesday, protesting over outstanding salaries have returned to work after the public transport company partpaid the arrears.Th...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco drivers protest over poor working conditions
OVER 400 Zupco franchise drivers in Bulawayo yesterday downed tools in protest over poor working conditions and alleged victimisation by management.The drivers, who spoke to NewsDay on conditi...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO drivers in defiant strike over salaries
ZUPCO kombi drivers reportedly staged a defiant demonstration over non-payment of salaries at ZUPCO Kelvin depot in Bulawayo on Wednesday.According to online publication CITE, ZUPCO managers a...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZUPCO driver kills minor
A Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) driver Tapfumanei Muchenji allegedly knocked down an eight-year-old minor killing him on the spot on Friday at Nzvimbo growth point, Chiweshe....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 08:28hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zupco driver in fuel scam
A ZuPCO bus driver in Chivhu was yesterday convicted for siphoning 40 litres of diesel worth $3 600 from a company bus.Nyarai Makuku (35) of hatfield in harare was convicted on his own plea by...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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