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Chikwinya urges Zinara to decongest tollgates
MBIZO MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) has called on the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to decongest traffic at tollgates by introducing tap cards.In a statement yesterda...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira confronts TIZ with $1m defamation suit over article
FORMER ICT minister and serving legislator Supa Mandiwanzira is demanding damages amounting to $1 million from Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) over what he terms defamatory content against h...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree
Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana revealed that despite getting three times less in ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 493 | by Nobleman Runyanga
What kind of beast is devouring Chiwenga's generals?
"Covid -19 complications", is the cause of the death of army generals. At least that is what we are told by the government of Zimbabwe and the state media.Zimbabwe must be having a new covid- ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 08:35hrs | 7465 | by Israel Dube
Road infrastructure decay needs policy change
The pace of Zimbabwe's road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government. The country's major highways and urban roads have become a living hazard ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 14:34hrs | 733 | by Victor Bhoroma
Harare roads funds need audit
The heavy rains have highlighted the lack of maintenance and lack of required rebuilding on many Harare roads, with the city council getting its fair share of Zinara funds and having access to parking...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira hits out at 'staggering incompetence' over 'cartels' report
Former Cabinet Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been left crying foul over what he called "staggering incompetence" by a South African publication, the Daily Maverick, whose exclusive report on the mass...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3270 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 8100 | by Staff reporter
$150m needed to rehabilitate roads, bridges in Matabeleland North
THE District Development Fund (DDF) needs about $150 million to rehabilitate 150km of roads and bridges damaged by incessant rains in Matabeleland North. DDF has a total gravel road network of...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
RBZ still optimistic about low inflation
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr John Mangudya, remains confident authorities will be able to maintain a lid on prices to curtail potential relapse into runaway inflation, following worrying incr...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:29hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
$1 billion boost for tolling infrastructure
More than $1 billion will be pumped into the upgrading of seven toll plazas by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to ensure efficiency. The seven tollgates slated for upgrade a...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
US$700 million needed for Bulawayo roads
MORE than US$700 million is needed to rehabilitate roads in Bulawayo as 70 percent of the city road network is in a bad state. In an online session on Devolution Funds in Bulawayo: Water or Ro...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Foreign cars pay toll fees in forex
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) says all foreign-registered vehicles are now required to pay toll fees in foreign currency in line with Statutory Instrument 32 of 2021 promulgated o...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate fees, fuel reviews lead to price increases
ON January 31, 2021 Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) introduced a dual pricing system and hiked toll fees for road users by 100%.Recently, there was an increase in fuel prices an...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:05hrs | 400 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Residents petition council over poor roads
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has petitioned the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over the poor state of the city's road network.Motorists have attributed the increased number ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:42hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zambia bans haulage trucks from crossing Victoria Falls Border Post
Zambia has announced restrictions on exports which will see commercial trucks being banned from using the Victoria Falls Border Post with effect from the first of March, amid an outcry from citizens w...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 20:25hrs | 3598 | by Staff reporter
Foreign cars to pay toll fees in forex
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) says all foreign registered vehicles are now required to pay toll fees in foreign currency in line with Statutory Instrument 32 of 2021 promulgated o...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate fees hiked again
MOTORISTS, with effect from today, can pay tollgate fees in foreign currency as the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced a dual pricing system and hiked toll fees. The...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Border traffic volumes decline
THE volume of human traffic and light vehicles passing through Beitbridge Border Post has relatively declined with authorities fully implementing national lockdown regulations which among other things...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti detained for using new Parliament car with no number plates
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti was briefly detained by police in Karoi on Saturday over a new Parliament car that had no number plates.Biti had visited Temba Mliswa's farm ...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 06:40hrs | 4190 | by Staff reporter
Zinara eyes switch to electronic tolling
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) wants to switch from manual collection of toll fees to an electronic tolling collection (ETC) method that allows vehicles to pass through a toll gat...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Battle to control council rages
A VICIOUS battle to control Harare City Council has emerged between suspended town clerk Hosiah Chisango and Zvenyika Chawatama, who was occupying the role on an acting basis following the arrest of t...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for defrauding Zinara of US$21,000
A 33-YEAR-OLD man, who was employed as a data capture clerk at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), appeared in court on Wednesday for defrauding the parastatal of US$21 000.Adm...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crack team seizes $2 billion assets
A CRACK team made up of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has seized luxury homes and top-end vehicles wor...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle licensing to continue, says Zinara
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), has said that vehicle licensing will go on despite a strict lockdown amid a surge in covid 19 cases in the country.Dismissing information that h...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 16:20hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits Zimbabwe tollgates
PANIC has gripped the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) staff after one of them reportedly succumbed to COVID-19-related complications last week while five others, including a police offi...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2116 | by Staff reporter
'Bad state of roads biggest cause of accidents'
THIS year's festive season recorded more road traffic accidents (RTAs) mostly due to human error, as compared to the 2019 - 2020 season, statistics released by the police reveal.According to t...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Harare declares incapacitation
The road network in Harare has continued to deteriorate to alarming levels with unattended potholes now the "new norm". Rains being experienced in the city present a worrisome situation as cou...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:16hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Is someone in government sabotaging ED Mnangagwa?
Zimbabweans are a people of strong political opinions who have always debated vigorously the issues of the day. During the Chimurenga war, freedom fighters convened Dare Rechimurenga to debate the pac...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 3378 | by Sam Wezhira
Zinara mulls tolling voucher as gridlocks mount
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) says it is planning to introduce a tolling voucher as part of a broad strategy already underway to ease congestion throughout its system.Ult...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:05hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo city in traffic congestion headache
MASVINGO City Council is grappling with congestion that has clogged local and international traffic at Mucheke Bridge, amid revelations that efforts to build an alternative route was stalled by lack o...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:06hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Furore over special road fee
THE monthly Special Road Levy being charged on every property in Mutare has become a charade given potholed roads across the eastern border city which are now an eyesore.The roads are now also...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:48hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains collapse city road network
BULAWAYO'S road network has collapsed following heavy rains that are being experienced in the city and elsewhere across the country and council needs approximately US$500 million to fix them. ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:07hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
State of Bulawayo roads worry human rights group, BCC petitioned
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has expressed concern over the state of roads in Bulawayo which are littered with potholes.This has prompted the civic society group to petit...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Police to heavily deploy officers during festive season
Police say they will heavily deploy officers on major highways, residential areas, industrial and Central Business Districts and conduct increased foot and motorised patrols on all major and feeder ro...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Zinara to introduce e-tolling
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is working on introducing an e-tolling system that will ease congestion at some tollgates that has resulted in delays for motorists.During th...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya slams Ncube tariff increases
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has launched a rare scathing attack on the government for steeply increasing tariffs for public utilities, warning the decision will have serious ...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 5336 | by Staff reporter
Zinara pines for forex payments
Transport Minister Biggie Matiza says that the use of US dollars for toll payments, is just a temporary measure that ministry wants to use for the festive season. The long-term strategy the mi...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Mafume must stop shifting blame
Since his election as the Mayor of Harare in September this year, MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor, Jacob Mafume, has not done anything to resolve Harare's woes except to shift blame on central Governm...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 335 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zinara sets aside $1,1bn for new tollgates
Government, through Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), has set aside $1,1 billion towards the construction of standard tollgates across the country. Long queues, moving at a snail...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:57hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Zinara now accepting USD, vouchers at tollgates
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) says it is now accepting US dollars and prepaid vouchers to ease congestion at tollgates during the festive season.Speaking at a media brief...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 21:22hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Zinara workers in court for theft
TWO Zimbabwe National Road Administration (zinara) employees, who allegedly swindled their employer of over US$20 000 in fuel levies, yesterday appeared in court charged with theft.Rosina Haku...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Zimra reverts to manual clearance
Zimra is now implementing manual clearance as a temporary reprieve for transporters and clearing agents waiting for their required online profiles from the authority so they can use the automated e-ro...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:39hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss in court for transferring Grace Mugabe linked employees
ZINARA chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Trynos Wutawashe on allegations of victimising and transferring four subordinates that are linked to Gr...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Motorists face nightmare in Tollgates
Motorists are facing a nightmare in tollgates, it is just so frustrating, motorists get delayed trying to navigate in the heavy rains, they then face horror at tollgates when are told swipe machines a...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 05:53hrs | 2630 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Lack of funds forces BCC to suspend rehabilitation of Masiyephambili Road
THE Bulawayo City Council has postponed the rehabilitation of Masiyephambili Road to next year claiming that the $11 million allocated by the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) was inadeq...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:21hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's trial continues in camera
THE trial of former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko on charges of criminal abuse of office continued yesterday in camera at the Harare Magistrates Court.Mphoko was arrested by the Zimbabwe A...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Zinara plug revenue leakages
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has moved to combat corruption and plug revenue leakages by introducing a Procurement Management Unit (PMU).Zinara has regularly been in the ...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:02hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Zinara directors granted bail
TWO senior officials from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) accused of transferring their juniors for cooperating with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers, who we...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:14hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Govt okays forex tollgate fees payment
GOVERNMENT has given motorists greenlight to pay toll fees using foreign currency and says the move will enhance the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to harness resources to clear its e...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:03hrs | 3037 | by Staff reporter
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