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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 crisis would be both undemocratic and un…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:00hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter

Zimra impounds buses from Beitbridge border post

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has announced it is impounding buses cleared at Beitbridge Border Post for reinspection due to a surge in smuggling activities at the country's busiest entry point. The move, aimed at curbing rampant …

Published: 18 May 2025 at 12:14hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter

Zupco in drive to procure 500 buses

ZUPCO is set to kick off the long-awaited procurement of hundreds of new buses within the next three months, marking a significant step forward in efforts to modernise Zimbabwe's public transport system.This follows the successful conclusi…

Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 13:43hrs | 1140 | 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 service delivery.In an interview with NewsDa…

Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:26hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter

South Africa introduces 'deportation buses'

The Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, announced on 11 December 2024 that the department has introduced deportation buses for illegal immigrants who do not comply with immigration laws.Clearly, this is targeted at African immigrants…

Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 15:05hrs | 2923 | by Staff reporter

Beitbridge route buses withdraw services

Hundreds of travelers, primarily cross-border traders and shoppers, were left stranded in Beitbridge on Wednesday as bus operators withdrew their services, fearing that their buses would be impounded during an ongoing operation targeting s…

Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:38hrs | 7569 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe suspends duty on bus, lorry tyre imports

The Zimbabwean government has suspended import duty on commercial tyres for buses and lorries in a bid to strengthen the public transport system. The move, announced by Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Profe…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:48hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt lifts suspension on three killer buses

The government has lifted the suspension on the licences of three public transport operators after conducting a review of their operations.Swaymo Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Blue Circle; Wipeco Investments (Pvt) Ltd, trading as City …

Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 15:07hrs | 10 | 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 contract are seen by commuters on the routes they …

Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Compulsory speed limiters for new buses

In a move set to reduce road accidents, bus manufacturers are now compulsorily installing speed limiters on all the new coaches and have devices that can be retrofitted on buses already on the road.According to Statutory Instrument 118 of …

Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

1 000 more buses for Zupco

Treasury will procure more than 1 000 buses in the next two years, with 250 of them being available in the first quarter of next year, and 50 of those being electric vehicles running off batteries, as the Government seeks to improve the co…

Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:53hrs | 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 enhance the country's public mass tran…

Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Malema pledges buses to transport Zimbabweans back home to vote

One of South Africa's opposition leaders, Julius Malema, has urged Zimbabweans in that country to return home and vote, pledging that his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party is ready to hire buses to transport them to Zimbabwe so they ca…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 18:48hrs | 3 | 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 Budget recently, Finance and Economic Development…

Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa commissions 18 Public Service Commission buses

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 18 Public Service Commission (PSC) buses in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, under the Civil Service Rural Transport Scheme, which seeks to ease transport challenges faced by rural-based civil…

Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Buses turn Bulawayo's parks into ranks

BUSES plying intercity routes are degrading Bulawayo through picking up passengers at undesignated points, with Central and Centenary Parks along Leopold Takawira Avenue Extension losing their allure as a result of the violation of the cit…

Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Egodini to open for buses, kombis in December

COMMUTER buses and kombis are set to return to Egodini by December when Phase 1A of the much-anticipated Egodini Mall and Bus Terminus upgrading project is expected to have been completed, Bulawayo City Council has said.The project has bee…

Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Disputed elections bad for Zimbabwe, says Clerics

Zanu-PF-ALIGNED clerics yesterday described disputed elections as bad and divisive, but stoked controversy by saying the State House should not be occupied by unpatriotic politicians, in reference to the opposition.They made the statements…

Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa spoils army, police with brand new buses

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday handed over five brand new buses to the military and police and pledged three more for each of the State security agencies by year-end. This comes as the general public is faced with a severe public t…

Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

New Zupco buses caught smuggling

SOME drivers of the 50 Zupco coaches imported through Beitbridge last week were fined over $700 000 for attempting to smuggle goods. The smuggling was discovered by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officers who directed coaches with the …

Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

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, it has been learnt.This will add to the…

Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 13 | by Staff writer

Cross-border buses: smuggling conduits

Zimbabwe could be losing millions in potential revenue through smuggling perpetuated by connected bus crews who have devised survival tactics in the face of the existing ban in cross-border travel. Haulage truck drivers are also involved i…

Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

More buses for Zupco arrive

Public transport continues to grow with the latest batch of 50 new Golden Dragon buses from China passing through Beitbridge at the weekend to join the Zupco fleet and the new train service linking central Harare with Mufakose and Budiriro…

Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Cross border bus operators continue to smuggle travellers

GREEDY and selfish cross border bus operators are placing the lives of many at risk as they continue to smuggle travellers from neighbouring countries.This is in direct violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations which prohibit inter-city a…

Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Buses torched in Cape Town

Police are investigating a potential arson attack after two buses were set on fire in Cape Town on Thursday morning, eNCA reported.According to Metro Police Spokesperson, Ruth Solomons, police received a complaint that buses were burning a…

Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZUPCO withdraws buses from suburbs citing poor roads

PUBLIC transporter, the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) has withdrawn its services in some suburbs in Bulawayo citing poor roads.The current rains, economic challenges and poor management have combined to reduce the country's roa…

Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

11 buses for Dabengwa memorial service

BULAWAYO residents have been urged to give national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa a befitting send-off by turning up in their numbers for a memorial service to be held in his honour at White City Stadium today. The service is expected to start a…

Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa commissions first batch of new Zupco buses

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent off 28 buses out of the 800 that were ordered by government to Zupco, to start operating and once again make the parastatal the transporter of choice.Speaking during the commissioning of the buses, Pre…

Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 21:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

3 SA-bound Zimbabwe buses hijacked

A Bulawayo man was shot on the ear after he withheld R10 from highway robbers who hijacked buses, omalayitsha and two private motorists between Musina and Kranskop along Musina- Johannesburg Highway over the weekend.The robbers in groups o…

Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe petitioned to ban King Lion buses

THE Zimbabwe Passengers' Association (ZPA) has petitioned President Robert Mugabe to cancel King Lion Bus Company's operating licence after one of the firm's buses veered off the road and killed 43 people along the Harare-Chirundu Highway …

Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Fit all public buses with speed governors'

All public buses must be compulsorily fitted with devices that stop them going over speed limits as a road safety measure to cut deaths from road accidents, the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) has said.Paz made the proposal after 4…

Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 12:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean buses burning in South Africa - Video

6:56pm, Jun 27 - â€ª+44 **** ******â€¬: Zim news latest ; JHB fire broke out at newtown zim bus rank. It started when a bus belongs to Elite coaches cought fire due to mechanical fault , the fire spread  to buses which were parked nex…

Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 08:49hrs | 6 | by Majast

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