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284 Bulawayo motorists wanted for crossing red robots
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released a list of 284 Bulawayo motorists caught on camera violating traffic regulations by driving through red traffic lights, as the Electronic Traffic Managem...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:09hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
$1 bribe-taking cops granted US$50 bail
Two police officers arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) last week for allegedly soliciting a US$1 bribe from a motorist have been granted $50 bail each by a Chinhoyi Magistrate....Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 12:45hrs | 448 | 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
Matanga not responsible for impounding vehicles
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said his department should not be held responsible for the unregistered vehicles which were impounded recently, as they were simply implementing a direct...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister exposes rot at CVR
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona yesterday said corruption at the Central Vehicle Registry (CRV) had created an unnecessary backlog in the issuance of registration plates...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police impound vehicles fitted with bar lights
Police in Mashonaland East province have impounded 30 vehicles recently in an on-going operation targeting motorists with vehicles fitted with bar lights. The law enforcement agents say the bl...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils stranded as police impound vehicles
SCORES of pupils were yesterday left stranded at roadsides as police in Bulawayo impounded vehicles that were pirating in defiance of the Government's travel regulations meant to curb the spread of Co...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CVR extends office hours to clear backlog
The Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has issued over 20 000 number plates since July and extended working hours as it battles to clear the backlog of nearly 50 000. This emerged yesterday during...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police to impound unregistered vehicles
Police will impound vehicles without registration plates, some of which are being used to commit crimes.National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, yesterday said: "Any v...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops launch countrywide roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a countrywide operation targeting unregistered vehicles and motorists who are flouting traffic regulations and endangering the lives of other road users...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police blitz targets unregistered vehicles
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has embarked on an operation targeting unregistered vehicles and motorists who are flouting traffic regulations and endangering the lives of other road users. The crackdow...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Corrupt traffic cops behind road carnage'
COMMUTER omnibus operators have accused "corrupt" traffic police officers of fuelling road carnage by letting drivers of defective kombis pass through roadblocks after bribing their way, adding that o...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe shame ZRP over its ubiquitous roadblocks
President Robert Mugabe yesterday endeared himself to thousands of mourners at the National Heroes Acre and millions of viewers at home, when he shamed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over its ubiq...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 14:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roadblocks rake in $14 million in 6 months
In a stunning development, the Zimbabwe Republic Police collected $14 million from its unpopular roadblocks and arrested more than one million traffic offenders in the first six months of this year, d...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament savages police roadblocks
Parliament has called on police to curb the many unwanted roadblocks that they are mounting, saying they are terrorising both locals and international tourists.The call comes as police are als...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Impounding vehicles illegal'
IT is illegal for police to impound vehicles at roadblocks to force motorists to pay spot fines as it is outside the scope of their work, Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has said.Cho...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Motorists get spot fines relief
In a major development that will give relief to thousands of motorists who complain about the random and unrelenting harassment at roadblocks, police have admitted that they have no right to force...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Motorists pay spot fines voluntarily,' lies Chihuri
POLICE Commissioner General, Augustine Chihuri has denied that police officers force motorists to pay spot fines or impound vehicles.Instead, he said motorists pay the fines voluntarily fo...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police cannot impound kombis and pirate taxis for more than 24 hours
POLICE can only detain impounded kombis and pirate taxis posing a danger to other road users for 24 hours as the law does not allow them to keep them for a longer period.Home Affairs Deput...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spot fines and the law of impounding of vehicles - A legal article by experts
Most people are now aware of the impending increases in traffic fines recently announced by the Minister of Finance. We will not delve into the controversies surrounding that as that has been well enu...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:47hrs | 8 | by Ms. Miriam Tose Majome
10 city cops jailed, council under fire
HARARE City Council is being accused of instructing its traffic officers to impound vehicles for offences before issuing out tickets in violation of city by-laws, a development that has resulted in 10...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
'Illegal for cops to drive seized cars'
THE Government has said it is illegal for traffic police officers to confiscate keys and drive vehicles that they would have impounded at roadblocks. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Obedingwa Mgun...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Lawyer takes cops to court for impounding car over $10 fine
A CITY lawyer has taken police to court for impounding his car after he failed to pay a $10 spot fine for not possessing a car radio licence. Tawanda Tavengwa, a lawyer at Mutuso, Taruvinga an...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:32hrs | 4 | by Mashudu Netsianda
ZRP impounds 200 vehicles
More than 200 unregistered vehicles have been impounded by the police in the last two weeks under an operation code-named "Mushikashika Kwete". During the operation, the police, Central Vehicle Regist...Published: 16 Jan 2016 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Nyemudzai Kakore
Abuse of power by traffic cops
8:53am, Apr 29 - +263 7* *** ****: Hi there. Below is a copy of a query I made to the Kwekwe ZRP regarding the legality of their traffic officers impounding vehicles of those that fail to pay sp...Published: 01 May 2015 at 10:13hrs | | by Tendai R. M.
EX MDC-T MP wins spot fine case against police
Police have been ordered to immediately release a car which they impounded from former Lupane West MDC-T MP Njabuliso Mguni on Monday after he failed to pay a $50 spot fine.BULAWAYO Hi...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 21:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Police sticks to its guns on spot fines
ZIMBABWE Police will continue imposing spot fines and impounding vehicles from offending motorists because apart from the move being legal, tracing the culprits is difficult as most of them give wron...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 08:32hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
'NO police officer should insist on spot fines'
The High Court has already made a determination outlawing the imposition of spot fines by the police, contrary to the law enforcement agency's claim on Tuesday that no such court ruling exists....Published: 12 Feb 2015 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops vow to continue collecting spot fines
POLICE have said they will continue demanding spot fines and impounding vehicles from motorists, a day after High Court judge Justice Francis Bere described the practice as illegal.Justice B...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council is being run like a Betting Club
When Councillors, including the Mayor and a few bootlicking supporters mostly from the main opposition gathered to craft a statutory instrument of 2013 [HARARE (CLAMPING AND TOW AWAY) (AMENDMENT) ...Published: 02 Jan 2015 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Bishop Happison Chikova
5 dead police officers named
Five police officers died on the spot, while 11 other people were injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned near Vungu River along the Gweru-Bulawayo highway on Wednesday....Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public entitled to "sue the police for damages" says Chinamasa
Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Police have no right to impound vehicles from motorists without money to pay spot fines.Chinamasa said the public had the right to sue...Published: 21 Jul 2012 at 04:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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