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Bulawayo impounds cars parked overnight in undesignated areas
In a night operation targeting undesignated parking, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) impounded vehicles left overnight in various western suburbs, including Emganwini, Nketa, and Nkulumane. The impounded ...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 16:09hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
ZRP impounds 348 vehicles
Police in Mashonaland East have impounded 348 vehicles, primarily Honda Fit models, commonly used as illegal public transport known as mushikashika, after traffic offenses were committed. Assi...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:09hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1266 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimra impounds over 100 luxury vehicles illicitly imported into Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has seized over 100 high-end and luxury vehicles that were illegally brought into the country. Currently, the tax authority is executing a nationwide operation t...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimra defends blitz on improperly imported vehicles
The blitz on improperly imported vehicles carried by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is in line with the law and anyone who feels disadvantaged is free to seek redress.The intervention ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Motorists hit out at Zimra blitz
Some Harare motorists have criticised the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for impounding their vehicles in a blitz targeting cars that were undervalued allegedly to evade paying the requisite impor...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt clamps down on uninsured buses to reduce accidents
The ruling Zanu-PF party has urged government to impound all uninsured buses in a bid to reduce road traffic accidents in the country.The issue was discussed during the Zanu-PF politburo meeti...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Customs impounds 300 imported cars
AT LEAST 300 vehicles are held at Beitbridge Border Post after eight import licence books were stolen at the Industry and Commerce ministry.This has resulted in Industry ministry officials int...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggler buses disappear from highways
CROSS-BORDeR buses that had been playing cat-and-mouse with the police as they smuggled travellers into and back from South Africa have disappeared from the highways following the recent ban on inter-...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
My heart is in Zimbabwe!
As we pass from the year 2020, let us establish some homegrown truths about ourselves as Zimbabweans.While I will challenge our readers to this debate, on penalty of paying a fine of a goat if...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Ken Mufuka
ZRP impounds 5 000 unregistered vehicles
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has impounded 5 000 unregistered vehicles since January this year as part of its ongoing crackdown on unregistered vehicles.Registration of vehicles and disp...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jilted cop 'impounds' ex-wife's panties
MOREBLESSING Badze from Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo is living in fear of being bewitched by her cop ex- husband Terence Chingora.Badze (23) claimed that when she divorced Chingora (27) who i...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop impounds vehicle over radio licence
A Southerton policewoman is being sued by a Harare man for illegally impounding his vehicle and detaining it at Southerton Police Station over an expired ZBC radio licence.Thoughts Deme applie...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimra impounds $2 million misclassified goods
A local textile firm, Qingshang Investments (Pvt) Ltd, misclassified imported goods in underhand dealings, prejudicing the tax collector of millions of dollars, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (zim...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe impounds US plane 'with body and money'
Zimbabwe has seized a US-registered cargo plane which had a dead body and large sums of South African currency on board, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports. Staff at the internationa...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP Masvingo impounds 51 pirate taxis
POLICE in Masvingo have impounded 51 pirate taxis in a joint operation involving the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and Masvingo City Council aimed at restoring order in the city.Masvingo...Published: 16 Jan 2016 at 08:39hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
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 | | by Nyemudzai Kakore
Council, govt must recognise kombi operators- resident
A Harare resident Obert Pasi has called on the Harare City Council and the government to recognise the commuter operators jobs of ferrying people to and from work which makes the nation's economy ...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 15:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimra impounds 46kgs of second-hand underwear
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has seized a 46kg bale of second-hand underwear at Sango Border Post.It is forbidden to import into Zimbabwe second-hand undergarments of any type, form ...Published: 19 Oct 2014 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Major cattle auctioning scandal exposed
IN what could prove to be a major cattle auctioning scandal in the country, local authorities and some police officers are allegedly conniving to auction branded cattle which would have been impounded...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 08:36hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Fake cop impounds, steals car
A man masquerading as a police officer reportedly impounded a vehicle bearing Botswana registration numbers and drove to the Criminal Investigation Department Vehicle Theft Squad premises before steal...Published: 28 Mar 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Council impounds 950 vehicles
Harare City Council has so far collected more than $150 000 in the two weeks that it started impounding vehicles. Since the traffic blitz' inception last week, HCC and the Zimbabwe Republ...Published: 23 Jan 2014 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara impounds unlicensed vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration has impounded 432 vehicles in Harare in a blitz targeting cars without valid licence discs.Zinara, police and the Vehicle Inspection Department are ca...Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 04:56hrs | | by Municipal Reporter
Zimra impounds Harare-bound bus for smuggling
POLICE and officials from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority on Friday evening impounded a Harare bound bus whose passengers are alleged to have smuggled goods worth thousands of dollars through the Zimb...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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