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Malayitsha4ED launched in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO city centre came to a standstill on Tuesday afternoon when a convoy of cross-border kombis, mostly South African registered Toyota Quantums, moved around with drivers honking their horns, mar...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
22-seater Zimbabwean kombi with 32 passengers impounded in SA
A 22-seater bus travelling from Zimbabwe to Cape Town, South Africa, was recently stopped on N1 while carrying 36 undocumented Zimbabweans foreign passengers.Transport spokesperson Tidimalo Ch...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:36hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique decline to hand over fugitive Wedza triple murder suspect to Zimbabwe?
Victims of triple murder suspect Jaison Muvevi could wait for many months, even years, to get justice after Mozambican authorities said they would try him on gun charges.Muvevi was on the run ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:46hrs | 4189 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors plead for mercy ahead of crackdown
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s ultimatum to illegal vendors and pushcart operators to vacate the city centre by Wednesday has been met with mixed feelings with some residents welcoming the move, while ...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:57hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants grovelling for housing stands isn't economic development but shameful retrogression
It was one of the most painful and heartrending sights! There are very few incidents that are so harrowing and sink the heart, as watching grown-ups - grovelling for things which, in a normal ...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 13:22hrs | 869 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chaos engulfs Zupco
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), a state-owned public transportation provider, is in the centre of an alleged corruption and mismanagement storm, involving top management and private ope...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:16hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Re-emerging of kombis
The re-emergence of commuter omnibuses (kombis) has been on the rise across the nation despite them being banned in preference to registered Zimbabwe United Passengers (ZUPCO) vehicles.Kombis ...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 14:01hrs | 1431 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
2 killed and several injured as kombi ferrying mourners to funeral bursts tyre and overturns
Two mourners died whole 10 others were injured after a vehicle ferrying them to a funeral was involved in a road crash.Midlands Acting police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Fungai Ngawagare...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
NRZ suspends commuter trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has suspended its commuter train service, pending a payment of overdue fees by the Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco).The commuter trains, which ply var...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:50hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Businesses reject the $20 bill in Bulawayo
TRANSPORT operators and most shops in Bulawayo are now rejecting the $20 bill although it is still legal tender in the country.Only big supermarkets like OK Zimbabwe, PicknPay, Choppies, and S...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Rains expose Bulawayo council's shoddy job
SEVERAL roads in Bulawayo are riddled with potholes making them a death trap following the onset of the rainy season, a development that has exposed the city council for doing a shoddy job in terms of...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Police to be sued over spike throwing deaths
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it will sue police over a case where four lives were lost and 10 people were injured in Mutare, after police threw spikes on a speeding commuter omnib...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Rogue drivers menace on Zimbabwe roads
THE general behaviour of motorists on Zimbabwe's roads ranges from shocking to bizarre.It is now common to see motorists breezing through red traffic lights or overtaking in prohibited zones. ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:06hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Spare us the sanctions rant, please!
IT should be about time many in government spared us the sanctions narrative, especially when some issues affecting us have absolutely no link with the so-called Western sanctions.In fact, gov...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Woman demands US$510,000 from Zimbabwe police
A HARARE vendor, Patricia Dengezi is demanding US$510 000 from the police after her one-year-old son was fatally crushed by a commuter omnibus that was fleeing from cops in 2017.Dengezi was al...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Speeding kombi knocks toddler dead, mom sues owner US$500,000
A HARARE vendor, Patricia Dengezi whose one-year-old son was fatally crushed by a commuter omnibus in 2017, is seeking US$510,000 compensation from the vehicle owner, his insurer, and the police....Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
55 arrested, 29 Plumtree vehicles impounded
POLICE in the border town of Plumtree arrested 55 drivers and impounded at least 29 vehicles during a seven-day operation code name "i-number plate ingaphi/ number plate iripi" meant to curb traffic l...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:53hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Kombi flies off Luveve Road, into Pre-school
A COMMUTER omnibus driver lost control of his car, almost ran over a pedestrian and crashed into a tree inside Kidznet Pre-school in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb this morning.The kombi veered o...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:14hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
100 pirate taxis impounded in clampdown
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded more than 100 pirate taxis and two buses for violating the traffic regulations and using undesignated areas in the city centre as pick-up and drop-off points...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Mbudzi roundabout closes for construction
As motorists adjust to the closure of Mbudzi roundabout while the huge and complex Mbudzi Interchange is built over the next 18 months, the diversion of traffic into roads in Hopely and Waterfalls was...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops arrested for demanding US$60 bribe
TWO Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers assigned to the traffic department were arrested Thursday following a trap by their superiors, who had earlier received a complaint they were demanding US$6...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Traffic nightmare as kombi crews create 6th Avenue rank
DRIVING on Bulawayo's streets has become nightmarish as rowdy kombi crews violate road rules causing congestion.Roads such as 6th Avenue Extension and Herbert Chitepo streets from 5th Avenue t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
RIP he was a stand-up guy! Picture of tout and coffin at back of kombi goes viral
AN image of a tout hanging precariously at the back of a commuter omnibus with a coffin fastened onto the vehicle beside him has sent the internet into a frenzy.It remains unclear whether the ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | 3936 | by Staff reporter
2 die in bizarre Harare CBD incidents
VENDORS and kombi crews who work close to the Robert Mugabe Road and Julius Nyerere Way intersection in the Harare central business District (CBD) were yesterday left bewildered after four people coll...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew drive off at speed with police officers before dumping them after thorough beating
TWO Harare siblings from Glen Norah are in hot soup after they allegedly teamed up to assault and kidnap police officers after committing a traffic offence.The two are Shepherd and Allen Zhara...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 4250 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors join gravy train
After the 26 March by-elections in which the then newly formed political party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) romped to victory in Masvingo Urban which had four vacant wards, the social media was...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 1955 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Tshabalala head-on accident
A FUEL attendant who witnessed a head-on collision involving a Honda Fit and a Nissan Elgrand where Nketa Drive and Imhlotshana Road intersect near Tshabalala suburb rushed to the scene and was greete...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa survives car accident
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka is lucky to be alive after a speeding commuter omnibus rammed into her official off-roader, a maroon Toyota Land Cruiser Prado VX....Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:40hrs | 3104 | by Staff reporter
Passengers steal $30 000 from Zupco kombi
THIEVES pounced on a Zupco kombi in Bulawayo and got away with $30 000 and US$30 and mobile phones on Sunday morning.The three suspects, who are still at large, according to police, boarded th...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:36hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
1 200 primary and secondary schools built in last 4 years?
AT least 1 194 primary and secondary schools, averaging about 300 per year, were built countrywide in the last four years in line with the Government's quest to reduce the distance learners walk to an...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:08hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver and police wrestle claims life
A kombi driver's resistance to arrest for picking and dropping passengers at an undesignated point claimed life of a passenger Trymore Chinyamakobvu (54) ...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 18:31hrs | 3994 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
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 Ci...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland Central needs Mnangagwa's intervention
On the 26th of April 2018 Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said, "A titanic battle in Mazowe West on Sunday. Tafadzwa Musarara vs Kazembe Kazembe. But Anastencia Mazikana, Chrispen Mataire, Richa...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 09:14hrs | 3654 | by Taurai Zhou
ZUPCO retrenches workers, as contractors pull out of franchise
GOVERNMENT transport operator ZUPCO's Masvingo depot is currently engaged in a retrenchment exercise as contractors continue to pull out of the franchise, it has emerged.The company which had ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | 6972 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe nailed by owner of the Mercedes Benz in fake abduction trial
NEW details emerged yesterday during the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members Joana Mamombe (Harare West MP), Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who are accused of faking their abducti...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3360 | by Staff reporter
Complaints Bill sails through Senate
THE Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Bill last week sailed through the Senate without debate, taking a few minutes for senators to pass it.Legal think-tank Veritas said the Bill woul...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
8 kombi drivers sentenced six months
EIGHT commuter omnibus conductors who were arrested over the weekend for trying to bribe traffic police by paying them amounts ranging from US$2 to US$5 were sentenced to six months in prison by Harar...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills cop at roadblock
A 46-year-old Chitungwiza woman is facing culpable homicide charges after she ran over a policeman last Tuesday who was manning a roadblock along the Kadoma-Patchway Road in Kadoma.Serge...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
The death of the Zimdollar shows the King has no clothes
The death of the Zimbabwe dollar is proof that with all our education, there is something terribly rotten in Simbao (ancient name for Zimbabwe).I want to make an apology to Sister Fay Chun...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:16hrs | 1183 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zupco hikes fares by 100%
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has hiked fares by over 100%, effective from Wednesday.The fare hike comes barely a month after public discontent over its monopoly in the transpo...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 3760 | by Staff reporter
Kombis ready for return
REGISTERED taxi associations in Bulawayo have started putting in place modalities to bring back hundreds of their vehicles on the road following an announcement by Government that private commuter omn...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:31hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt bullish on Zupco viability
THE government is bullish on the profitability and viability prospects of the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) following the opening up of the public transport sector to private players....Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:27hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Public transport system normalises?
THE public transport system has improved after the Government liberalised the sector while Zupco contracted private companies with kombis and increased their daily payments by over 100 percent....Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Tshova Mubaiwa to make comeback
GOVERNMENT is in the process of coming up with regulations to guide the liberalisation of the public transport sector.To improve the public transport system, Government in 2020 directed player...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt drafting regulations for kombis
GOVERNMENT has said it is in the process of drafting regulations for private transport sector players as it moves to resolve the country's transport crisis.President Emmerson Mnangagwa banned ...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ncube fret over failing economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is fretting over the possibility of losing the 2023 elections at a time Zanu-PF members of Parliament say launching a serious campaign for themselves and their leader will...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:26hrs | 2480 | by Staff reporter
Kombis back on the road
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has buckled under pressure and has revoked the ban on private public transporters.This comes after his decision to have Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) a...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1927 | by Staff reporter
Murky Zupco deal backfires
GOVERNMENT'S army-backed populist decision to re-establish Zupco's public transport monopoly, while banning commuter omnibuses has spectacularly backfired, leading to a severe crisis that has seen tho...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
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