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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 | 931 | by Staff reporter
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 | 577 | 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 | 1432 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
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 | 194 | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Long-distance buses start ferrying urban commuters today
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Transport Organisation (ZPTO) has applauded Government for liberalising the public transport sector and allowing the importation of buses duty-free saying the move is set to eas...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
UFP statement on the Mutare fatal accident caused by police spikes
The United Freedom Party (UFP) notes with great concern the fatal accident where four people died and eight were seriously injured when police threw a spike on a moving commuter omnibus near Mutare on...Published: 06 May 2022 at 13:34hrs | 1258 | by UFP
Bulawayo mayor says there is significant progress at the Egodini Mall project
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni yesterday said there was significant progress at the Egodini Mall project, with the first phase already completed."There is a difference from what we saw last time...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:01hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Police launch another blitz
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched another operation code-named ‘Respect Other Road Users', targeting motorists who continue violating the traffic rules and regulations countrywide.So...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:55hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Police impound 1 600 pirate taxis
Over 1 600 illegal pirate taxis (popularly known as mushikashika) and unregistered vehicles have been impounded in an operation launched by police on Thursday to bring order to towns and cities....Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:09hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Police crackdown on pirate taxis nets 600
NEARLY 600 pirate taxis usually called mushikashika, unregistered cars, street kids controlling traffic and vendors operating at intersections were arrested in Harare yesterday on the first day of a m...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Kombis are not coming back for good, says Moyo
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo yesterday said commuter omnibuses (kombis) are not coming back despite transport woes that are affecting many urbanites. Speaking to the Daily News, Mo...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:58hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Kombis to return to Egodini month-end, says BCC
THE Bulawayo City Council has expressed optimism that commuter omnibuses, which were removed from Egodini terminus in 2018 to facilitate construction of a mall, will soon return to their former bays b...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:13hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Call for accident-free holidays
The Transport industry wants a collaborative effort to ensure an accident free Easter and Independence holidays this coming long weekend highlighting the significance of road safety and the need for e...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO urged to train its staff in customer care
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has been urged to train its commuter omnibus staff who joined its franchise in customer care as most of them are discourteous to passengers and brea...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 19:15hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora supporters in failed bid to seize CCC Bulawayo office
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) security Thursday thwarted attempts by MDC-T supporters to seize their party's Bulawayo offices, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt.The incident happened when CCC â...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew gang-rape passenger
Police are hunting for a Kombi driver and his conductor who gang-raped a passenger on Sunday in Harare.The police confirmed the sad incident on their Twitter handle."The ZRP is appeali...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 15:56hrs | 3776 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean toast fuel price cut
The cut in fuel prices by 8 US cents a litre following Government tax cuts has been welcomed by businesses and motorists who have been feeling the pinch after prices rose swiftly following the big jum...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bust luxury vehicles smuggling racket
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday busted a vehicle smuggling racket, arresting three suspects and recovering three luxury vehicles, which were smuggled into Zimbabwe via Limpopo River.The three sus...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Weekly bus fare hikes rile Victoria Falls residents
VICTORIA Falls residents have appealed to Government to allocate more Zupco buses to the resort city after commuter operators hiked fares for the second time in two weeks to US$1 per trip.Earl...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO warns passengers of transport challenges on Tuesday evening
The state-owned Zimbabwe United Passenger Company has warned passengers that they should expect transport challenges on Tuesday evening due to fuel shortages. The company has a monopoly over t...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 11:20hrs | 1578 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zupco drivers strike over delayed salaries
SOME employees of Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) staged a strike in Masvingo on Monday due to delays in being paid their salaries since last month.Many commuters had to walk to and...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe testifies on alleged abduction
MDC-Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe yesterday testified about her alleged abduction in mid-2020 to support the application by herself and alleged accomplice Cecilia Chimbiri for their charges of fak...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 7 700 motorists in 5 days
The blitz on unregistered or plateless vehicles and illegal public transport operations continues with police in the first five days arresting more than 7 700 motorists between Saturday and Wednesday....Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Transport blues resurface
Police say the operation came after it was realised that many unregistered vehicles were being used as getaway cars in the commission of dangerous crimes, including armed robberies.As part of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Motorists filmed going through red light fined
At least 12 of the 21 motorists summoned last year to Avondale Police Station in Harare over allegations of shooting through a red traffic control light at the intersection of Monavale Road and Solomo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:12hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Commuters raise concern over Zupco buses
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo have raised concern over the early knock-off time of Zupco buses and kombis which leave them at the mercy of private commuters who charge double in the evening.Over the p...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:19hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding illegal miners kill one, leaves four in agony
A gang of machete wielding illegal miners from Midlands aboard two kombis descended on Shamva mine and attacked five people killing one on the spot yester...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 17:33hrs | 1732 | by Simbarashe Sithole
115 Zupco buses arrive
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (zupco) will take delivery of 115 buses in a few days' time, with the new fleet expected to be allocated to all 10 provinces and ease transport challenges in the...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:08hrs | 2122 | by Staff reporter
Rains destroy roads in Gokwe
RESIDENTS of Gokwe North and South in Midlands province have appealed to government to rehabilitate roads after rains exposed their poor state.Most roads in Gokwe are not tarred, and are often...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:24hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
20 Zupco buses for Mat South
Matabeleland South Province yesterday received 20 Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) buses as Government fulfills its promise to provide affordable and reliable public transport to commuters....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:04hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Government purchases more buses
THE new dispensation under the leadership of President Mnangagwa has seen 1 500 new buses being purchased as part of efforts to rebuild the country.In a statement on his twitter page, Presiden...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZESA Engineer Builds London's First Electrified Bus
A ZIMBABWEAN engineer, Irvine Nyamapfene has won praises after he led the groundbreaking project that created the first electric buses in London, the United Kingdom (UK).A former Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:09hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
More Zupco buses coming in time for festive season
Another batch of 100 new buses is being offloaded in Durban and will soon arrive to boost the Zupco fleet in time for the festive season while the company works on its next step in rail services - the...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
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