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Paying for access in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe's economy craters and salaries lose their value, everything - including free basic services - has a price.Many residents have a story of a back-door, or "grease," payment they made...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:26hrs | 278 | by Linda Mujuru
CVR bottlenecks bleed vehicle insurers
THE Central Vehicle Registry (CVR)'s inability to register vehicles has cost the insurance sector $60 million in mandatory third-party motor insurance premiums, according to the Insurance Council of Z...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:02hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding gang of 12 arrested in Mashonaland Central
A GANG of 12 machete-wielding suspects linked to 16 armed robberies and two murders in Bindura and Shamva has been arrested on charges of armed robbery. One of the suspects was on bail in a ca...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 15:04hrs | 3963 | by Staff Reporter
Zupco not paying route approval fees: BCC
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is reportedly not paying route approval fees to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), prejudicing the local authority of about $16 000 in potential revenue ann...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
EXTRACT: The men who helped Chiwenga to execute the coup
Two Weeks in November by Douglas Rodgers is the thrilling story of a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixe...Published: 20 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 16391 | by Douglas Rodgers
German firm to set up vehicle licence plates plants in Zimbabwe
Government is engaging a German firm for the production of vehicle licence plates under a deal expected to significantly reduce costs by 50 percent while also setting up 10 manufacturing plants in the...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 20:03hrs | 1526 | by Staff Repoprter
Number plates shortage: Temporary Identification Cards to work as number plates
VEHICLE importers who have been unable to register them owing to shortages of number plates should obtain Temporary Identification Cards (TICs) for indefinite use, as Government works on addressing th...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:39hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 111 motorists
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested 111 motorists for driving unregistered vehicles in an ongoing operation.Motorists driving vehicles without licence plates have been blamed for an increase in c...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:18hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Licence plates fees to be cut by half
THE Government is likely to reduce vehicle number plate application fees by 50 percent in the first quarter of this year.The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development is also in a ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents slam police over roadblocks
Bulawayo residents have once again slammed police for setting up too many roadblocks where they allegedly demand bribes to let vehicles pass.On Wednesday, they told the officer commanding Bula...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:56hrs | 2108 | by Staff reporter
Baba Jukwa resurrection confuses Zanu-PF officials
Senior government and Zanu-PF officials are said to be in a serious pickle over what they should do next after controversial Facebook character Baba Jukwa resurfaced on Thursday and began posting mor...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 09:49hrs | 12061 | by Staff reporter
ZRP to automate fingerprints by 2017
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will, in a bid to curb recurring crime, complete the automation of fingerprints by 2017, a senior official has said.Addressing delegates at a city hotel rece...Published: 23 Nov 2014 at 08:28hrs | 1961 | by Robin Muchetu
Two more toll gates open
Government has operationalised two toll plazas which were constructed as part of the ongoing US$206 million Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare road rehabilitation project.The Ministry of Transpor...Published: 01 Sep 2014 at 18:34hrs | 6673 | by Staff Reporter
Toll fees to go up by 100%
Government has increased toll fees by almost 100% in a bid to raise funds for road rehabilitation, a Cabinet minister has said.Transport minister, Obert Mpofu confirmed the development Wednesd...Published: 05 Jun 2014 at 17:58hrs | 4078 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber mistakenly leaves own phone with victim
A 27-YEAR-OLD armed robber was reportedly given away by his mobile phone which he mistakenly dropped at the crime scene, picking up an identical one belonging to the victim, after stealing more than R...Published: 11 Feb 2014 at 22:43hrs | 6901 | by Court Reporter
Bogus Zimra official nabbed
A 45-year-old Bulawayo man, who masqueraded as a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and allegedly swindled a city resident of $1 600 under the pretext that he could fast track clearance and r...Published: 04 Jan 2014 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
U.K-based Zimbabwean Public Safety Advocacy Agency Launched
Due to the increase in the spate of muggings in and around Harare recently, Citizen Concern Bureau of Zimbabwe has been launched as of today, to spearhead Public Safety Campaigns to raise public a...Published: 23 Dec 2013 at 11:58hrs | | by Prince N. Nyazika
Ex-detective up for car robbery
An ex-detective from the CID Vehicle Theft Squad has appeared before a Harare Regional magistrate, Mr Hosea Mujaya to answer allegations of unlawful entry and theft of a motor vehicle.While gi...Published: 08 Oct 2013 at 16:38hrs | 2389 | by Staff reporter
More tollgates for Zimbabwe
THREE new tolling points will soon be set up on the highway from Plumtree to Mutare, with two between Bulawayo and Harare, bringing to nine the number of tolling points on the highway.The Zim...Published: 28 Mar 2012 at 05:19hrs | 2046 | by Staff reporter
Pakistan arrests CIA's Osama bin Laden informants
Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested five informants who fed information to the CIA before the raid last month that killed Osama bin Laden, the New York Times has reported.One of t...Published: 15 Jun 2011 at 08:43hrs | | by Reuters
Old vehicle number plates outlawed
VEHICLES bearing the old licence plates are today required off the country’s roads until they acquire the new plates.Permanent secretary in the Ministr...Published: 31 Dec 2010 at 12:03hrs | 622 | by NewZiana
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