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Bus rank chaos and reckless competition plague Zimbabwe's public transport sector
A disturbing video recently surfaced showing two buses dangerously tailgating and jostling for a loading bay at a terminus, rekindling painful memories of the tragic 2023 Rimbi-Zebra Kiss fatal bus cr...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament slams police over deadly pirate taxi pursuits
Parliament has expressed concerns over the high-speed chases between the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and pirate taxis, commonly known as "mushikashika," as well as commuter omnibuses, which have in...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 07:12hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for aiding illegal rank wars
A Harare policeman, Tonderai Manyika (34), has been charged with resisting arrest and abuse of duty after being implicated in a violent dispute over an illegal kombi rank in Harare's central business ...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:04hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, ZPCS own informal bus terminus, pirate taxis
Officers from both the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) and some government officials are operating parallel ranks with their immune-to-arrest fleet (M...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 1633 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Rank marshals charged with attempted murder
Two rank marshals, Saul Ncube (34) and Thembani Ncube (23), appeared before Magistrate Ms. Sibonginkosi Mnkandla at the Western Commonage Court on Wednesday, facing charges of attempted murder. The tw...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 16:37hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
State withdraws charges against Zanu-PF bigwig
The State withdrew charges against prominent Mutare businessman and Zanu-PF bigwig Isau Mupfumi yesterday due to insufficient evidence connecting him to recent violent clashes in Mutare's central busi...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 16:25hrs | 4656 | by Staff reporter
Tragic end to fight for passengers
A 34-year-old rank marshal from Nkulumane 12 in Bulawayo, Saul Ncube, has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a fellow tout during a fight over passengers. Bulawayo pol...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rank marshal arrested for attempted murder at Nkulumane Complex
Police in Bulawayo have arrested Saul Ncube (34) following an attempted murder incident at Nkulumane Complex on July 7, 2024. According to a statement by Inspector Abedinico Ncube, Saul had a ...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig arrested
ZANU PF central committee member and transport mogul Esau Mupfumi was over the weekend arrested in Mutare following violent clashes involving rank marshals that rocked the city at Old Harare rank in t...Published: 27 May 2024 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZUDAC affiliates extort passengers, corrupt
THE Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC), including its affiliates, have been fingered in an extortion scandal and being accomplices in abusing commuting passengers, an investigation expos...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:07hrs | 8 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe police crack down on marshals, touts
POLICE have issued a stern warning to rank marshals and touts who have taken control of bus terminuses in Harare, causing chaos and disrupting business operations.In a bid to restore order, po...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Driver killed over kombi fare
A 24-year-old artisanal miner allegedly stabbed a kombi driver to death after refusing to pay a kombi fare from city to Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo.Police said the suspect, Liberty Ncube w...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail sentence for motorists who illegally remove clamps from their vehicles
Bulawayo City Council has issued a stern warning to motorists who evade paying parking fees by removing wheel clamps from their vehicles, noting that the offence attracts a jail sentence.This ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC in parking management system revenue windfall
BULAWAYO'S parking management company Tendy Three Investments (TTI) continues to witness growth in revenue with a rise of over 400 percent compared to the first month they started operations.T...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council pockets US$290K from parking
BULAWAYO City Council (CCC) has pocketed US$290 000 from its controversial vehicle parking system amid growing calls for its scrapping.The city's vehicle parking management system is managed b...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators engage govt over 'rogue' touts
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Transport Organisation (ZPTO) has pleaded with government to clamp down on touts terrorising commuters at various bus termini across the country.The plea came after a vi...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pirating kombis, taxis flood Bulawayo
PIRATING commuter omnibuses are back on the streets in Bulawayo taking advantage of reduced police roadblocks after Government eased lockdown regulations at the beginning of this month. Police...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth faces expulsions for court action against party
Zanu-PF Bulawayo Provincial youth league aspiring chairperson Mthunzi Mabhena faces censure after taking the party to court.Mabhena took the party to court after losing in the elections for yo...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Gibdon Nyathi
Rank marshal jailed over witchcraft rant
A Kwekwe commuter omnibus rank marshal has been slapped with a three month-jail term for branding his neighbour a wizard after a domestic dispute.Magistrate Story Rushambwa, convicted Reason S...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance MPs trial dates set
THE trial of MDC-Alliance National organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, who is being charged for inciting violence, has been set for Wednesday.Chibaya, who is being represented by Mr Reginald C...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi drivers refuse to leave bus terminus
COMMUTER omnibus drivers are refusing to pave way for ZUPCO buses at terminuses.ZUPCO and other buses were blocked by kombis from using Harare Central Charge Office Bus Terminus in protest aga...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 16:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police 'acquit' murder accused Mnangagwa 'supporter' who shot and killed tout
POLICE seem to have "acquitted" a President Emmerson Mnangagwa "supporter" after presenting court papers stating the 24-year-old was acting in self-defence when he shot and killed a suspected parking ...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by newzimbabwe
Local authorities lobby for arresting powers and municipal courts
LOCAL authorities have started lobbying central government to grant arresting powers to municipal police and introduce municipal courts to facilitate trial of residents accused of contravening city by...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers rescue Mphoko's Choppies
CRIMINALS took advantage of wild celebrations that followed President Robert Mugabe's resignation on Tuesday night to loot groceries from a Choppies Supermarket situated along Second Street in Mutare....Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally faces ouster as Kwekwe mayor
ZANU-PF Youths in Midlands on Wednesday besieged the Kwekwe Civic Centre where they staged a demo calling for the ouster of Kwekwe Mayor Councillor Matenda Madzoke for allegedly working in cahoots wit...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 million youth targeted by mass BVR exercise - to game-change Zimbabwe politics
CHITUNGWIZA - The MDC-T-led National Mass Biometric Voter Registration campaign orchestrated by the Deputy Secretary in the MDC-T National Youth Assembly, Chamu Madya and his team comprising Jabulani ...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:19hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF officials in looting spree
Zanu-PF is closing the net on party officials who are in the habit of fleecing citizens and the corporate world in the name of raising funds for the governing party, the Daily News can report....Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 25 touts
Police in Harare yesterday arrested more than 25 touts as they stepped up efforts to restore sanity at bus terminuses and ranks in the city. This follows the death of a Harare man, Mr Mathias Gore, la...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth revives terror base in Mbare ahead of 2018 election
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that Zanu PF youth in Mbare are planning to revive the terror base in the area ahead of 2018 elections.ZPP said Zanu PF youths allegedly convened a meeting ...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bogus cops' accomplices abscond court, on the run
FOLLOWING the disappearance of ex-footballer Misheck Mburayi and Munesuishe Mazarire, who were alleged to be part of a syndicate of bogus cops that have been mounting illegal roadblocks using spikes, ...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:35hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop skips bail
HARARE magistrate, Barbara Chimboza has issued a warrant of arrest for former Harare City footballer, Misheck Mburayi and his alleged accomplice, Muneishe Mazarire, who failed to appear in court on Fr...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe condemns the use of tear smoke on ordinary citizens by the Police
Heal Zimbabwe has condemned the use of teargas canisters on ordinary citizens by the police in Harare as they tried to disperse protesting vendors, commuter omnibus crew and rank marshals who were pro...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 12:17hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Police, kombi crews, vendors in running battles
HARARE'S central business district resembled a war zone yesterday as kombi crews, street vendors and rank marshals teamed up and engaged in running battles with the police as they protested against ha...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 more bogus traffic cops arrested
Two more alleged bogus cops nabbed on charges of impersonation traffic police officers and duping several motorists have appeared before a Harare Magistrate bringing to 7 the number arrested so far on...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Former-Bosso player among bogus cops
Former Highlanders Football Club player Misheck Mburayi is part of a syndicate of bogus cops that have been mounting illegal roadblocks using spikes to collect cash from unsuspecting motorists in the ...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwenezi East By-Election-Incident report- opposition campaign material destroyed
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that there has been an increase in the number of incidents where opposition parties campaign posters have been destroyed by the ruling Zanu PF activists as Mwen...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
President Morgan Tsvangirai’s statement to the press
MDC-T Leader Morgan Tsvangirai has issued a winding statement on the worsening economic crisis of the country condemning the ruling Zanu PF for failing to rescue the nation from the spiraling economic...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai's statement to the press, calls for March 22 protests
Introduction The party's national executive has just met, amid the context of a worsening national crisis and Zanu PF's attempt to steal the next election, ...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 13:02hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Fish monger jailed after impersonating soldier
A 22 year old Mvurwi fish monger was put behind bar for impersonating a soldier and harassing people in night clubs.Guruve magistrate Antony Sanyatwi heard that Lovewell Kabote was moving abou...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sex worker who glassed rank marshal weeps in court, blames evil spirits
A Mvurwi sex vendor Josphine Gweshe (24) wept bitterly at Guruve magistrate court today (Monday) before she was slapped with US$200 fine by Guruve magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.It was the state...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man bashed by sex worker
A 34-year old Mvurwi rank marshal is battling for life at Mvurwi hospital after he was bashed with a broken bottle by a commercial sex worker around midnight yesterday (Friday).This article is...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rank marshal attacked left for dead
Mvurwi - A rank marshal identified as Pasi Inhemi was attacked by unknown persons on Friday night and left for dead.Sources told Bulawayo24.com that the incident happened around mid night....Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 08:54hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Human error a cause of many road traffic accidents
A number of innocent people are being killed daily in road traffic accidents emanating from human error.According to the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe 93, 4 percent of road accidents are ...Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Drunk govt driver drives into water canal
A white Nissan hardbody from the Ministry of Education fell into a water canal in Rusununguko Township phase one Mvurwi around 19:45hr yesterday (Sunday).There was drizzle in Mvurwi during tha...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 08:41hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dinha robes people with empty promises
Newly elected Mazowe North MP advocate Martin Dinha is said to have won the election and varnished under ZANU PF ticket. People in Mazowe North Feel robed of their votes as not one promise has mat...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 15:24hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
James Maridadi convicted, risk 30 days in jail
MDC-T Mabvuku-Tafara legislator James Maridadi has been found guilty of illegally grabbing a ticket book from a rank marshal who was manning at the National Railways of Zimbabwe parking space....Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 15:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF rank marshals plot comeback
Zanu PF youths have launched a fresh campaign to grab all commuter omnibus ranks in Harare and other major cities "to restore sanity in the city centres", although there are fears the proposal is ...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP claims brutality video was doctored
POLICE are investigating allegations of brutality involving some of their officers after a video circulating on social media, showing rioters being beaten. National police spokesperson Senior Assistan...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Govt warns social media users
THE Government has warned unruly elements sending subversive messages and threats on social media that they can be traced back to them and expose the culprits to the full wrath of the law.Soci...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili and Auxilia Katongomara
Police ready to deal with rogues
Police have assured the nation that they have deployed adequate manpower to deal with rogue elements that might want to disturb peace and incite lawlessness through illegal protests.The police...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
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