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ZRP warns public over fake traffic fine scam
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a strong warning to motorists and the general public against falling for a fake message circulating on social media, which falsely instructs recipients to...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:46hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
Surge in crime puts police under spotlight
An alarming 11 percent rise in robberies and a 6 percent increase in road traffic accidents, which have resulted in 1,352 fatalities, have raised urgent concerns for Zimbabwe's law enforcement agencie...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:05hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Motorists, council clash over forex
MOTORISTS have clashed with the Harare City Council over allegations that the local authority is refusing to accept fines in the Zimbabwe dollar (Zimdollar).The city fathers are allegedly dema...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Spot fines not mandatory'
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says it is illegal for police to demand spot fines from offending motorists as they will be violating provisions of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.In i...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africa police in R1 million cigarettes haul
THE South African Police Service (Saps) has arrested three people for illegal possession of 707 620 cartons of cigarettes valued close to R1 million all of Zimbabwean origin.The arrest was mad...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's hefty traffic fines yet to kick in
THE $700 road traffic fines to deal with errant road users that were supposed to come into effect on 1 January, have been parked as the Senate is still to look at the Finance Bill which contained the ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's hefty traffic fines start
Errant and negligent motorists who flagrantly disregard road rules will have to contend with hefty traffic penalties when the new standard scale of fines, which prescribe a maximum penalty of $700 an...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Traffic offenders to be fined up to $700
Errant and negligent motorists who flagrantly disregard road rules will have to contend with hefty traffic penalties when the new standard scale of fines, which prescribe a maximum penalty of $700 and...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube grilled over traffic fines
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube last week agreed to soften his stance on traffic fines, adding an amendment that allows magistrates to use their discretion when imposing them.In the 2019 budget ...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube brushes-off Biti's car import duty criticism
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday defended the payment of import duty in foreign currency in his 2019 national budget statement saying the measure was premised...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti tears into Mthuli Ncube's budget
Harare East MP Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) yesterday tore into the 2019 National Budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, saying it violated the Constitution for charging duty on vehicles in ...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa left paralysed by a crisis of legitimacy
Last week on November 24 Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Murombedzi - former president Robert Mugabe's village backyard in Mashonaland West - to commemorate his chequered one year in office following his co...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Police demand $3,6m for rebranding
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, who admitted in Parliament yesterday to selective application of the law by members of the police force, said they required at least $3,6 million for rigoro...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
2019 National Budget requires everyone's support, commitment
Zimbabweans of various walks of life reacted in a mixed manner to the 2019 National Budget which was announced by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube last week. ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwean motorists face $700 fines for single offences
Zimbabwe's Finance minister Prof Mthuli Ncube on Thursday, increased traffic fines from $30 to $700 for a single road offence in an attempt to reduce the road carnage in the country. In the alternativ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe to hike traffic fines
Government is planning to hike traffic fines in a controversial move it claims will reduce road accidents, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has revealed.Ziyamb...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe transport management system to improve efficiency
Zimbabwe has signed an integrated transport management system, which seeks to bring together five key elements of road policing, efficient use of national infrastructure and coordination of informatio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:25hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Jail all unlicensed drivers'
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has started lobbying government to impose mandatory custodial sentences to people who drive without licences among other stiffer penalties on errant drive...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri's woes mount
Two police officers facing theft charges have sensationally claimed in court papers that former commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri looted substantial amounts of money of while still serving as the...Published: 15 May 2018 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop implicates bosses in fake fines book scam
A theft-accused Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer openly told a court that spot fines that he collected from motorists during highway patrols were pocketed by their bosses instead of going to Sta...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops in court over fake traffic fines reciept book
TWO traffic police officers stationed in Avondale appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court last week facing fraud allegations after being found in possession of counterfeit traffic offence fines recei...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP scraps spot fines, reduces roadblocks
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has embraced the new dispensation with an array of changes in its operations, among them reducing roadblocks to just one per 100-kilometre radius and scrapping spot ...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 23:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Drama as cornered traffic cop swallows doctored ticket
A TRAFFIC police officer based at Kamativi in Hwange allegedly under-receipted a traffic fine paid by a motorist and later swallowed the doctored traffic ticket to conceal the evidence after he was co...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 10:05hrs | 21 | by Staff Reporter
Man bashes cops, steals traffic fines
A Harare man reportedly bashed two cops before stealing a bag with $65 in traffic fines.Piyano Simbarashe, 33, appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko charged with assaulting a peace o...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
International law and diplomatic immunity
Following the public display of hooliganism in a foreign land by our beloved First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, debate has been raging on whether First ladies are included in the "diplomatic immunity doctri...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Parking tickets scam at BCC unearthed
A syndicate in Bulawayo City Council's traffic section is allegedly clamping cars in the city and then soliciting for bribes from owners before they even pay at the local authority's revenue office, i...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube blames Hunzvi
WAR Veterans minister Tshinga Dube yesterday told Parliament that the late former Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association leader, Chenjerai Hunzvi made grave mistakes in determining the...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe traffic cops assault man at roadside
A short video has emerged on social media of Zimbabwean traffic cops assaulting a man at the side of a busy suburban road.In the video, taken by a motorist waiting behind a truck which the off...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by facebook
ZRP ignores voices of reason
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) continues to ignore calls by senior government officials - including President Robert Mugabe - to reduce roadblocks, a situation that has immensely affected the tour...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff writer
ZRP roadblocks rake in $60 million
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) expects to collect nearly US$60 million from traffic fines this year, nearly double last year's projection, according to Parliament's budget oversight office....Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Municipal police want arresting powers
Harare municipal police must have arresting powers for them to enforce the law effectively, council's acting chief traffic and transport planner Judith Mujegu said.Speaking at the Harare City ...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 14:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parliament savages police roadblocks
Parliament has called on police to curb the many unwanted roadblocks that they are mounting, saying they are terrorising both locals and international tourists.The call comes as police are als...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt directs police to mount only one roadblock within 10-km radius
THE Government has directed police to mount only one roadblock within a 10-km radius and to submit monthly schedules on their road traffic operations countrywide.Level 1 fines previously pegge...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
New traffic fines just fundraising drive-motorists
Scores of Bulawayo motorists have expressed outrage at new traffic fines signing into law by President Robert Mugabe under the Finance Act last week.Mot...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 09:35hrs | | by Alice Dube
Mugabe milks motorists, imposes new fines
President Robert Mugabe has signed into law a provision that will further milk thousands of motorists in new traffic fines.The coming into effect of new scale of fines followed the signing int...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 04:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
$30 traffic fines regime now in force
Motorists will now have to fork out more in traffic fines following the coming into force of a new scale of fines to be imposed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police.The coming into effect of ne...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Millions of traffic fines to be scrapped in Gauteng
The North Gauteng High Court has ruled that millions of traffic fines issued since 2008 must be scrapped, reported The Citizen.According to a ruling on Friday, all fines issued since 2008 ...Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
We might have to leave the AU , Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I think by now most of you know that in my whole life, I have never been on the losing side. I don't know what losing is like, right from my childho...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by CZ
Steep hikes in Zimbabwe road fines
Long-suffering motorists should brace themselves for yet another steep hike in the cost of driving, with the country's broke government giving notice on Thursday that road traffic fines will rise ...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traffic fines hiked
Motorists who are in a habit of ignoring traffic regulations should be prepared to pay more in fines next year. Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has proposed to hike a string on fines t...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:50hrs | | by Alice Dube
Cop snatches baby as father fails to pay traffic fine
A traffic cop allegedly snatched a baby from the arms of a woman (mother) after the father allegedly failed to pay a traffic fine.Photos of the cop trying to flee with the baby have been poste...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 17:17hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Spot fines and the law of impounding of vehicles - A legal article by experts
Most people are now aware of the impending increases in traffic fines recently announced by the Minister of Finance. We will not delve into the controversies surrounding that as that has been well enu...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:47hrs | 8 | by Ms. Miriam Tose Majome
Zimbabwe roadblock 'arresting' tourism sector growth
Tourism players say the increase in police roadblocks on the country's roads and highways was not conducive for the growth of the tourism sector. Africa Albida Tourism chief executive Ross...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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Slippery slope for Zimbabwe and its leader
Forget Cecil the Lion: for Zimbabweans, 2015 was mostly about President Robert Mugabe, lack of money, and how long both would last.While Cecil and his death at the hands of an American dentist...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 13:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$200 traffic fine regime begins
Motorists and pedestrians risk being fined $200 or imprisonment for picking passengers or boarding vehicles at undesignated points. The penalties are under Statutory Instrument 41 of 2016 of the R...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:15hrs | | by Styaff reporter
ZUPCO loses $800,000 to traffic fines
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (zupco) in 2014 lost over $800 000 in traffic fine expenses alone after operating some of its buses without the necessary travelling documents, Auditor-General Ms...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
Cop pockets traffic fines
A PLUMTREE traffic police officer has been arraigned for allegedly stealing $205 and R640 that he collected as fines.Clacious Chatikobo, 26, collected the money and receipted it but did not ha...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Police not targeting bank accounts, says Charamba
Police have dismissed as outright falsehoods a story in The Sunday News and The Sunday Mail yesterday suggesting they were targeting bank accounts to recover traffic fines.Speaking to The Hera...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Investigate Corrupt Councillors to Flash-out Bad Apples
The recent call by the Bulawayo residents for the lifestyle audits of councillors in the city, amid concerns that the officials are abusing their positions to accumulate wealth, and properties is a we...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 15:34hrs | | by Sparkleford Masiyambiri
Maximum spot fine $20, says Chombo
HOME Affairs Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo says police have no legal right to collect more than $20 per traffic offence, a revelation that puts to rest debate on the $100 fine that was proposed by Treas...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Gumbo
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