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Lenient sentence for unlicensed driver sparks public outcry
The 24-month suspended sentence handed to a 20-year-old unlicensed driver who fatally knocked down a Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) student has ignited fierce debate and ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:00hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver avoids jail after fatal accident
A controversial court ruling in Chinhoyi has triggered widespread public outrage after a 20-year-old unlicensed driver, who fatally struck a pedestrian and injured four others, was sentenced to perfor...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:20hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver arrested for causing death of passenger
A 34-year-old man from Ntalale, Gwanda, has appeared in court following the tragic death of a woman who fell from a trailer attached to a moving tractor he was driving.Large Sibanda pleaded gu...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:49hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Negligent unlicensed driver jailed
A 39-year-old man from Muchena Village, Manicaland Province, has been arrested following an accident he caused while driving without a license.According to the Zimbabwe Road Traffic Act, drivi...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 14:41hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Public transport overloading increases road accidents
Paul Makiwa, Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Passengers Association, has called on the government to ban public transport operators who overload their vehicles, citing their role in the surge of fat...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police extend traffic operation
The police have announced an indefinite extension of the ongoing operation known as "Tame the Traffic Jungle," which aims to restore order and safety on the nation's roads.So far, a total of 4...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff eporter
Zimbabwe records 12 600 accidents in 3 months
ALMOST 500 people lost their lives in 12 588 accidents recorded during the first quarter of this year.According to statistics on transport released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches expiring driver's licence disc
Government has finally launched the new standard plastic driver's licence linked to a database that will replace the metal licences.The new Zimbabwean licence will be scannable and meet the in...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:36hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Top journalist arrested for driving without license...drives police officers to station
AMH Senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga was on Wednesday arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police traffic department in Mbare for failure to produce a driver's license. Posting on Twitt...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 12:41hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Car thief caged 10 years
An unlicensed driver who stole a relative's Mercedes-Benz in Bindura and drove to Bulawayo was sentenced to 10 years behind bars by a Bindura magistrate today.Alington Ambulance (24) will howe...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 12:58hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe police wish it had speed trap machines and breathalyzers
Zimbabwe Police have expressed concern over an increase in road accidents countrywide caused by speeding and unlicensed drivers.Traffic police in the country is facing various challenges to mo...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 12:55hrs | 11 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Over 30 000 unlicensed drivers arrested
POLICE have arrested over 30 000 motorists for driving without licenses and driving unregistered motor vehicles.Meanwhile, police have also arrested 113 683 people for cross border offences si...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
High court rules in favour of police using spikes
Strips of spikes used by police to stop vehicles refusing to obey orders to halt are fully legal and any court trying to ban them would be tantamount to legalising crime and disempowering police from ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
High Court rules in favour of police using spikes
Strips of spikes used by police to stop vehicles refusing to obey orders to halt are fully legal and any court trying to ban them would be tantamount to legalising crime and disempowering police from ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Driver rams into Mnangagwa motorcade
An unlicensed driver yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of ramming into a State motorcade along Bulawayo Road in Harare. Tatenda Mupariwa (26) appeared at Mbare Magistrates Court c...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
'VID to allow automatic cars during road tests'
GOVERNMENT says it is considering allowing the use of automatic cars for Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) road tests after the country recorded an increase in the importation of used Japanese veh...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bribe-taking cop arrested at roadblock
A HARARE traffic police officer was arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last week after he allegedly received a bribe from an unlicensed driver to pass through a road...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scores rush to VID depots
ASPIRING drivers yesterday thronged the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) depots across the country to either sit for provisional drivers licence tests or undergo road tests as depots countrywide re...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Compulsory DDCs could tame Zimbabwe traffic jungle
ROAD accidents continue to kill people on Zimbabwe's highways despite heavy traffic police presence, with the majority of the accidents attributed to human error.In a bid to avoid loss of life...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
VID moving in right direction
THE recent move by the ministry of Transport to launch an electronic learners' driver's licence testing process is commendable.As part of the ministry's fight against corruption, prospective d...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 13:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Driver, passengers arrested enroute to Zimbabwe from SA
An unlicensed driver of an unroadworthy vehicle, which was transporting undocumented foreign nationals to Zimbabwe, has been arrested during a road block led by Transport Deputy Minister Sindisiwe Chi...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:41hrs | | by Agencies
Unlicensed killer driver gets acquitted
Not only lawyers can keep a killer out of jail these days in Zimbabwe, but even magistrates too as cases of corruption become rampant in the justice system especially on cases involving traffic accide...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
VID raids fuel queues
GOVERNMENT is taking advantage of fuel queues to pounce on vehicle owners who have failed to regularise their licenses, Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza has said.Matiza told NewsDay yeste...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defective vehicles targeted in blitz
Government is planning to remove all vehicles that are defective from the country's roads in a desperate bid to tame rising carnage.The move by the ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Dev...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reels from spike in fatal accidents
MOTORISTS and other road users have been urged to exercise extra caution during the forthcoming festive season to prevent loss of lives through accidents.Three weeks ago, 33 people were burnt ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclist sues bus company $67 000
A BULAWAYO man who was injured after he was knocked down by an Inter-Africa bus while cycling to work, is suing the company and its unlicensed driver for $67 000 in damages for medical expenses, pain ...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops launch countrywide roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a countrywide operation targeting unregistered vehicles and motorists who are flouting traffic regulations and endangering the lives of other road users...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | | 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
Too much roadblocks is not a solutiom
Even if we put 50 roadblocks within 100km, the unlicensed drivers will still pass from one roadblock to another. There is too much corruption being practiced by your boys Matanga. You are fail...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Isaac Nkomah
Police roadblocks return
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will from tomorrow launch a massive crackdown targeting unlicensed drivers and unregistered vehicles in a nationwide blitz that will signal the return of roadblocks,...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:46hrs | | 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
Unlicensed driver crashes, passenger dies
One person died this afternoon when an unlicensed driver failed to negotiate a curve near Forester F in Mvurwi.Eye witnesses allege the driver was speeding and the car was overloaded."...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 12:51hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police absence headache for insurers
Insurance executives will tell an analysts briefing their companies are now in the business of paying claims owing to the absence from the roads.They might not have foreseen the spike in accid...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Chaos reigns as police disappear in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Passenger Association (PAZ) has bemoaned the reduced police presence on the roads, saying the vacuum has resulted in an upsurge in unlicensed drivers that contribute to the high rate of a...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Unlicensed driver causes death of two people
Two people died this morning in Mvurwi when an unlicensed driver failed to control his speeding Toyota Nadia.According to the police, the accident occurred at the 60km peg along Centenary-Mvur...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 17:16hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Truck runs over and drags cyclist
A CYCLIST was killed on the spot after he was hit by a truck that was being driven by a suspected unlicensed driver along 12th Avenue extension in Suburbs, Bulawayo yesterday.The deceased, who...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spike in road fatalities
The country's roads are increasingly becoming death traps as fatalities from traffic accidents have progressively risen in the first quarter of 2018, something the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1 838 killed in 2017 road accidents
At least five people died daily in road accidents in 2017, as the number of fatalities in traffic crashes rose by 10%, statistics from the Traffic Safety Council in Zimbabwe (TSCZ) reveal.A to...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Easter accident death toll up to 48
A TOTAL OF 48 people were killed in road traffic accidents during the Easter Holidays this year compared to 25 who died last year during the same period.National police spokesperson Senior Ass...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Holiday death toll 'not linked' to absence of roadblocks
SOMEWHERE in this edition, we carry a story giving chilling statistics on the sharp increase in road accidents, mostly fa...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
$150 bribes costs nation millions
BEFORE the army-led Operation Restore Legacy, the occurrence of road accidents in Zimbabwe was attributed to failure by the traffic police to stem road carnage, as they were only keen to collect money...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos along Luveve Road, as operation 'tornado' nets 81 vehicles
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded 81 vehicles without registration number plates in a blitz launched on Tuesday amid reports that unregistered cars are linked to serious crimes in the city.Pol...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver kills toddler
An unlicenced driver ran over and killed an infant while driving an unregistered vehicle in Harare's Highfield suburb.Tatenda Mariri (33) was arrested and has been remanded in custody on charg...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver breaks pedestrian's leg
AN unlicensed driver from Mkoba 14 suburb in Gweru who hit a pedestrian resulting in his victim's leg being amputated has been fined $200.Thembinkosi Ndlovu (29), who resides at 1582 Mkoba 12,...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
13,000 unlicensed drivers nabbed in one year
MORE than 13 000 people were arrested for driving without valid driver's licences last year, with statistics showing a sustained prevalence of the offence over the past four years.Latest data ...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 13:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver fined $700 after causing death of a minor
A 39-year-old unlicensed driver was fined $700 for killing a minor in a road accident along Kadzimwemje-Guruve highway.Appearing before Guruve resident magistrate Mr Shingirai Mutiro on Friday...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Drivers cause accidents, not road blocks
It used to be that whenever one travelled a long journey by plane, parents would insist on being informed of a safe arrival. Even though the news would have reported no plane crash anywhere in the wor...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
11 injured in roadblock evasion crash
ELEVEN people were injured after an unlicensed BMW driver who was allegedly trying to evade a police roadblock made a sudden U-turn and crashed into a truck they were travelling in.The acciden...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver who fatally knocked down 9-yr-old ordered to pay $16 000 to victim's family
THE High Court has ordered a woman from Gwanda who fatally knocked down a nine-year-old boy to pay the deceased's parents more than $16 000 as compensation for their loss and funeral expenses incurred...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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