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Zimbabwe man fined $120 for insulting police officers

A Bulawayo man has been fined US$120 after verbally abusing police officers at Pumula Police Station in frustration over the handling of his missing child's case.Simbarashe Gurajena (54), a resident of Mpopoma suburb, pleaded guilty to dis…

Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:33hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police, VID officers under investigation

Police and Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officials responsible for clearing the unroadworthy Urban Connect bus, which was involved in a fatal accident in Beitbridge, are now under investigation to determine why they allowed the veh…

Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:33hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter

VID bans revealing clothing at its depots

The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) has implemented an immediate ban on visitors dressed in revealing clothing, such as shorts, sleeveless tops, and miniskirts, at all of its depots across the country. The move has generated mixed re…

Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter

Errant cops, VID officers to face the music

The Government has issued a stern warning to police officers and Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) inspectors who allow passage to vehicles with defects or without requisite papers past roadblocks.The law, Government stated, will take it…

Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:42hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter

VID/Police in massive crackdown on Mshikashikas

The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) has initiated a nationwide operation targeting illegal mushikashika and commuter omnibuses in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ)…

Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:07hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter

4 VID Depot officers face probe

AT least four Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers based at Chitungwiza Depot are facing investigations on allegations of soliciting money from people acquiring driver's licences and learner's licences. Yesterday, Transport and I…

Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

ZACC swoops on VID officer to explain wealth

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday swooped on a senior Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officer deployed to Beitbridge and ordered him to explain how he became a business tycoon owning seven houses, a lodge and s…

Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zupco, operators break impasse

THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) and bus operators have broken an impasse which was threatening to affect mainly urban public transport after Zupco ditched some franchised vehicles over non-compliannce with its standards.The o…

Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 08:04hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

An online driver's licence verification System will solve fake licence fraud that the DVLA is experiencing

The British authorities are aware that as from the year 2000 many Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom (UK) have either a fake driver's licence or have paid thousands of dollars to be given a valid drivers licence by the corrupt Vehicle Inspe…

Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 20:20hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Zinara and VID deal raises eyebrows

The country's roads administrator, Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) assigned the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) to collect transit and overload fees without a contract, a new report by auditor-general Mildred Chiri revea…

Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Corrupt VID depots fingered over horror crash

Masvingo and Zvishavane Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depots are playing the blame game after details emerged that the Toyota Wish that was involved in the Mhandamabwe road carnage which claimed 20 lives recently had been impounded…

Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

VID resumes operations

THE Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) resumes operations today following Cabinet's approval for it to reopen, with Government working on modalities of assisting aspiring drivers whose provisional licences expired when the department was …

Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Driving schools, VID to resume operations

GOVERNMENT has given driving schools and the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) the green light to resume operations which were suspended late last year following a spike in Covid-19 cases. Aspiring drivers will now be able to access less…

Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

VID 'inspectors' dupe job seekers

FAKE Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials have been on the prowl in the Midlands Province where they targeted and duped desperate jobseekers of money after promising them jobs. Several desperate jobseekers have fallen victim to th…

Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Irregularities in VID testing protocol during lockdown

In March 2020, Statutory Instrument (SI) 77/20 was promulgated by the Health ministry directing the VID in the Transport ministry to cease offering and conducting driving test services in order to contain and prevent the spread of the Covi…

Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:10hrs | 3 | by Thembinkosi Siziba

VID introduces electronic learners' licence testing

Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday launched the electronic learner's licence testing system (ELLT), which is aimed at reducing corruption in awarding of licences by the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and, in turn, reduce …

Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 982 | 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 yesterday that government would be deploying officer…

Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 2823 | by Staff reporter

Matiza talks tough on VID corruption

Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza inherited a portfolio that superintends over struggling, but key parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe and the National Railways of Zimbabwe.Matiza (JBM) told our senior reporter Richard Chidza (RC) in an e…

Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporer

Corruption at Chinhoyi VID

So the police are out of the roads but there is serious corruption taking place at driving centres. I have heard of people paying bribes in Harare and it has really hit close to home when my sister has been repeatedly failed at VID. Can ha…

Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 13:49hrs | 2279 | by Saddened citizen

VID officers given 100-day ultimatum to stop corruption

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has given officials from the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) a 100-day ultimatum to stop corrupt activities or risk prosecution.Speaking at a press conference in Harare …

Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:27hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Jorum Gumbo acts on VID corruption

Rampant corruption in the process of acquiring a driver's licence is now threatening Zimbabwe's signatory status to the 1968 United Nations Convention, a reason one can obtain an international driving permit upon producing a Zimbabwe drive…

Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 14:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

VID Transfer of Depot Managers - Full List

HEAD OFFICE26 August 2016Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure Development Director of Finance and AdministrationDirector of Human Resources ManagementAll VID Depot Managers and StaffRE: TRANSFER OF DEPOT MANAGERS AND STAFF FOR BALANC…

Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 13:32hrs | 235 | by Staff Reporter

VID's retest is an unworkable law and a deflection towards traffic safety

I have to say that as a Zimbabwean and as a human being, I am very concerned about traffic safety in Zimbabwean roads and in the world at large. This is practically the main reason why I would like to discuss certain issues regarding traff…

Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 14:58hrs | 160 | by Sean Mukasa

Granvia driver hijacks impounded vehicle in movie style

A Security guard at the Gwanda Vehicle Inspection Depot (VID) is currently admitted at Gwanda hospital following injuries he sustained in a hit and run accident when a kombi driver tried to "hijack" his vehicle which had bee impounded for …

Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 15:00hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter

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