#TRANSPORTCRISIS
NOT EASY
To make the situation worse for passengers, police have been authorized by a 2021 High
Court order, to use spikes on moving vehicles, the smashing of windscreens and throwing
of teargas into illegal taxi operators and commuter omnibuses deemed undesirable on the
country’s roads.
As a result, people have been killed or injured due to the accidents caused by the police’s
archaic methods of enforcing Mnangagwa’s directive.
In the first week of May, four people died in Mutare when a commuter omnibus
overturned after a police officer threw spikes. There has been an attempt to cover up the
issue with police purporting to carry out investigations.
So far no arrests have been made.
So, when President Mnangagwa finally said his government was going to allow private
operators back on the road, it might have been a little too late.
At the same time, since Zupco buses will remain on the road, ZPP will continue to make
the same recommendations it has made for the past three years when Zupco had the
monopoly.
This is because access to safe, reliable, efficient and disability friendly transport is an
entitlement to every citizen of Zimbabwe
ACCESS TO SAFE,
RELIABLE,
EFFICIENT AND
DISABILITY
FRIENDLY
TRANSPORT IS
AN ENTITLEMENT
TO EVERY
CITIZEN OF
ZIMBABWE
12