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The Government has lifted the suspension on three public transport operators’ licences, Blue Circle, City Bus and Simlex Coaches, following a review of their operations.
Blue Circle and City Bus were suspended from operating in March this year after a horror crash involving coaches from the two companies claimed 13 lives and left scores injured along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road.
The collision occurred when a City Bus coach, carrying 25 passengers, struck a donkey and veered into the path of a Blue Circle bus with 43 passengers on board, leading to a head-on collision.
Simlex was also ordered to suspend operations in March after one of the company’s coaches was involved in an accident on 9 March, in Western Cape, South Africa, which resulted in the death of 13 Zimbabweans and injuries to 12 others.
The bus was travelling from Harare to Cape Town when it collided with a haulage truck along the Hex River Pass, approximately 140 kilometres before Cape Town.
Addressing journalists in Harare, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona said that the three companies had multiple breaches of license terms and conditions. He said:
Swaymo Enterprises Pvt Ltd runs Blue Circle while City Bus is operated by Wipeco Investments Pvt Ltd.
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The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development wishes to advise members of the public that it has lifted the suspension of the licences for operation of all omnibuses belonging to Swaymo Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd; Wipeco Investments (Pvt) Ltd and Simlex Coaches (Pvt) Ltd with effect from 3 June, 2024.
The said operators breached the terms and conditions of the licenses issued to them, leading to fatal road crashes that occurred on 9 and 16 March 2024 in Western Cape, South Africa, and in Beitbridge respectively.
They operated public service vehicles without valid motor and passenger insurance, certificates of roadworthiness, road service permits, installed speed monitoring and limiting devices, and employed drivers without the requisite competencies.
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According to a statement posted on the Ministry’s X page, all transport operators will be placed under heightened “Compliance monitoring”, using ICT tools to track compliance each time they pass through toll checkpoints. Said Mhona:
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Going forward bus operators will be placed on a Compliance Monitoring Programme to continually assess adherence to regulatory requirements and further reiterated that the Ministry will make use of ICT tools to monitor compliance of all transport operators to ensure regulatory violations are recorded in real-time as vehicles pass through tolling points.
Hon Mhona further condemned the recent acts of public violence at bus loading bays and ranks in Mutare saying such actions severely impact on safety and security of commuters, bus crews and members of the public, especially children, women and people with disabilities.
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Govt Lifts Suspension On Three Bus Operators Two Months After Fatal Crashes

Blue Circle and City Bus operations have been suspended with immediate effect after a horror crash involving coaches from the two companies claimed 13 lives and left scores injured along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road on Saturday last week.
The collision occurred when a City Bus coach, carrying 25 passengers, struck a donkey and veered into the path of a Blue Circle bus with 43 passengers on board, leading to a head-on collision.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development found the two buses had violated regulations on road traffic and safety management.
In a statement, Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona said that he had issued a directive to the Commissioner of Road Transportation to invoke provisions of Section 17(b)(i) of the Road Motor Transportation Act.
As a result, the licenses of Swaymo Enterprises Pvt Ltd (trading as Blue Circle) and Wipeco Investments (Pvt) Ltd (trading as City Bus) have been immediately suspended from operating their buses on all routes.
Minister Mhona said the City Bus vehicle, registration number AEU5845 and belonging to Wipeco Investments, did not have a valid certificate of fitness thus contravening Section 31 of the Road Traffic Act. He added:
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The vehicle also did not have a Speed Limiting Device as required by Section 3(1)(b) of Statutory Instrument 118 of 2023.
In addition, the driver of this bus did not have a valid defensive driving certificate issued by the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe in terms of Section 4(b) of Statutory Instrument 168 of 2006.
Swaymo Enterprises Pvt Ltd did not cooperate with our investigations to establish the compliance status of the driver and vehicle registration number AEU6763.
Therefore, our inference is that the driver was not compliant with the regulatory requirements prescribed under the above-mentioned statutes.
Similarly, the operator was not compliant with the same regulations including Section 12(1) of the Road Motor Transportation Act and thus did not have a route authority authorizing the bus to operate the service.
The above violations by the two bus operators are a serious breach of the terms and conditions of their operators’ licenses issued for them to operate in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe Passenger Transport Organisation (ZPTO) vice chairperson Leonard Mukumba told <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/horror-crash-2-bus-operators-licences-suspended/">The Herald</a> that they had also suspended the two members as an association. He said:
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Sadly, two of our members Blue Circle and City Bus have been suspended for failing to comply with the basic road requirements to operate.
As an association, we commend the Government for suspending the two operators after their findings.
We have also suspended the two pending investigations. The two ceased to be our members the moment they failed to comply and were suspended by the Government.
We urge other members to make sure that they are operating within the confines of the law.
As we go into the Easter Holidays, we encourage authorities to take stern measures provided by our laws against those who wantonly and blatantly violate road traffic rules and regulations.
The safety and security of all commuting public cannot be taken for granted.
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Blue Circle And City Bus Licenses Suspended

Transport operators say they have started fitting their buses with speed tracking and limiting devices.
This follows the promulgation of Statutory Instrument 118 of 2023, which limits the speed of buses to 100km/h on the open road.
Speaking in an interview with <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/public-transporters-heed-govt-directive-install-speed-limit-devices/">The Herald</a>, Zimbabwe Passenger Transport Organisation (ZIPTO) chairperson Samson Nhanhanga said they are targetting reducing accidents by 30 percent by the year 2025. He said:
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As an association, we are working with VID, the Traffic Safety Council and all the relevant ministries and departments which are concerned with road issues.
We donated speed monitoring devices and they can work on any bus and it works with a tracker.
We have talked to Econet Wireless to integrate the whole system with other stakeholders so that at the end of the day all buses can be on one platform.
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Nhanhanga said the project was being conducted at Harare Central Police Station by the police and other relevant stakeholders.
The other stakeholders involved in the pilot project include the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development and the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ). Said Nhanhanga:
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The pilot project is going on very well. The people in the control room are able to see a bus wherever it is.
Yes, we have challenges here and there but we are polishing them up.
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Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said:
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The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has also roped in the police in terms of the Zimbabwe Management Transport Information System (ZIMTIS) project and this project includes the issue of speeding and general compliance with the country’s road rules and regulations.
That’s why we are saying we are fully behind what some transporters have done when they said police can you assist us in terms of monitoring their buses while they are moving on the country’s roads through technology.
So it’s a work in progress, which we believe other transporters should also play a part in.
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In June this year, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development (MOTID) promulgated Statutory Instrument 118 of 2023 which made it mandatory for passenger public service vehicles (buses/kombis) and other heavy vehicles to install speed limit and monitoring devices on their vehicles.
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Installation Of Speed Limit Devices On Buses Has Commenced - Transport Operators

Opposition politician Linda Masarira has urged the government to ban the importation of Chinese-made buses by schools, saying they are sub-standard are therefore prone to fatal crashes.
Masarira said American-made buses are safer for schools as they have been developed over the years for that purpose.
This comes after a Higer Bus, made by Higer Bus Company Limited, a Chinese bus manufacturer, was involved in an accident on Friday night in Nyanga resulting in the death of six pupils from Tynwald High School in Harare who were on a trip. Tweeted Masarira:
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The nation is mourning the preventable death of school children because we don’t value the importance of standards. 
This is the greatest difference between Africa and the Developed world. We just do things haphazardly without any standards. When we get pain it hits us hard.
The pain the nation is feeling could have been avoided had we upheld standards.
What is the best standard of the school bus in Zim? Why do all American schools use one bus type when they can afford other expensive elaborate types?
We need to emulate best safety practices! Zimbabwe should stop buying these cheap, useless Chinese buses for schools that have no regard for safety.
Our national vehicle stock will cause more deaths until we understand that we need to do things by standard to ensure the safety of all road users.
The American school bus is yellow (all of them are yellow because yellow is the first colour a human eye can see).
In Zim, any school will paint their bus anyhow. The American school bus is one of the safest vehicles on the road.
The way the body is built is different from these cheap buses. It has been in development for decades.
We need to prioritize the safety of all school-going children by ensuring that they have standard buses which are safe in the case of accidents.
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Masarira Urges Govt To Ban Chinese Buses From Schools

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday handed over five brand new buses to the military and police and pledged three more for each of the State security agencies by year-end.
This comes at a time when members of the public face severe transport challenges caused by the government when it banned privately-owned kombis from operating ostensibly to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Mnangagwa handed over two buses to the Zimbabwe National Army, one for the ZNA headquarters while the Presidential Guard, Airforce of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Republic Police received one each.
He pledged to procure more buses for the security sector to address their transport needs. Said Mnangagwa:
Some buses are on the high seas, we should be able to have another batch in October, another batch in November and another in December.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/09/ed-spoils-army-police-with-brand-new-buses/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Mnangagwa Hands Over Brand New Buses To Police, Military

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday afternoon commissioned the latest batch of 50 new Golden Dragon ZUPCO buses from China which he said will be distributed in urban areas which have been hard hit by transport challenges.
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo and other senior Government officials attended the commissioning of the buses which took place at ZUPCO head office in Belvedere, Harare.
Over the last 12 months, the Government has imported more than 400 buses from China to boost the ZUPCO fleet.
<a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/more-buses-for-zupco-arrive/">The Herald</a> reported that the buses crossed the Limpopo on Sunday and Monday morning and were cleared through customs in batches of 10 to avoid congesting the border post.
While the actual cost of each bus could not be readily verified, Golden Dragons sell for just over the equivalent of US$50 000 each in China.
It is understood that more than 1 000 buses have been acquired from China and Belarus and they are being delivered to the country in batches of between 50 and 100 buses.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/president-mnangagwa-commissions-zupco-buses/">The Herald</a></h4>

ED Commissions 50 New ZUPCO Buses

A Harare man, Tendai Munyoro allegedly changed ownership of his brother, William Munyoro’s three buses that were imported from Denmark and the Netherlands in October 2019 and valued at US$50 000.
Tendai then fraudulently entered into a contract with the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) to lease the vehicles.
The older Munyoro shipped the buses to Zimbabwe through the Walvis Bay in Namibia and incurred several costs including transport and accommodation for the drivers.
William has since dragged Tendai to the High Court where he is demanding his brother to deliver his buses to him or alternatively pay him a total of US$49 559, 90 which is the value of the buses including interest. William’s lawyers, Mhaka Attorneys, wrote:
<blockquote>Complainant (William) discovered that Tendai had fraudulently changed the ownership of the buses into the name of the second defendant. Plaintiff has no relationship whatsoever with Rusitu Power Cooperation company.
The first defendant (Tendai) went on to contract the buses to ZUPCO without the plaintiff’s knowledge and consent.</blockquote>
Tendai has been cited as the first respondent while Rusitu Power Cooperation and ZUPCO are the second and third respondents respectively.
Willian said he longer had access to his buses because of the arrangement his brother had entered with ZUPCO and he was suffering financially.
His lawyers said several efforts to repossess the buses have been futile prompting their client to approach the High Court.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/man-tricks-brother-three-buses-contracts-them-to-zupco/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Man Steals Brother's 3 Buses, Contracts Them To ZUPCO

The government has given the green light for conventional bus operators with valid operating permits to ferry people from various locations to their respective working places under the relaxed lockdown restrictions.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Ndavaningi Nick Mangwana said anyone in the transport business with a valid permit was eligible to transport people to and from their working places.
Mangwana added that the buses are, however, not allowed to ferry people between cities.
Under Level 2 of the national lockdown, only buses are permitted to transport people, with commuter omnibuses (kombis) and smaller taxis not permitted to operate. The buses should be disinfected twice a day to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The latest development comes when the state-owned bus operator, the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO), has been overwhelmed by the number of commuters reporting for duty at their working places.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/lockdown-conventional-bus-operators-can-service-local-routes-gvt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

Conventional Buses Back On Intra City Routes

The state-owned passenger transportation company, Zupco, has flighted a tender for the supply of buses. The tender comes barely a month after the government had claimed that Zupco would be <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zupco-to-get-700-buses-from-belarus-south-africa/">taking delivery of 700 buses from Belarus and South Africa</a> after negotiations with those countries.
Said the tender published today:
<blockquote>ZIMBABWE UNITED PASSENGER COMPANY INVITATION TO TENDER
Bidders are invited from reputable and experienced suppliers for the fol tenders:
Tender Number 1.ZUPC0/001/2019
Description Supply of Semi Luxury buses and bus trailer
Closing Date 13 April 2019
Tenders must be enc osed in sealed envelopes and endorsed on the outside with the advertised tender number, the description, the closing date and must be posted in time to be sorted into the Post office Box 3298,Belvedere, Harare or delivered by hand to: ZUPCO Head office, 109 Belvedere Road, Harare before 10:00HRS on the closing date.
Bidders must attach copies of certificate of Incorporation,CR14 and Zimra registration.
Tender documents are obtainable upon payment of a non-refundable fee of $100 for a set of bidding documents from:
Finance Department
ZUPCO Head office, 109 Belvedere Road
HARARE</blockquote>
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