By Mary Taruvinga
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has filed an appeal against a High Court judgment empowering the police to use spikes when dealing with private and public motor vehicles.
PAZ, together with private taxi “mushikashika” driver Bernard Murizani had dragged Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga together with Police Service Commission and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to court demanding a ban on the use of spike and tear gas.
But High Court judge, Justice Owen Tagu dismissed the application noting that while the application was noble, “the court could not disempower the police from enforcing law and order as there were times when the use of spikes would prove necessary.”
High court rules in favour of police using spikes
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By Staff Reporter
COMMUTERS have described as “unsustainably exorbitant” the hiking of public bus fares by the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) from $16 to $30 for conventional buses and $32 to $60 for kombis.
The new fares start this Monday, but passengers feel the fares were unaffordable for most of them.
On Friday, Finance Ministry secretary George Guvamatanga approved the new fares, which shot up by 100%.
According to the new fare structure, passengers will now pay $30 per trip for
The Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) president, Tafadzwa Goliati Sunday said workers’ salaries were not in tandem with the new transport costs and its members will be seriously affected.