By Staff Reporter
Mutare: A residents’ group has demanded that Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) buses be compelled to pay terminus fees like what private operators used to do before their ban by authorities.
Mutare Residents and Ratepayers Association (MURRA) programmes coordinator, David Mutambirwa said at a public meeting the ranks used to be cash cows for the local authority, adding that the public transport operator should remit revenue to council for maintenance of the infrastructure in the city.
“Council has got the capacity to increase their revenue base; it is just that it fails to find out when certain things are going wrong.
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By Bulawayo Correspondent
POLICE in Bulawayo were Tuesday forced to make a major climbdown on its controversial directive to ban company and school buses, which are not registered with the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) from operating.
Police in the city had banned company and school buses and kombis from ferrying students and workers, saying ZUPCO was the only public transporter allowed to carry passengers as directed by the government under Covid-19 restrictions.
However, the move attracted the ire of public commuters who are spending more than five hours queening for transport as the few ZUPCO buses are failing to cope up with demand.
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THE Zimbabwean government has ordered private companies and schools to hire vehicles registered under the state-controlled Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO), amid concerns that some operators are losing millions of dollars in potential revenues.
Local Government Minister, July Moyo, told the Sunday Mail that no vehicle would be allowed to operate in the country unless it is under the parastatal, which is allegedly making huge loses.
Moyo is quoted as saying, “ZUPCO affiliated commuter omnibuses are the only ones allowed to operate, that is the policy in place and it has not changed. Anybody who have their own buses and want to operate must go and register with ZUPCO. This is to ensure that we manage urban companies through one company but with many owners.