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Obedingwa Mguni

New technology to avoid spot fines

Government is implementing new technology to deal with the contentious issue of spot fines payment by offending motorists, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has revealed.

Shock rise in road traffic accidents

Road traffic accidents went up by over 100 000 last year, while the number of deaths increased by 75 percent despite heavy police presence on the country’s major roads, recent statistics from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) reveal.

Police to use advanced spikes system

Zimbabwean police will no longer be using two-metre-long iron bars bristling with spikes to deflate vehicle tyres in an attempt to stop motorists alleged to have committed a traffic offence, the deputy Home Affairs minister has said.

ZANU PF roadblocks lie raises questions

Jacob Mafume – On the 19th of June 2017, the Minister of Home Affairs Ignatious Chombo together with his Deputy Obedingwa Mguni told parliament that they were going to reduce ordinary roadblocks to just four per province in a week’s time.

Confusion over police roadblocks

The Home Affairs ministry insists it is committed to the decision to limit roadblocks to 40 countrywide, but opposition and rights campaigners said the pronouncement was a half-hearted first step.