Hi Crime Watch. I hope you can help me expose this corrupt traffic officer while I remain anonymous. The officer stopped me, checked my car, and said that not having a fire extinguisher is a traffic offence. The officer was wearing a reflector written “Malbereign.” I have his name, but I will keep it anonymous for now.
He told me the offence carried a US$20 fine. I gave him a US$20 note, only to later realise that the ticket was written for only US$10. When I questioned him about it, he said, "Ndatadza here kunyora mari shoma. If you want kuti nditsvage change ndogona kutsvaga, but mhosva pamota hadziperi, ndogona kutsvaga dzimwe mhosva dzakawanda."
While on the spot, he gave me a General police complaints number to report on WhatsApp. I contacted them and they took my details. About 20 minutes after I launched the complaint, I got another call requesting zita raOfficer vacho and rank. I am not sure if the case will be taken further but kana mapurisa acho ava kudai, nyika pane kwairi kuenda here?
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I watched this video posted by a tourist in Zimbabwe who has been promoting Zimbabwean tourism on his journey across the country. My first instinct was to ask, what is this? There are times when we do not just have to criticise, but must look for solutions.
I think this is not a tourism problem, it is a policing problem that affects tourism, and it is a problem that does not just affect tourists but Zimbabweans as well who are driving across the country.
The solution, in my view, is straightforward. When tourists enter our country, at the point of the border, they should be required to purchase all the necessary road safety paraphernalia demanded by the Zimbabwean police.
First of all, I do not understand why one needs four triangles. Triangles are meant for when your car breaks down, you place one at the back and one at the front, that is two triangles.
This tourist had three, yet he was told he needed four. I do not know why he needed four. But even if, for argument’s sake, he needed a hundred, then tell him at the border that he needs a hundred, and that there is a shop there selling them, even if it is a government-run shop.
Make it a requirement that no motorist drives out of the border clearing area without the required triangles. They must buy them there and then. When they get to the exit gate, at that final clearing bay, they show the triangles and proceed, so that they do not encounter problems on the roads.
If this is not done, you create situations like this one, where the Ministry of Tourism is dragged into an issue that has nothing to do with it, yet its work ends up being affected because of the ineffectiveness and lack of coordination among different government agencies. The requirement for triangles falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which superintends the police, so it must ensure that before any vehicle is cleared to leave the border, it complies.
In most countries, you do not need four triangles. I have seen this absurdity in Zimbabwe only, and I experienced it. I own a car which has inbuilt reflectors, factory-fitted safety reflectors that perform the same function.
Yet when you get to a Zimbabwean roadblock, they still want to see a separate portable reflector, even though the inbuilt system does the same job.
This is a breakdown of common sense, and it does not just affect tourists, it affects Zimbabweans too. So instead of simply criticising, I chose to offer a solution. The responsible government agency and ministry must make it a requirement that any motorist entering the country has the stipulated triangles before they are cleared to leave the border.
And if they do not have the four triangles, as required, as ridiculous as it sounds, there must be a facility at the border where they can purchase them and then proceed with their journey without harassment.
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