Govt extends de-registration of vehicles deadline Hon Michael Madanha
Hon Michael Madanha

Hon Michael Madanha

Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter
Government has extended, by a month, the de-registration deadline of about 300 000 vehicles that have not been licensed for the past two years. This followed the expiry of the September 28, 2015 deadline set by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration to licence all vehicles with arrears.

But the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development extended the deadline to October 31, 2015 to give motorists more time to comply.

Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development Michael Madanha revealed this in the National Assembly during a questions without notice session on Wednesday.

Legislators had raised concern with the deadline saying there was need to extend it.

“We all know that we are all expected to licence our vehicles, but some of them have gone for at least two years without licensing,” said Deputy Minister Madanha.

“We are aware of the challenges that our people are facing, so our ministry has extended the deadline up to October 31, 2015.

“If people fail to licence during this period then we will not allow those vehicles on the road.”

He said at the moment, they were guided by the October 31, 2015 deadline, so they would not pronounce prospects of further extension.

Once a car is de-registered, it would be removed from the Central Vehicle Registry data base and the owner will be required to acquire a new certificate of fitness from the Vehicle Inspectorate Department as the first step towards re-registration. The vehicle also has to be cleared by the Police Vehicle Theft Squad after which the owner will pay $160 re-registration. Motor cycles and trailers will pay $140 re-registration fee.

After completing that process, vehicle owners will be asked to pay their outstanding licence fees before re-registration is effected.

In terms of the Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act, driving a de-registered vehicle is an offence that can attract a three-month jail term or fine and in some cases both.

There are claims that Government is losing millions of dollars to motorists driving unlicensed vehicles.

Meanwhile, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere told Parliament that MDC-T councillors were clandestinely selling land to cooperatives and pocketing the money.

Minister Kasukuwere said MDC-T councillors had set up a parallel office in Harare where they allocated land to cooperatives and pocketing the money.

“We have a serious problem of corruption being instigated by MDC-T councillors. If you want, I will bring the names next week for you to see,” said Minister Kasukuwere. “The problem we have is that urban councillors are more interested in satisfying their selfish interests than service delivery. But we want to address these things so that our people are not fleeced.”

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