Herald Reporter
Long queues have resurfaced at Zimpost offices and other vehicle licensing centres as motorists battle to license their cars for the last quarter. Long queues were witnessed at most Zimpost offices and Zinara offices in Harare yesterday. The last vehicle licensing quarter ended on September 30. This comes as the Zimbabwe

National Road Adminis­tration says it had agreed with selected banks to license vehicles to decongest the traditional licensing centres.
Zinara head of administra­tion and human resources Mr Precious Murove said they had agreed with CBZ, Metropolitan Bank and ZABG to license vehicles.

“We have opened agents in some banks such as CBZ, Met Bank and ZABG to decongest long and winding queues that characterised the last quarter.
“We have also introduced another vehicle to detect fake discs and we are looking at having 10 of these vehi­cles before the year ends,” he said.

Mr Murove said following the introduction of the computer licensing system Zinara licensed 415 994 vehi­cles out of an estimated 800 000 vehicle population in the country.

He said they suspected some vehicles were not being licensed because they entered the country illegally.
“However, we discovered that some vehicles come into the country through illegal means and do not have the necessary documentation.
“Other motorists have accumulated huge arrears that exceeded the value of their vehicles.

“We are saying to those who have huge arrears they should come to Zinara to make payment plans,” he said.
Mr Murove said during the last quarter, Zinara raked in US$1, 2 million in arrears and penalty fees.

He said the introduction of the computer system helped Zinara to keep a record of motorists licensing their vehicles.
Mr Murove said they could now use the record to do follow-ups on motorists to renew their licences.

He said Zinara gives its customers a 30-day grace period before they charge administration and penalty fees after the expiry of every vehicle licensing term.

Mr Murove said the grace period did not exempt motorists from paying fines at road blocks for failing to display valid discs.