Chronicle EditorTendai Gukutikwa Mutare Bureau
A member of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) was barred from driving all classes of vehicles by a Mutare court after he was convicted of negligently causing a road accident in the city. Norman Mapisa (24), who is stationed at Ntabazinduna Prison in Bulawayo, was convicted on his own guilty plea when he appeared before Mutare magistrate, Ms Perseverance Makala last week.
Mapisa was barred from driving all classes of motor vehicles for the next six months. He was also ordered to pay $300 fine or risk 40 days imprisonment. The fine is to have been paid by September 30.
Mapisa was being charged with contravening Section 6 (1) (a) as read with Section 6 (b) and Section 52 (2) of the Road Traffic Act, Chapter 13, 11 otherwise known as driving without a driver’s licence and negligent driving respectively.
Mr Brighton Shamuyarira prosecuted.
The State heard that on September 4 and at around 2pm, Mapisa was driving a Toyota Porte vehicle, Registration Number AED3208 without a valid Zimbabwean drivers licence when he was involved in an accident at Megawatt House along Robert Mugabe Road.
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