adminSamantha Chipoyera Herald Reporter
Prospective drivers should not pay to get driver’s licences, as the habit is fuelling road carnage, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has said.
Addressing members of the Junior Chamber International Zimbabwe (JCI Zimbabwe) in Harare last week, TSCZ communications manager Mr Tatenda Chinoda said the council was concerned about how drivers were trained, as it appeared most of them were bribing officials to get licences. A survey conducted by TSCZ, he said, discovered that one of the major causes of car crashes was driver incompetence.
“The road has become the greatest killer of our times and we urge the people to act against butchering people on the roads due to recklessness,” said Mr Chinoda.
He encouraged young people to obtain clean driver’s licences.
“As TSCZ, we are offering oral lessons so that our drivers are well-equipped with the Highway Code and we will make sure that we will see them to the VID so that we breed good drivers,” said Mr Chinoda.
Speaking at the same event, Harare mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni pledged to partner with JCI Zimbabwe in an endeavour to make Harare a world class city by 2025.
“The City of Harare does need a group of young, active citizens,” he said. “The city council cannot realise the dream of making Harare a world class city by 2025 alone and it needs a group of active young citizens.’’
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