{"id":44162,"date":"2021-07-26T19:02:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=44162"},"modified":"2021-07-26T18:08:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:08:38","slug":"pirate-kombis-taxis-police-launch-chishika-shika-chapera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pirate-kombis-taxis-police-launch-chishika-shika-chapera","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Kombis, Taxis: Police Launch Chishika-Shika Chapera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Police in Gweru has launched an operation code-named \u201cChishika-Shika Chapera\u201d targeting pirate taxis and kombis.<\/p>\n<p>Pirate taxi operators have been taking advantage of transport shortages of late due to Covid-19 lockdown regulations to ply several routes, including the banned inter-city travel.<\/p>\n<p>Monday morning, dozens of pirate taxis were impounded and Gweru Central Police Station had run out of space, with the police taking other impounded taxis and kombis to either Mtapa or Mkoba 1 police stations.<\/p>\n<p>Private-owned commuter omnibuses (kombis) were last year banned from the roads as a measure to curb the transmission of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders and members of thee public have been calling for the return of the kombis to ease transport shortages but the government is adamant that kombis will not return.<\/p>\n<p>The Local government ministry urged kombi owners to contract their vehicles to the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO).<\/p>\n<p>Some considered the suggestion while some refused saying the arrangement was unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Some have been operating illegally resulting in chases with the police.<\/p>\n<p><b>More: Pindula News; The Herald<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Police in Gweru has launched an operation code-named \u201cChishika-Shika Chapera\u201d targeting pirate taxis and kombis. Pirate taxi operators have been taking advantage of transport shortages of late due to Covid-19 lockdown regulations to ply several routes, including the banned inter-city travel. Monday morning, dozens of pirate taxis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,5666,19,1947],"class_list":{"0":"post-44162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-commuter-omnibus-kombi","14":"tag-zimbabwe","15":"tag-zimbabwe-republic-police-zrp"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pirate Kombis, Taxis: Police Launch Chishika-Shika Chapera - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Police in Gweru has launched an operation code-named \u201cChishika-Shika Chapera\u201d targeti ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pirate-kombis-taxis-police-launch-chishika-shika-chapera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pirate Kombis, Taxis: Police Launch Chishika-Shika Chapera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Police in Gweru has launched an operation code-named \u201cChishika-Shika Chapera\u201d targeti ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pirate-kombis-taxis-police-launch-chishika-shika-chapera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-26T17:02:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-26T16:08:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60feddee6a69b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"549\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pirate-kombis-taxis-police-launch-chishika-shika-chapera\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pirate-kombis-taxis-police-launch-chishika-shika-chapera\",\"name\":\"Pirate Kombis, Taxis: Police Launch Chishika-Shika Chapera - 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