Zinara starts de-registering unlicensed vehicles

Zim Now Writer

The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration, the country's roads authority, has started the de-registration of vehicles that have remained unlicensed for more than two years.

This follows the release last month of a statement by Zinara, advising vehicle owners to renew their licences or risk deregistration of their cars once the de-registration notice has been gazetted.

A de-registered vehicle legally becomes valueless as the owner cannot sell it.

It is estimated that up to 800 000 vehicles are not up to date with licencing and those with arrears of two years and beyond will be removed from the list of legally licenced vehicles.

Zinara public relations manager Tendai Mugabe yesterday said the de-registration process was now in progress and they were waiting for the gazetting of the list of vehicles that will be de-registered.

“As you noted, Zinara and CVR (Central Vehicle Registry) issued a public notice informing the public on the intention,” Mugabe said.

“The second stage will see gazetting of the list of vehicles as required by law. The gazette will give motorists 30 days to regularise, failure of which a vehicle will be de-registered. Exempted vehicles are deemed licenced by law, so they will not be on the deregistration list,” said Mugabe.

The owner of the vehicle has to pay outstanding arrears and penalties, including insurance, and get clearance from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority that the vehicle was legally imported into the country for it to be re-registered.

The vehicle will also need clearance from the Vehicle Theft Squad and the Vehicle Inspection Department before it can be driven on the country’s roads.

Zinara said last month that the exercise will give government an updated record of licenced vehicles.

The roads authority said the move was in line with provisions of the law as the Vehicle Registration and Licencing Act empowers the registrar to cancel licences for vehicles with outstanding fees exceeding two years.

“The Central Vehicle Registry and Zimbabwe National Roads Administration issued a joint statement and would like to inform the motoring public that all vehicles that have not been licenced for a period of two years or more will be automatically de-registered from the Central Vehicle Registry database,” Zinara said.

“To avoid de-registration of your vehicles, we appeal to our valued motoring public to comply by ensuring that their vehicles are properly licenced.”

As of last year, the number of registered vehicles in Zimbabwe stood at 1,5 million, with the largest concentration in Harare.

However, there has been a mismatch between the number of vehicles and those paying licence fees.

Some of the unlicensed vehicles are non-runners that have not been on the road for ages but their registration has never been cancelled.

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