Perpetua Murungweni
A teacher from Gutu has been fined US $600 for operating a mushikashika without an operator’s license.
Doubt Magara, a teacher at Majada High School in Gutu appeared before Masvingo Magistrate Rutendo Jakati on September 12, 2023 to answer to charges of running a public transport business without an operating license.
It is state’s cases as presented by Prosecutor Isabel Pambuka that on August 7, 2023 Magara was arrested driving a Nissan Caravan commuter omnibus which is a public service vehicle, venturing into transport business without a valid operator’s license.
In a related case, on the same day another woman Linia Mashora was arrested at a loading bay adjacent to Glow service station in Masvingo CBD for venturing into transport business without a valid operator’s license.
She was also fined US$600 to be paid by September 29 or she faces a four month jail term for driving a Toyota Hiace which is a public service vehicle without an operator’s license.
Both vehicles were impounded to Masvingo Vehicle Examination Department (VED).
