ZRP collects $59 million from spot fines

NewsDay reports that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) collects about $59 million a year from spot fines.

Addressing members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the 2017 National Budget on the retention of fees by various departments under his ministry, including the police, Registrar-General’s Office, Immigration and other departments, Home Affairs permanent secretary, Melusi Matshiya,  insisted spot fines were never abused.

He also revealed that the government failed to pay 527 new police recruits in 2016, resulting in his ministry paying them from the ZRP coffers. In 2014, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority revealed that the police collect between $3 million and $7 million monthly in spot fines, something the police denied.