ZUPCO has hiked its fare by 100% Newsday reports. Commuters in Gweru who were paying $2 per trip will now pay $4 for the same trip while commuters who were paying $4 to board ZUPCO omnibuses will now pay $8.
Gweru commuters that spoke to the publication lamented the passenger company’s lack of communication on the fare hike as they said they only got to know about the fare hike while boarding the buses to go to work:
I only learnt of the increase this morning (yesterday) when I was about to board a kombi – Constance Mariko
Honestly, there was need for Zupco officials to make use of formal communication channels to announce bus fare hikes. We cannot have a situation where we just wake up to social media messages that fares have been increased only to learn that it’s actually the reality. Zupco should communicate in time when it intends to hike fares so that as commuters we are not caught unaware- James Chiseko
Efforts to get a comment from ZUPCO by the publication failed. However social media was awash with reports that in various parts of the country ZUPCO fares had doubled. ZUPCO last increased their fares in March 2020.
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It’s not ZUPCO to blame, it’s actually the gvt because they are the owners of ZUPCO. The Minister of Information is the one who should have come on telly to announce the hike, like she always do on matters “of importance.”