A mushikashika driver who was filmed driving an overloaded vehicle with passengers on the roof has been fined US$600 by the Mutare Magistrates’ Court.
Knowledge Muvhevhe, 32, of Reesai Village under Chief Zimunya, was found guilty on all three counts when he appeared before Mutare provincial magistrate Anne Ndiraya on Tuesday.
Failure to pay the US$600 fine will see Muvhevhe spend two months and 20 days in prison.
Muvhevhe was found guilty of contravening the Road Motor Transportation Act, Chapter 13:15, for operating a motor vehicle to carry passengers for reward without an operator’s licence.
He was also found guilty of contravening the Roads and Road Traffic (Rules of the Road) Regulations of 1974, which prohibit any person from riding on the wings, fenders, luggage racks, roof, running board, towing bar, bumpers or bonnet of a motor vehicle.
The third count related to touting for passengers under the Road Motor Transportation Act.
For the first count, he was ordered to pay US$150 or spend 20 days in prison, and for the second count, US$150 or 30 days in prison.
For the third count, he was ordered to pay US$300 or spend 30 days in prison.
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