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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 57521, member: 636"]
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart criticized government decisions to reduce parking charges from one dollar to fifty cents per hour. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced the cuts as part of broader business cost reduction strategies. The government also decreased vehicle number plate prices from five hundred dollars to fifty dollars. Clamping penalties and towing fees received similar reductions across all local authorities. Coltart argued these changes would harm urban council revenues while benefiting central government finances.

Tendy Three Investments manages Bulawayo's city center parking under a controversial 2020 agreement. The private company retains seventy percent of collected fees while the council receives thirty percent. Between January and May last year, TTI transferred over 1.5 million dollars to municipal authorities. The contract continues until December 2027 with potential four-year extension options. Residents celebrated the fee reductions after years of complaints about excessive charges.

Citizens questioned the fairness of arrangements favoring private entities over public interests. Many motorists had avoided central business districts due to high parking costs.
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