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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86363, member: 27"]
A fare spike from one dollar to two bucks across Harare is getting pinned on touts who shake down drivers at every turn.

The shakedown economy at Kombi ranks
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[*]Rank bosses are pulling in over three hundred thousand dollars weekly.
[*]Operators fork over two dollars daily to the council officially.
[*]Touts grab three bucks per trip when the fare sits at one dollar.
[*]Fares rising to one fifty mean shakedowns jump to six bucks.
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Transport groups calling for backup
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[*]Ngoni Katsvairo from GHACO wants mandatory membership for all drivers.
[*]Katsvairo says his group fines operators, but touts run the show.
[*]Frederick Maguramhinga leads ZUDCO and blames rank marshals for price fixing.
[*]Maguramhinga offered to team up with cops to nail the perpetrators.
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Law enforcement is making things worse
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[*]Ruwa fares jumped from one dollar to one fifty lately.
[*]Cops seizing vehicles creates shortages that spike prices even higher.
[*]Certain officers allegedly have kombis that keep rolling during crackdowns.
[*]Drivers pay bribes to officers just to avoid constant harassment.
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What authorities are saying about it
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[*]Commissioner Paul Nyathi told associations to snitch on dirty cops.
[*]Nyathi acknowledged that certain officers drop the ball on standards.
[*]Stanley Gama from the city rejected claims that marshals control terminuses.
[*]Gama wants operators to stop paying barons and file police reports.
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