Malawi’s Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Dr Ben Malunga Phiri, has issued a stark warning over the dangers of the country’s motorcycle taxi industry, urging kabaza operators to take a leaf out of Rwanda’s book, where strict government regulations have forced riders to adhere to strict safety and order standards. Dr Phiri delivered […]
Malawi’s long-running Kabaza crisis has exploded into fresh confrontation, with police, councils and Kabaza associations rolling out tough new enforcement measures — and riders responding with roadblocks, protests and fury. The latest clashes unfolded in Limbe, Blantyre, where Kabaza operators blocked roads during a joint operation by police and the Malawi Coalition of Kabaza Associations […]
Lilongwe Police have revealed the shocking scale of a deadly crime wave targeting motorcycle taxi operators, confirming that seven riders were murdered by criminals across the district in just the past week alone — with three bodies still lying unidentified in a hospital mortuary. The chilling revelation has sent shockwaves through the city’s Kabaza motorcycle […]
Government says it is removing duty on motorcycles in a bid to promote the motorcycle taxi popularly known as ‘Kabaza’ business in the country. Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu made the announcement in parliament yesterday. Mlusu said that government has made the decision looking at how important the motorcycle business is in Malawi. He however […]
Government says it is rolling out a program to train motorcycle taxi operators popularly known as Kabaza following a boom in accidents. Homeland Security Minister Richard Chimwendo Banda has told Parliament today that government will train the kabaza operators certify them both at district and traditional authority levels. The Minister said the development follows a […]
Mangochi Police traffic section has embarked on an intensive traffic check operation on motorcycles as one way of reducing road accidents in the year 2021. So far, the operation has resulted in 10 motorcycles being impounded for road traffic offences. In an interview Mangochi Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Amina Tepani Daudi, said police on […]
Malawi Police Service in Lilongwe have engaged motorcycle (kabaza) taxi owners and their workers in Chigwirizano Township to find a lasting solution to a string of attacks targeting operators. This follows an incident a week ago in which an operator, Thokozani Kambalame, was killed and robbed of his bike by thugs. Speaking in Chigwirizano Township on […]
Chitipa West Member of Parliament Welani Chilenga has claimed that chairperson of Kabaza operators, 28- year-old Thokozani Kambalame, who led a to Zodiak Broadcasting Station in Lilongwe recently demanding fairness from government, was murdered by some Malawi Congress Party (MCP) cadres. Kambalame led recent protests by the Kabaza operators against what they called newly introduced […]
Malawi Police Service in Lilongwe have impounded 35 unregistered motorcycles in what the law enforcers say is a move to promote road safety and reduce accidents. Lilongwe police deputy spokesperson Foster Benjamin said the exercise was carried out in the city particularly in Area 3, Area 2 and along Likuni road. “The motorcycle taxi-operators were […]
There’s a new economic force worth reckoning at Mponela, one of the fast-growing trading centres in Dowa along Malawi’s lifeline-the M1 Road. When you are at the trading centre, it does not require an inquisitive mind to notice the force – it glares at you in three names of bicycle taxi (Kabaza or Bandu) […]
Officials of the Kasungu town council say bicycle taxi operators have damaged K13.5 million worth of property in violent protests following reintroduction of K1, 000 monthly fees. Council chief executive Grace Chirwa said the council has scaled down its operations and services because of damage to the property. “It will take time for the operations […]
Malawi Police in central region tobacco growing district of Kasungu have arrested 16 bicycle taxi operators known as Kabaza for a violent protest over the town council decision to impose a K1,000 monthly fee. Kasungu police spokesperson Harry Namwaza said the 16 Kabaza operators have already been charged with theft and inciting violence. “The number […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Nicholas Dausi, and MP for Mangochi Central, Dr. Clement Chiwaya, have appealed to Mangochi Town Council to put on hold the impending ban on Kabaza operations in Mangochi town. The two made the appeal on Thursday at Mangochi Stadium where President Prof. Peter Mutharika officially commissioned the One Stop […]
The tax collector, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has appealed to motorbike importers and operators in the country to make sure that import duty for their motorcycles have been rightly paid. This follows a recent operation by MRA in Lilongwe that saw the seizure of 43 motorcycles due to non-payment of duty. MRA’s website says the […]
The story of a one-legged bicycle taxi operator in Luchenza, Thyolo that appeared in Nyasa Times captured the imagination of former Member of Parliament Felix Njawala, who has mobilised sympathisers to raise funds to buy a motorcycle for the self-sustaining businessman with disability. A story by Malawi News Agency also published in the local newspaper […]
Malawi Police in Neno have intensified impounding motorcycles that are unregistered as one way of reducing accidents and other traffic offences during the festive period. Neno Police Public Relations Officer, Raphael Kaliati said they have launched the campaign as a response to the increase of reports in hit-and-run accidents involving unregistered motorcycles. According to Kaliati, […]
Charles George, 27, is a unique figure and the centre of attraction at Luchenza Town in Thyolo district. The young man from Kasiya Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chigaru in Blantyre plies his trade as a bicycle taxi operator commonly known as Kabaza at Luchenza. What makes him unique is that he carries out his business […]
Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) has embarked on an awareness campaign to inform motorbike taxi operators – known as Kabaza – in the northern region to ensure they acquire the Directorate’s valid documents. The campaign follows frequent fatal accidents on the country’s roads, which commentators have attributed to operators without valid road […]