Tepp Motoring Driving school

26/04/2026

Why we resist change? By Daimon Phiri.

“A nation’s statues do not merely decorate its squares – they declare its story.

Tear one down, and you force a conversation; put one up, and you cement a legacy.”

The licence before the car – why waiting is myopic thinking

When should you start driving a car in Zimbabwe?

Legally, you can apply for a learner’s licence at 16 . But the bigger question is:

Should you wait until you own a car to get a driver’s licence?

Too many Zimbabweans think so.

“Why waste money on a licence when I don’t even have a car?” they ask.

That is myopic thinking.

Remember when cellphones first arrived in the 1990s? Most people resisted. “I don’t run a business,” they said.

“It’s for the rich. Who will I call?”

Two decades later, even a Grade 7 pupil has a phone. Farmers check maize prices on WhatsApp. Kombi touts do EcoCash. The tool created the need.

Driver’s licences work the same way.

1. A licence is opportunity, not just paperwork.

Employers often list “Class 4 driver’s licence” as a requirement – from NGOs to banks to mines.

If the job comes tomorrow and you only start lessons then, you’ve already lost.

With a licence, you can take a delivery gig, drive for inDrive, or help a relative during an emergency.

2. Skills don’t expire; desperation does.
Learning to drive while you’re young, focused, and not under pressure is easier.

Waiting until you urgently need to drive a sick parent to Parirenyatwa at 2am means learning under stress – and paying more for crash courses.

3. The economy rewards the ready.

Zimbabwe’s informal sector runs on mobility. Owning a car is expensive; access to a car is common.

Your cousin, churchmate, or employer might lend you one but only if you’re licensed and insured. No licence = no trust = no opportunity.

The pattern of resistance.

History shows we resist every new thing:
- Cellphones: “No business, no need.” Now they’re our wallets, libraries, and offices.

- EcoCash: “Cash is king.” Then the 2019 cash crisis hit.

- Solar: “ZESA will return.” Now every house has a panel.

Driving is next. Ride-hailing, logistics, and cross-border trade are growing.

Companies are outsourcing transport. If you’re not licensed, you’re invisible in that economy.

Bottom line:

Get the licence before you need the car.

Statues remind us that the story of a nation is written by those who act first. Don’t wait for history or traffic to overtake you.

26/04/2026

16/04/2026

PROVISIONAL LESSONS by Daimon Phiri.

Provisional lessons at TEPP DRIVING SCHOOL are $30 valid for one month.

Someone once asked me," Don't you do till you pass?"

"No!"

Everything in education has duration and time ,

Lesson Plans stick to time.

When crafting learning objectives they must be timeous.

If you say , till you pass , you can go to your rural home and come back to a driving school wanting those services of till you pass after 4 years or a year.

Driving schools will be full.

At TEPP DRIVING SCHOOL you get all the required paraphernalia for you to pass examinarion for provisional questions .

There are other driving scattered all over the country that offer provisional lessons with various prices that range from 10 dollars and above .

However, all that glitters is not gold.

We kindly referred a certain man from Cowdry Park , Bulawayo who wanted cheaper things, to a certain driving school which offered 10 dollars provisional lessons.

After going there and failing dismally several times , wasting his money he timidly came back.

If you go to a China shop , wanting a shoe for a dollar , you definitely get it.

It is not that there are no other shoes for more prices.

They are dancing to your tune . It is specifically made for you who want CHEAPER THINGS.

Other expensive shoes which have more durability are there .

These dollar shoes , are immediately torn when you wear them outside the shop.

You go back and purchase another one for a dollar , which will do the same .

It is like a mad man who went to fetch water from a container with holes .

He will spend the whole day filling it wondering why its not getting full .

You go back again , again and again. It becomes a vicious circle.

That man from Cowdry Park , Bulawayo , came to me with a child.

He wanted his child to be taught provisional lessons, he timidly suggested.

I said to him , " You can pay your 30 dollars for provisional lessons and 20 dollars to write, you will pay it later at VID."

" That's too much." he vehemently bellowed, " I thought you were going to say, 10 dollars provisional lessons and 20 dollars to write at VID."

" No problem if you want cheaper things . Go across the road there is a driving school , I kindly refer you , wish you the best and your child ".

After two months he came back.

This time with a tail behind his back.

In Shona , there is a saying which says, " Benzi riudze rodzoka" literally meaning , " Don't tell a tale to a mad-man when he is still coming to you . Tell him when he is now coming back to you for the second time"

If you tell him for the first time , he will be full of I know, wont listen.

In andragogy, adult they tell themselves that they know everything.

If a person is able to bear children , automatically thinks he/she knows everything.

At school , those who were number last in their classes , all grades, we have never met them in life telling their children and us that, " I am the one who was the tail at school ."

They argue that it was the teacher who was making mistakes by making them fail.

If marked by a computer, someone told me that a computer froze , making him fail.

He was frustrated. Really freezing? What a lie?

So imagine a father or mother telling his/her children that Zimsec or Cambridge examination were making mistakes by making him/ her fail but was intelligent.

In another incident, a child brought a school report to a father.

He was thoroughly beaten for failing.

The child later said , " Thats your school report which I found in an old truck which I wanted to show you."

Going back to the Cowdry park man story , he saw me and with a lopsided grin he said, " Do you still remember me? "

I looked at his face . Scrutinised it!

Shook my head .

" No, I don't remember you. Anyway , whats your story?"

Most people they want to be remembered always . Even if there is nothing to remember them for.

" This is my son . We went to a driving school , you refered us to .

" However, we paid that 10 dollars for provisional lessons .

" He went for examination and failed thrice dismally.

" We have come back to pay that 30 dollars and learn . Are you still at $30 ?"

" Yes, okay I now remember you," I said.

I taught the child.

He went to write .

He scored 100 percent.

The father was happy.

The story always remains the same , but with different characters.