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Woman dies while boarding kombi

2013 April 29 | 2991 Views

A woman from Dombodema in Bulilima District recently collapsed and died while boarding a kombi in Plumtree town.A witness who identified the woman as Gladys Moyo of Tjompani Village said she arrived at the terminus carrying groceries and as she was boarding the kombi, she fell to the ground and died...

by Staff reporter

Unlicenced kombi driver mows blind woman

2013 April 19 | 2281 Views

A 36-YEAR-OLD visually impaired Mutare woman died on admission at Mutare Provincial Hospital after being knocked down by an unlicenced commuter omnibus driver last Thursday.Assistant Manicaland provincial spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Luxson Chananda, confirmed the accident, which happened at ar...

by Staff Reporter

Kombi crews kidnap, injure six police officers

2013 April 17 | 3272 Views

AT least six police officers were injured after being kidnapped and attacked during running battles with commuter omnibus crews in the last three months in Harare. According to police statistics, the incidents occurred between February this year and last Thursday while the officers were on duty.Acti...

by Staff Reporter

Woman struck and killed by a kombi

2013 April 10 | 4050 Views

A woman was struck and killed by a commuter omnibus at Harare's Copacabana bus terminus this Wednesday morning.According to witnesses, the driver of the commuter omnibus was fleeing from police when he hit the woman who died on the spot.The eye witnesses said, the woman was trying to disembark from ...

by Staff reporter

Cobra snake slithers from a kombi, charged at passengers

2013 April 07 | 7099 Views

There was chaos in Harare near Copa Cabana along Chinhoyi Street after a snake from a commuter omnibus charged at passengers.In a bizarre incident took place when a ferocious brown cobra fearfully forced its way off a Warren Park bound Toyota Hiace with registration number ABZ 4966 only to start cha...

by Staff reporter

Kombi crew kidnaps, assaults police officer

2013 March 28 | 4463 Views

A GROUP of commuter omnibus drivers and touts from Bulawayo allegedly kidnapped and assaulted a policeman as the blitz on kombis launched by the police and the city council bite.The incident happened on Monday.The policeman was reportedly found dumped with serious injuries in Gwabalanda suburb follo...

by Staff Reporter

Seven people run over by out-of-control kombi

2013 March 27 | 4519 Views

One person died and six others were injured after they were run over by a commuter omnibus at Copacabana Bus Terminus in Harare on Wednesday.The accused has been identified as conductor Thomas Madera who resides at 5 Bradfield Road in Waterfalls and is employed at 7721 Samora Machel Avenue, Belveder...

by Staff Reporter

Kombi, Haulage Truck accident victims named

2013 February 26 | 3204 Views

Police have released the names of people who died in the accident involving four vehicles at the intersection of Airport and Dieppe Roads on Monday afternoon. The haulage truck heading towards the east hit a land cruiser, a commuter omnibus before landing on top of another commuter omnibus.Seven peo...

by Staff Reporter

'I can afford US$60 for the four kids' kombi driver tells court

2013 February 26 | 2417 Views

HARARE - A kombi driver on Tuesday told the Harare Civil Courts that he could not afford to pay US$600 for the upkeep of his four children and their mother because he had to share his paltry pay with nine other children and five more wives. JonathanMusekiwa was speaking after being brought to court ...

by Staff Reporter

Six people die in haulage truck, kombi accident

2013 February 25 | 5971 Views

Six people have been killed in a traffic accident in Harare this afternoon. Two kombis collided and then a haulage truck ran over them.The crash occurred on the corner of Glen Nara and Airport Road, Three Men On a Boat reported.According to Larry Kwirirayi "several people were injured some of them s...

by Moyo Roy

Kombi driver gets 12 months in jail

2013 February 06 | 3334 Views

A KOMBI driver who ran over a pedestrian while fleeing arrest will spend 12 months in jail. 42-year-old Albert Mawire ran over and seriously injured an elderly woman while fleeing from the police. Hararemagistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe convicted Mawire of negligent driving on his own plea of guilty. Mr Ma...

by Staff Reporter

Kombi driver jailed two years

2013 January 19 | 2895 Views

A Gweru commuter omnibus driver, who recently caused a stir in the central business district when he was involved in a high speed chase with the police while one of the officers clung for dear life on the kombi door, has been sentenced to two years in prison.John Chamatwa (23), of Mkoba Village 5, w...

by Midlands Correspondent

Kombi crew nabbed for trying to bribe senior cop with $2

2013 January 04 | 3584 Views

A Harare commuter omnibus crew has been arrested on allegations of attempting to bribe a senior police officer with US$2 at a roadblock along Chiremba Road. The crew, Noah Nyamukubva and NomiyaChivaka, were arrested last Saturday after they were stopped at a roadblock near the intersection of Alexan...

by Staff Reporter