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BCC suspends services again due to fuel shortages
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended ambulance, refuse collection, attendance to water and sewer faults due to fuel shortages. In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr C...Published: 6 hrs ago | 161 | by Staff reporter
Baron Dube's murder trial fails to resume
THE trial of gold dealer, Baron Dube, who allegedly shot and killed a member of a rival mining gang in Esigodini following a dispute, yesterday failed to resume after the accused person was not proper...Published: 6 hrs ago | 402 | by Staff reporter
Mine shaft collapses 2 feared dead
Two artisanal miners are feared dead after a mine shaft they were working in collapsed on Tuesday morning in Shamva.The accident occurred at Lumbo18 Zuze Syndicate Mine.National Police...Published: 23 hrs ago | 313 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages cripple service delivery
SERVICE delivery has ground to a halt in Masvingo city owing to acute fuel shortages, acting town clerk Edward Mukaratirwa has revealed.Responding to residents' queries over failure to collect...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Gee survives horrific accident
Popular cleric and singer Pastor Gee has shared pictures of his wrecked BMW vehicle telling fans that he survived a horrific accident that could have cost him his life. The Pastor said the acc...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 14:09hrs | 2036 | by Staff Reporter
Driver dies in truck and car head-on
A driver of a Honda CRV died following a head-on collision with a haulage truck after encroaching onto its lane in a failed attempt to turn right in front of the on- coming vehicle. Acting Mid...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:41hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Trail of destruction after rains in Matabeleland South
HEAVY rains which fell over the weekend left a trail of destruction in parts of Matabeleland South province, with some homesteads having their roofs blown away. Schoolchildren in some areas ha...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:40hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer kills three pedestrians
THREE pedestrians died on the spot, while one escaped with minor injuries after being knocked down by a car being driven by a Mount Darwin gold buyer on Saturday at the 157km peg along the Harare-Mkum...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:44hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Guruve bound kombi burns
A Guruve bound kombi went up in flames at Tsatse bridge near Concession on Saturday.The accident was due to mechanical fault.A witness Lloyd Kaseke said the kombi had binding brakes bu...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 16:28hrs | 803 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwean family hopes to be granted US asylum after long wait
The Dzawo family has built their life in Burlington since fleeing government persecution in Zimbabwe in 2012. On March 4, a judge will decide whether to grant or deny them asylum status.It's b...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:39hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods in Bulawayo, 2 Fire Brigade officers injured
TWO Bulawayo Fire Brigade officers were injured yesterday after a water tender they were travelling in was involved in an accident while rushing to a flash floods distress call in the city. Bu...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck crashes at border post
The driver of a Cross Country haulage truck sustained bruises after his vehicle developed a mechanical fault and crashed while ascending the steep curves at Forbes Border Post this morning.Pol...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:48hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Accident kills 4
Four people died on the spot while the driver of a Honda fit vehicle they were travelling in was seriously injured after they were involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck as he tried to o...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:32hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Cop smashes wife's phone in custody dispute
A double loss!A police officer who was fighting to be granted the custody of her two children lost the appeal and later on her former husband smashed her cellphone on the ground after she refu...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to recruit 900 nurses
The Health Services Board (HSB) intends to recruit 900 nurses to fully staff referral hospitals, board chairperson, Dr Paulinus Sikosana has said. Dr Sikosana said there were shortages of nurs...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:28hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Kombi runs over, kills 9-year-old
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy died after he was hit by a commuter omnibus while attempting to cross a street in Bulawayo. The incident happened on Monday at around 4PM at the intersection of 3rd A...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Speeding ZINWA car kills one,3 seriously injured
A speeding Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) Toyota hilux vehicle overturned at the 31 kilometer peg along Mazowe -Mvurwi and killed one pas...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 19:22hrs | 1216 | by Paul Ndou
2 die in accident
Two people died - one on the spot and the others upon arrival at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital - when a haulage truck hit a pothole, veered off the road and ploughed into pedestrians at the 255km peg a...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Residents call for ban of donkeys in city
GWERU residents have implored the local authority to come up with a by-law effectively banning the rearing of donkeys in the city following an upsurge in their numbers as they are used as draught powe...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:53hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: kombi falls off bridge in Bulawayo
Photos that are circulating on social media indicate that a Tshova Mbaiwa commuter Omnibus fell over the bridge in the early hours on Monday. The pictures show the damaged kombi lying on top o...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 16:02hrs | 4895 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police break silence on Wedza shooting incident
POLICE in Mashonaland East province have broken the silence on a shooting incident involving the officer-in-charge at Hwedza Police Station, who allegedly shot an imbiber at a local nightclub....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:43hrs | 1789 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Luv survives accident
Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Luv was involved in a road traffic accident over the weekend while on his way to a show in Kwekwe. His manager, Kudzanai Ruwizhi, otherwise known as Selekta Junk, co...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
1 killed in Inter Africa bus accident
ONE person died while 16 were injured after a Checheche bound Inter Africa bus was involved in an accident in Goromonzi yesterday.The accident happened at 27km peg along Harare-Marondera road....Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:38hrs | 2924 | by Staff reporter
Govt to upgrade Beitbridge hospital
THE government is considering upgrading the status of Beitbridge District Hospital to a superior institution, Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo said on Friday.Such an upgrade is envi...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:46hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Andby not dead
LEADER of Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic sect Madzibaba Andby Makaruru says he is back in the country after his recent tour of Southern Africa.He said he had been away touring the region p...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
'Plug holes in Zupco system'
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ), an association representing the commuting public, is not impressed with the goings-on at the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) and is demanding act...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:30hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe accident victims named
The death toll from the Kwekwe accident that occurred on Monday this week involving a Zupco bus, a Honda Fit and two kombis, has risen to nine. In a statement yesterday, national police spokes...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:12hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Journalist survives horrific crash
Freelance journalist Tarisai Mudahondo survived a fatal accident that claimed seven people outside Kwekwe on Monday.Mudahondo was among the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) passenger...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 12:05hrs | 2805 | by Simbarashe Sithole
State of hydrants in Byo worry Councillors
The state of fire hydrants in the city has worried Councillors who said they are not unusable.This is revealed in the latest council minutes that the Chamber Secretary Sikhangele Zhou submitte...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 13:36hrs | 502 | by Stephen Jakes
Unlicence driver who ran over four pedestrians killing one back in court
Honda fit driver who killed a pedestrian's bail hearing is set for today while he is still in custody.Neverson Siyapeya (37) who was driving a Honda Fit in January hit three pedestrians ...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 09:04hrs | 2007 | by Stephen Jakes
Zupco kombi kills 2 in Silobela
A ZIMBABWE Urban Passengers Company (Zupco) commuter omnibus yesterday overturned in Silobela and killed two people on the spot, while over a dozen were seriously injured.The injured and decea...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi crushes 3 pupils to death
In a tragic incident, two pupils died on the spot in Vumba, while the other died on the way to Mutare Provincial Hospital when a driver of a pirate taxi lost control of his vehicle, veered off the roa...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:49hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Culpable homicide driver fined $2,000
A BULAWAYO motorist has been fined $2 000 for causing the death of a minor and injuring his mother after he failed to control his motor vehicle. Musa Maphosa (56), whose residential address wa...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:47hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in Honda Fit and Falcon College bus head-on collision
ONE person is reported dead after a Falcon College bus was involved in a head-on collision with a Honda Fit vehicle along the Bulawayo-Gwanda road on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses said the driver of ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 13:17hrs | 3449 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 27 injured in another ZUPCO accident
Twenty-seven people were injured this afternoon when a Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) bus bound for Harare veered off the road and overturned near Beatrice, in Mashonaland East province....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 17:38hrs | 2618 | by Staff reporter
Excavator fatally crushes BCC employee
A BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) employee was last week crushed to death by an excavator while servicing stands at Selborne Park.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube c...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1710 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus, 2 kombis and a Honda Fit in fatal collision
SEVEN people died while 55 others were injured when a Zupco bus, two kombis and a Honda Fit were involved in an accident just outside Kwekwe yesterday afternoon. National police spokesperson A...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Bus hits cattle, 51 injured
FIFTY-one people were injured, some of them seriously, after a bus they were travelling in hit two cows, veered off the road and plunged into Shangani River in Nkayi North.The incident occurre...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 22:29hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus accident kills at least 10 people
ATLEAST 10 passengers are reported to have died on the spot Monday afternoon with more seriously injured after a speeding Harare bound ZUPCO bus rammed into three vehicles before veering off the road ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 20:03hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Friendly fire kills on-duty Zimbabwe cop
A POLICE officer was shot dead, allegedly mistakenly, by a colleague as a team of Bulawayo and Chivhu detectives swooped in on an armed robbery suspect in Chivhu, Mashonaland East province. Th...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Police officer in soup over WhatsApp leaks
A Harare police woman has been arrested for allegedly leaking classified information meant for her superiors to the public, through WhatsApp. Lorine Mugoronji now faces criminal charges, yet t...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop imitating Mugabe's style
Award winning author Petina Gappah, who is also a former advisor in the Office of the President and Cabinet, believes that President Emmerson Mnangagwa must step out of late president Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:55hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
Police officer fatally shot by colleague during arrest of robbery suspect
A police officer was accidentally shot and killed by a colleague while pursuing a robbery suspect on Saturday, an internal police memo reveals.The tragic officer, identified only as Detective ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:47hrs | 2085 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of creating criminal gangs
The military-backed government of President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has been accused of having created the menacing machete criminal gangs that are reportedly terrorizing people in the count...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:34hrs | 1621 | by Makho Precious Moyo
'Miner' trapped to death
One illegal miner was trapped to death this morning while prospecting for gold at Jumbo mine (Mazowe), Bulawayo24 news has learnt.The now deceased miner had illegally gained entry at the mine ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:39hrs | 786 | by Paul Ndou
2 gold miners saved in Zimbabwe rescue mission
Efforts are being made in Zimbabwe to bring trapped illegal miners to the surface, after a shaft collapsed at a gold mine killing at least two other miners.The BBC's Shingai Nyoka reports that...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:01hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jumps to death in SA
THE Zimbabwean community in northern Johannesburg suburb of Windsor East is reeling in shock following the untimely death of one of their own who 'accidentally' plunged down a two-storey block of flat...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 19:43hrs | 3152 | by Staff reporter
Can Zesa please restore power at Chinehasha in Mash. Central
A Zesa power pylon stands heavily tilted to the side in Mr Otsi's field near Chinehasha Primary School in Mash. Central. The heavy downpours loosened the soils causing the poles to come down, ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:19hrs | 164 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Pregnant couple perish in road accident
A horrific road accident claimed a pregnant couple on Saturday at the 4km peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba highway due to speeding.Jacob Sithole (33) died on the spot and his pregnant wife, Precious ...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 20:51hrs | 3619 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
We overdosed on Englishness
You can never be black and racist.It is impossible!In fact, it is nonsense!How is it even possible?Have you not seen how some people of colour servilely grovel whenever...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:09hrs | 210 | by Bishop Lazarus
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