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1 dead, another critically injured in headlights row
A 35-year-old-man from Silobela shot patrons at Dam Site Bottle Store at Insukamini Business Centre after an argument, leaving one dead and another critically injured. The incident occurred on...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1003 | by Staff reporter
How to start your own profitable trucking business
Today, it is a good idea to start your own trucking business. E-commerce, hauling, and businesses with online deliveries are a billion dollar industry. Through the years, we have witnessed their growt...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 00:24hrs | 23436 | by Staff Writer
Mwonzora removed from remand
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has been removed from remand after he was arrested for failing to turn up for trial in a case of negligent driving.He is facing charges of negligent driv...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 15:12hrs | 2499 | by Staff reporter
Drama as apostolic sect members seize injured driver from hospital
There was drama at Marondera Provincial Hospital on Monday when Johane Marange apostolic sect members besieged the hospital and seized their member who was admitted at the institution following an acc...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Greyhound bus burns. . .34 passengers, crew escape unharmed
THIRTY-FOUR people cheated death yesterday morning when a Greyhound cross-border (double decker) bus they were travelling in caught fire at the 35km peg along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road. The...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
19 injured in Luveve Road pile-up
NINETEEN people were injured in a three- vehicle pile-up accident near Entumbane Shopping Complex in Bulawayo yesterday. The pile-up occurred when a Toyota Quantum headed towards Luveve suburb...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:08hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
58 people killed over Independence and Easter holidays
FIFTY-EIGHT people were killed, while 397 others were injured countrywide in 674 road accidents that were recorded during this year's Independence and Easter holidays. The statistics were reco...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:04hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Greyhound bus burnt to a shell
A total of 34 people cheated death when a Greyhound cross-border bus travelling from South Africa to Zimbabwe was burnt to a shell about 35 km along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road on Monday Morning....Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 09:10hrs | 14188 | by Methusi Ncube
Easter Holiday accidents kill 24
The death toll of people who died during the Easter Holiday rose to 24 on Sunday night after 11 people perished on the spot in a fatal head-on collision at the 118km peg along Harare-Mutare highway in...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
11 dead in kombi, Honda fit head-on accident
Eleven (11) people are feared dead following an accident involving a commuter omnibus and a Honda fit near Headlands this morning.The tragedy once again hit the Apostolic Christian community a...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:22hrs | 3500 | by Staff reporter
Brooklyn bus inferno survivor wants compensation
A MBERENGWA woman who survived the Brooklyn bus inferno, which claimed over 30 lives over six months ago, is bitter after the bus operator dumped her following the tragedy which left her disabled....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Independence Day accidents claim 6
Road traffic accidents during this year's Independence Day holiday increased from 69 recorded in 2018 to 96 which, however, claimed six lives, half that from last year, according to statistics release...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:48hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Lupane East MP's burial unites Zanu-PF, MDC
THE Lupane East Member of Parliament and liberation war heroine Sithembile Gumbo was yesterday buried at the Matabeleland North Provincial Heroes' Acre at Lupane Centre.Gumbo (56), died on Mon...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 5737 | by Staff reporter
Dutch coach linked with Dembare
PIETER DE JONGH, a Dutch mentor who has coached the Swaziland national team and AFC Leopards of Kenya is angling for the Dynamos job as speculation over Lloyd "MaBlanyo" Chigowe's future at the stutte...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Holiday accidents kill 16
At least 16 people died in road traffic accidents since Independence Day, while 96 were left injured, police have said.A total of 192 road accidents occurred on Independence Day and Good Frida...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
4 killed as truck plunges into river
FOUR people died on the spot while eight others were seriously injured after a truck they were travelling in plunged into a river in Nyanga yesterday night.The truck, a Nissan UD (AES 4280), w...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
6 die in separate bus accidents
AT least six people died in two separate bus accidents which occurred in Makuti and Rutenga between Wednesday and yesterday afternoon.The Makuti accident involved a Zanbia-bound Trip Trans bus...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:33hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will find Chamisa's Zimbabwe bird remark quite offensive
SOME people make it impossible for anyone to misquote them or exaggerate about them.Just when you thought politicians across the divide would tone down on rhetoric in the spirit of Independenc...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | 980 | by Conway Tutani
10 Zimbabweans killed in head-on collision in South Africa
Ten people have been killed in a head-on collision on the N1 in Limpopo, while another is in a critical condition in a Modimolle hospital.Limpopo Department of Transport spokesperson Matome Ta...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:24hrs | 7380 | by Staff reporter
'Drop sanctions' said Washington experts - burning tyres producing lots of obnoxious smoke but little heat and no light
"Experts in Washington, discussing whether or not Zimbabwe is a source of shame or opportunity for Africa, were unanimous in their position that targeted sanctions were hurtful to the country, and mus...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:44hrs | 677 | by Nomusa Garikai
VID moving in right direction
THE recent move by the ministry of Transport to launch an electronic learners' driver's licence testing process is commendable.As part of the ministry's fight against corruption, prospective d...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
11 Wedza accident victims named
POLICE have identified 11 of the 13 victims who died at Mugodhi Apostolic Shrine in a road traffic accident which occurred at the 25 kilometre peg along the Wedza-Mutiweshire road on Monday.Pr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sees end to commuter woes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 39 of 300 buses Government has secured as part of measures to address the plight of commuters that are being ripped off by unscrupulous private operators. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2085 | by Staff reporter
Police deploy for holiday
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)has deployed officers on all the country's major roads and residential areas to ensure that Independence Day and the Easter holidays are accident and crime-free. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Boy (13) missing after running away from home
POLICE in Bulawayo are looking for a 13-year-old boy from Nkulumane suburb who is suspected to have run away from home last month leaving his family traumatised.Qiniso Ndiweni, a pupil at Mand...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:06hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares Wedza accident state of disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed the government to declare Monday's accident that claimed 13 lives in Wedza a state of disaster and pave way for the availing of government assistance....Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 13:53hrs | 4416 | by Staff reporter
14 Christians die in Hwedza
A truck driver lost control of his vehicle on Monday at Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church headquarters at Hwedza and hit several congregants who gathered to celebrate #EasterFourteen people have ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 12:01hrs | 3053 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF MP dies, triggers by-election
Lupane East MP Sithembile Gumbo (Zanu-PF) has died.Gumbo died on Monday night after nearly a week at the United Bulawayo Hospitals where she was treated for injuries suffered in a car accident...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 10:13hrs | 7510 | by ZimLive
Strive Masiyiwa's court papers rejected on a technicality
The South African High Court has not accepted an application presented by Douglas Mboweni on a technicality arguing that the respondent was the CEO of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, and was not in a capaci...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3352 | by Staff reporter
4 banana farmers die in accident
FOUR banana farmers died on the spot in Nyanga on Sunday morning when a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into Nyamahwani River.The farmers were on their way to sell their produce in Nya...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:53hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
VID introduces electronic learners' licence testing
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday launched the electronic learner's licence testing system (ELLT), which is aimed at reducing corruption in awarding of licences by the Vehicle Inspection...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
14 die at apostolic sect shrine
FOURTEEN members of the Mugodhi Apostolic Sect died, while several others were injured after a lorry loaded with bags of maize veered off the road and ploughed into worshippers at a roadside shrine in...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Hospital wards shared with corpses
Authorities at Chegutu District Hospital are under fire for neglecting the institution's mortuary which has been dysfunctional for more than six months.Patients and their relatives have also a...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 18:25hrs | 2705 | by Staff reporter
10 feared dead in shrine accident
More than 10 people are feared dead after a lorry transporting maize plunged into a group of congregants at a Mugodhi Apostolic Church shrine in Machitope, Hwedza this Monday morning. The memb...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 13:14hrs | 5026 | by Staff reporter
Kombi passenger loses lawsuit against Potraz
A BULAWAYO man has lost a $40 000 lawsuit against the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) which he was suing after sustaining injuries when a kombi he was travellin...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Mutinhiri nominated for MDC vice presidency
THE Mashonaland East Province of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC on Friday nominated Tracy Mutinhiri to run for vice president at the May congress.Mutinhiri was expelled from Zanu-PF in 2011 ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | 3606 | by Staff reporter
Traffic council threatens to deregister driving schools
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has threatened to deregister driving schools that do not meet stipulated standards. In a telephone interview, TSCZ communications manager Mr Taten...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:11hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Councillor's son hit by 2 cars, dies
A NORTON councillor lost his 21-year-old son who was hit by two cars in a nasty accident. Elton Zinyemba, son to Norton Town Councillor Albert Zinyemba, is said to have been abusing drugs the ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:46hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
Another Gatsheni bus crashes
THREE people were injured while 18 others escaped unhurt when a wheel came off a Plumtree-bound bus while it was in motion, police confirmed. The second accident involving a Gatsheni Express bus withi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Gweru crash victims named, death toll rises to 11
The death toll in the kombi and bus crash that occurred about 25 kilometres outside Gweru on Wednesday evening has risen to 11 after one more person died at Gweru Provincial Hospital yesterday. ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:37hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
3 injured in freak bus accident in Plumtree
A PLUMTREE-BOUND Gatsheni Express bus veered off the road on Tuesday and plunged into a dry riverbed after missing a narrow bridge in Bulilima district, Matabeleland North province.Three of th...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
10 dead in bus, kombi collision
Ten people were killed while several others were injured when a Kwekwe-bound kombi collided head on with a bus about 20km outside Gweru along the Gweru-Kwekwe road last night. When the news crew arriv...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
PICTURE: 3 car collision, scores injured
Scores of people were injured in a three-car collision involving two kombis and a Nissan X-Trail along Khami Road in Mpopoma, Bulawayo, yesterday. (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:10hrs | 1670 | by Picture by Eliah Saushom
Highlanders fan dies, 5 others injured in car crash
A HIGHLANDERS Football Club supporter coming from watching the Bosso and Caps United match at Barbourfields Stadium died on the spot while five other people were injured after the vehicles they were t...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:26hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Killer Campfire ranger granted $100 bail
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire), who allegedly accidentally killed a 62-year-old Jambezi woman as he tried t...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-bound bus falls off narrow bridge in Nkayi, 13 injured
Thirteen people were injured when a bus fell off a narrow bridge in the Nesigwe area of Nkayi, Matabeleland North.The accident happened early Sunday as the bus, owned by Ntubeni Bus Services, ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:23hrs | 12930 | by ZimLive
Major shake-up looms at NSSA
A major shake-up is expected at the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) after a recent audit unearthed shocking corporate governance irregularities, it has been learnt.Public Service, La...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Police clash with vendors, kombi drivers
RIOT police and municipality police officers are fighting running battles with vendors and kombi drivers who are resisting vacating Harare's central business district (CBD).A survey conducted ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Ranger in court for shooting villager
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) has been taken to court for accidentally shooting a 62-year-old Jambezi woma...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to enforce speed limits
The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) yesterday urged the Transport ministry to enforce the law which restricts public transport to a maximum speed of 80km per hour to reduce road accidents....Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
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