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Another goods train derails
A goods train has derailed in Matetsi area in Hwange with no injuries reported so far as investigations continue on the exact cause of the derailment.National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) Spokes...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 19:33hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Train derails in Bulawayo
A train derailed near Cement Siding in Bulawayo on Saturday.A locomotive pulling another went off the railway tracks and under unclear circumstances, and they both overturned.The crew ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:50hrs | 2361 | by zimlive
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Smart Express owner speaks on juju use
STRONG talk doing rounds in the public sphere via social media claim that the recent spate of accidents involving Smart Express buses was a result of black magic or juju, which has now turned sour....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
It was hell, says bus inferno survivor
ONIAS Ndlovu, a survivor of the Thursday night bus inferno near West Nicholson, has described the scene as one of absolute devastation and shock. Onias Ndlovu shows his hands Since then, Ndlov...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:50hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge - Masvingo highway closed
THE highway between Beitbridge and Masvingo will be temporarily closed today to allow for repairs on the railway line following an accident likely to cost Beitbridge-Bulawayo Railway (BBR) millions of...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Accident victims to be buried after two weeks
THE identification of the Brooklyn bus accident victims will take two weeks with the Government calling on families of the victims to be patient as authorities go about the meticulous process of ident...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:39hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
'We saw fire consume fellow passengers'
A SOMBRE atmosphere fills the air as relatives and passers-by watch in disbelief at the charred remains of a bus which has somewhat been turned into a mass grave.The remains of people that hav...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:35hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs?
A petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Chief Vezi Maduna pleading with him to act on the marginalisation of Matabeleland and to set up a commission of inquiry into the Gukurahundi genocid...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 10:34hrs | 2614 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CIO confine Chief Maduna?
The District Intelligence Officer of Filabusi a Mr Mlotshwa allegedly summoned the all powerful Chief Vezi Maduna of Filabusi to his office on Thursday over the petition the ch...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 16:55hrs | 9671 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Official statement from Brooklyn Express on Gwanda bus disaster
Our heartfelt apologies go out to the relatives and families of the deceased whose lives were lost in an accident involving one of our Brooklyn express buses along the Bulawayo, Beitbridge highway. We...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:23hrs | 9067 | by Brooklyn Express
Human Rights Commission admits invisibility in Matebeleland
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has admitted that it has not done enough to publicise its work, with only three cases reported from Matebeleland South province in 2017.This emerged...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should start embracing agrobusiness as priority of turning around the economy
Agriculture have to be in the centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many ou...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:02hrs | 849 | by Enos Denhere
Derailed goods train still at crash site
The Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway Company (BBR) is still working on modalities to remove its crashed goods train and repair the damaged track at the rail-road crossing in the border town.It is D...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 11:12hrs | 2082 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans weary of protests
Mark Twain once said 'it is easier to fool people than convince them that they are being fooled' and that is exactly the process a section of Zimbabweans are going through as MDC leader Nelson Chamisa...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:00hrs | 1784 | by Caitlin Kamba
Ndebele Chiefs' letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa - Fulltext
From the Office of.... CHIEF VEZI MADUNA MAFU OF AVOCA FILABUSI COMMUNAL LANDS 9 October 2018 The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe His Excellency President E.D. Mnangagwa ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:46hrs | 5053 | by Chief Maduna, Chief Jahana and Chief Sibasa
Mnangagwa's tribal agenda exposed
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:35hrs | 7166 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna calls for special Gukurahundi commission
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:05hrs | 1319 | by cite.org.zw
'Allow community to benefit from diamonds'
MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has alleged looting of diamonds by previous miners at Chiadzwa diamond fields and challenged the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:05hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Train blocking Masvingo - Beitbridge road could take days to clear
Travellers taking the Masvingo highway from Beitbridge or heading into Beitbridge from Masvingo are facing a nightmare this morning after a train derailed and blocked the road.NRZ engineers ar...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:29hrs | 4472 | by ZimLive
Chaos at Beitbridge bonded warehouse
There was chaos in Beitbridge last week when drivers of vehicle carriers delivering imported vehicles into the country from South Africa refused to offload them at Malindi Transit Shed demanding to be...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:22hrs | 1277 | by STaff reporter
Train derails in Beitbridge
A goods train has derailed after hitting a truck on the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway and rail crossing.Traffic has been brought to a halt and cannot gain access into the border town using the r...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:18hrs | 1887 | by Staff reporter
VP Mohadi named in mysterious deaths and farm scandals?
Whistleblower Prisca Mutema has sensationally that Vice President Kembo Mohadi is involved in a series of scandals involving multiple farm grabbing and number of deaths.The expose come a...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:28hrs | 4707 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Is Zanu PF acting and delivering ???
The victory of ZANU PF is not only to benefit ZANU PF but it benefits the nation. ZANU PF is expected to be coming up with solutions and stop the rot in our economy. The government which was for...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:19hrs | 692 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Beitbridge woman dies in freak accident
A WOMAN died on the spot while a man was seriously injured when a small sand-laden old truck ploughed into hitch-hikers in a freak accident at Beitbridge on Thursday.The injured man was rushed...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:12hrs | 1549 | by Staff reporter
'Most accidents attributed to human error, speeding'
THE newly-refurbished Plumtree-Mutare Highway has become Zimbabwe's deadliest road, with Wednesday's Rusape bus disaster, which claimed 50 lives being one of the many fatalities along the road....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:09hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Tax rebate for job creators
GOVERNMENT is planning to introduce a tax rebate for companies that create additional jobs as part of broader fiscal policy measures aimed at stimulating the economy towards an upper middle-class stat...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:32hrs | 239 | by Staf reporter
Grand theft: How diamonds were looted in Marange
In June 2006, one of the world's largest alluvial diamond deposits was discovered at Marange in eastern Zimbabwe. Estimated to yield between US1 to 1.7 billion dollars per annum, the revenue from thes...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 13:59hrs | 3524 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans should shun MDC demonstrations
At a moment when the economy is facing temporary economic challenges, the opposition has decided to politicise the situation, blaming Government for failing to redress these challenges. It has...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 09:53hrs | 3534 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Thomas Mapfumo billed for 7 Zimbabwe towns and cities
UNITED States-based Chimurenga music icon, Dr Thomas 'Mukanya' Mapfumo, will next month return to Zimbabwe for a Peace Tour where he will encourage the country's citizens to put their differences asid...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:01hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a dictator, claims Chamisa
MDC president Nelson Chamisa, has rubbished accusations that he is a dictator, saying he is only out to protect his party from Zanu-PF's bid to overtake MDC party mayors.Chamisa recently axed ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 13:49hrs | 3718 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa head for showdown
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to proceed with his party's anti-government demonstrations despite threats of a ruthless crackdown from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.C...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 10980 | by Staff reporter
Husband 'killer' claims dead man stabbed self
A 27 YEAR-OLD Beitbridge woman who allegedly killed her 50-year-old husband by kicking him on his privates before finishing him off by stabbing him with a kitchen knife during a fight over money for r...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2189 | by Staff reporter
'Anti-Mnangagwa protests to be crushed'
Government has put in place security measures to deal with malcontents planning to disturb the peace prevailing in the country through illegal demonstrations, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minis...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 04:02hrs | 7676 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi ally invades conservancy
SOUTH Africa-based business mogul and farmer Erasmus Nare - a known Vice-President Kembo Mohadi ally - has reportedly invaded Denylynian Animal Conservancy downstream of the Zhovhe Dam in Beitbridge....Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele's $90 000 wasn't stolen
A WOMAN from Bulawayo who claimed that she lost almost $90 000 allegedly belonging to musician, Mrs Sandra Ndebele- Sibindi, to thieves has been arrested for making a false report after it emerged tha...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 2458 | by Staff reporter
Conflation of business and politics: An economic solution for Zimbabwe
September and October saw the prices of basic commodities in Zimbabwe rising beyond the reach of many. Medicines at pharmacies were charged in United States dollars only and those who could not afford...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:35hrs | 1095 | by Elijah Chihota
Tax evaders give Zimra headaches
Organised criminal networks, smuggling syndicates and gold cartels are costing government millions of dollars and complicating Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s revenue collection efforts.T...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:40hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge man kills wife, leaves body to decompose
A BEITBRIDGE man allegedly killed his wife following a dispute over an unknown issue, locked the body in their rented room and left it to decompose.This was heard by Beitbridge magistrate Good...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
NRZ train derails
A NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train derailed between Hwange and Victoria Falls on Sunday night as a result of broken rail caused by excessive temperatures. Hundreds of rail p...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2223 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to flush out touts, bogus agents from Beitbridge
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is working on a number of initiatives to deal with bogus clearing agents and other rent-seeking activities, it has emerged. Border authorities said last ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mobilises supporters for mass protests
The MDC Alliance has rallied its supporters in Matabeleland South Province to participate in planned mass protests meant force a constitutionally elected government to hand over power to the oppositio...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 17:01hrs | 4677 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's sign language interpreters get thumps up
Nelson Chamisa has been hailed by deaf groups for providing sign language interpretation on stage during his latest rallies.Chamisa, who addressed a bumper crowd at a rally held in Beitbridge ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2961 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge can have spaghetti roads, says Chamisa
BEITBRIDGE has the potential to become a model port city in Africa, "with high-rise buildings and spaghetti roads" if city authorities and councillors commit themselves to work for the people and shun...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2202 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa guns for Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday started mobilising his supporters for a proposed march to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down for allegedly rigging the July 30 elections....Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:07hrs | 5117 | by Staff reporter
I am not a cash baron, says Sandra Ndebele
Musician Sandra Ndebele, who was reportedly defrauded of her money by a Bulawayo woman, has dismissed claims that she is a cash baron and a runner for someone in Bulawayo.Sandy, as she is affe...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mobilises supporters for march
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday reiterated that his party was mobilising its supporters to march against the Government.Mr Chamisa said he was on a countrywide tour to mobilise...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:05hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa invades Beitbridge, Gwanda
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will this weekend address party supporters in Gwanda and Beitbridge where he is set to thank his supporters as well as to advise them on the way forward.Cham...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 18:28hrs | 5614 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge roads priority list queried
BEITBRIDGE residents have questioned the priority list of their local authority on roads after it emerged that streets leading to points where some council employees had interests were receiving atten...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt abandons complete dualisation of Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway
GOVERNMENT has abandoned the controversial $2,7 billion deal with Chinese firm Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare-Chirundu ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 11:57hrs | 4862 | by Ndou Paul
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