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ZPA urges Mnangagwa to address road carnage in the country
Zimbabwe Passengers Association Secretary general Paul Makiwa has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to try and address road carn...Published: 28 May 2025 at 22:27hrs | 435 | by Stephen Jakes
ZRP chief kills senior prison officer trying to save trapped CIO boss
A tragic accident on May 21 has claimed the lives of two senior Zimbabwean security officials, turning an act of heroism into a devastating loss. Principal Correctional Officer Masimba Mandimutsira di...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:00hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Head-on collision in Glendale
A Toyota Buble allegedly encroached into an on-coming truck resulting in a head-on collision on Sunday in Glendale.According to witness...Published: 19 May 2025 at 23:24hrs | 1452 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Glendale
Independence tragedy, Dairiboard trucker plunges into Mupfure River
A visibly unretrieved floating lifeless body belonging to a Dairiboard milk tanker truck driver has been idle since independence when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned at the bridge and plung...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 16:39hrs | 1870 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Beatrice
Catholic priest dies in Zimbabwe accident
A tragic accident early this morning claimed the life of a man, believed to be a Catholic priest from Murombedzi, after his vehicle collided with a truck on the Chinhoyi-Chegutu Road. The crash occurr...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:55hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Lodge turnoff a black spot
Residents of Beatrice have raised concern over accidents occurring at Beatrice Lodge turn-off where a number of people have lost their lives so far.According to witnesses yesterday a car went ...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 15:10hrs | 1344 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Beatrice
3 die in Harare-Chirundu Highway head-on collision
THREE people are feared dead in a head-on accident that involved a mini truck headed towards Chinhoyi and a haulage truck going the different direction that occurred at Jones between Maningwa Mountain...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
7 passengers in Honda Fit perish in road crash
SEVEN people died while four others were injured when a Honda Fit illegally transporting passengers on the Marondera-Harare route, collided head-on with a VW Touareg at the 60km peg along the Harare-M...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Four perish at Mabvuku turn off
Four people died in a road accident that occurred yesterday at Mabvuku turn off, a pirate taxi collided with a private vehicle.Assistan...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 17:21hrs | 9 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zanu-PF MP appeals to Transport ministry
Zanu-PF Mutasa South constituency legislator Misheck Mugadza has engaged the Transport ministry over increasing traffic accidents involving haulage trucks at Mutare city's mountainous Christmas Pass r...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police wish it had speed trap machines and breathalyzers
Zimbabwe Police have expressed concern over an increase in road accidents countrywide caused by speeding and unlicensed drivers.Traffic police in the country is facing various challenges to mo...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 12:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Honada Fit and 10 cars in freak pile-up
A ROAD accident at Coca-Cola intersection, in Harare's Graniteside industrial area, led to an 11-vehicle pile-up yesterday.Witnesses said the accident was caused by the driver of a bus who los...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to get speed limit cameras
BULAWAYO could be the first city in the country to have speed limit cameras installed and traffic lights reconfigured to enforce speed limit between intersections.The developments is part of a...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Kombi flies off Luveve Road, into Pre-school
A COMMUTER omnibus driver lost control of his car, almost ran over a pedestrian and crashed into a tree inside Kidznet Pre-school in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb this morning.The kombi veered o...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 perish as vehicles collide in Mutare
Six people died early Sunday morning in a horrific collision involving two Honda Fit vehicles in the border city.The road traffic accident happened on a curve along the Mutare-Masvingo Road ju...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
China's 'juicy' deal with Zimbabwe set to benefit citrus farmers
MBUYA Rosemary Tendi (70) of Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, has been braving crispy cold mornings in the past few weeks to make sure that she monitors the harvesting of oranges from h...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 4 aides perish in car crash
FOUR members of staff in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) died in a road traffic accident yesterday morning when their truck overturned at a black spot near Regina Coeli Mission in Nyanga...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Accident scene a black spot
THE place where four staff members from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) perished while two others sustained injuries in an accident, which occurred on the 38km peg along the Nyanga-Ruwan...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security members die in car crash
FOUR members of staff in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) assigned to provide security for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's perished in a car accident in Nyanga Thursday morning.Th...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mechanic plunges client's car into Mazai River
A MECHANIC in Bulawayo, who allegedly took a Mazda Axela vehicle he was repairing for a spin, plunged into the effluent filled Mazai River after misjudging a bend near Amakhosi Cultural Centre in Mako...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Council finally covers 'death pits'
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started filling up the "pits of death" in Pelandaba West suburb and is employing Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to map and identify similar dangerous sp...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nyanga horror crash death toll rises
The death toll from the horrific accident that occurred in Nyanga on Saturday has risen to six after Lesley Matizakurima (5) succumbed to her injuries yesterday. Lesley died at Victoria Chitep...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to issue 40 community radio licences, claims Mangwana
Government has started working on licensing 40 community radio stations countrywide as it steps up efforts to achieve total broadcasting coverage, an official has said. Secretary for Informati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Reflections on the life of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa: highs and lows
Chief spies are not famous for mingling easily with the public: they tend to be aloof; secretive and in glamorised Western films have notoriety for keeping everyone guessing about everything in the wo...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 4 | by Dr Mandla Nyathi
Zimbabweans have never experienced real prosperity
Ever since Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain 38 years ago, the majority of its people have never experienced real prosperity, joy and peace - as there has been one tragedy after another....Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 19:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders spilled too much blood - country can never be blessed!
Ever since Zimbabwe gained independence from its erstwhile colonial master Britain 38 years ago, the majority of its people have never experienced real prosperity, joy and peace - as there has been on...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kombi accident kills one, several injured
ONE person died while several others were injured when the left rear tyre of a city-bound commuter omnibus came off leading to the vehicle overturning in Msasa along the Harare-Mutare highway this aft...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo CEO survives fatal head-on accident
MPILO Central Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Mr Leonard Mabhandi, cheated death after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another near the 10km peg along Gweru-Kwekwe highway, poli...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIOs die in car crash
TWO top Marondera Central Intelligence Organisation officers on Saturday morning died on the spot after their vehicle reportedly veered off the road and hit a tree before landing on its roof.T...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matiza talks tough on VID corruption
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza inherited a portfolio that superintends over struggling, but key parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe and the National Railways of Zimbabwe.Matiza (JBM) told ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporer
Two people die in road accident
TWO people were killed while two others were seriously injured when the right rear tyre of a Honda Fit they were travelling in burst, resulting in it veering off the road and hitting a tree in Athlone...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
One killed, four injured in collision
ONE person died while four others were injured after they were thrown out of a van that had collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Siyephambili Drive and Khami Road in Bulawayo on Saturd...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge gets green light to build foot bridges
THE Beitbridge Municipality recently got the green light to build two pedestrian fly-over bridges at two black spots on the highway cutting across the border town to the border post.Beitbridge...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman witnesses neighbour crashed to death
A mother of five from Chishakwe near Mutare died this week when she was hit by a car that veered off the road after it was involved in an accident with another car.A distraught neighbour of th...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman dies in a gruesome accident
A mother of five from Chishakwe near Mutare died today in an accident when she was hit by a car that veered off the road after it was involved in an accident with another car. The woman was wa...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staf reporter
Unlicensed driver causes death of two people
Two people died this morning in Mvurwi when an unlicensed driver failed to control his speeding Toyota Nadia.According to the police, the accident occurred at the 60km peg along Centenary-Mvur...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 17:16hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cleansing ceremony for Gweru- Kwekwe highway black spot
Redcliff town is set to conduct a cleansing ceremony along the 20km stretch from Hunters bridge flyover to Kwekwe bridge flyover along the Gweru-Kwekwe highway to curb the surge in fatal road traffic ...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council struggles to repair traffic lights
THE Harare City Council has not been repairing faulty traffic lights on most roads on time causing a nightmare for motorists at intersections. Traffic jams are now the order of the day at intersection...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Truck crashes into office
A Zambian based driver escaped death when he crashed into the Chinhoyi caves office last Friday after he failed to negotiate a curve.The unidentified driver was said to have been speeding when...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
7 killed in horrific accident
SEVEN people were yesterday killed and six others seriously injured when a Harare-bound Toyota Wish collided with a truck at the 203-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare Highway.According to witn...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Decomposing body in Mpopoma
A DECOMPOSING body of a 35-year-old man from Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb was discovered at his home yesterday with relatives suspecting he could have been killed as there were scratch marks on the body....Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Some wish pigs were black
Negative forces are called forces of the dark world and Africa is known as the dark continent. A road spot where vehicular accidents are common is a black spot, its not funny neither is it a lie. In a...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo Murisa
Mugabe's Gukurahundi denial a national disgrace
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's denial and blame game regarding the dark Gukurahundi episode is a clear manifestation not only of his senility, but his self-centeredness that was the hallmark of his ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 dies, 2 injured in car crash
A motorist died on the spot while two passengers sustained serious injuries when a vehicle they were traveling in veered off the road and caught fire in Bulawayo last night.The accident happen...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 16:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi visits accident scene
Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Bishop Nehemia Mutendi has called on Government to widen the road at Pelilendava Hills in Zaka to curb increasing fatal accidents at the black spot. Bishop Mutendi made the...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Car over turns three times, kills one
One person died along Kanyemba-Mvurwi highway on Monday (yesterday) when a Toyota Wish he was travelling in veered off the road before over turning three times.The vehicle had five people on b...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Guruve man run over by 'Space Shuttle'
A 29-year-old drunk man from Guruve was allegedly run over by a Harare bound Space Shuttle bus at the 80 km peg along Kanyemba Mvurwi highway this morning.Eye witnesses allege the bus register...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 12:30hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
BREAKING: 11 people burnt beyond recognition in kombi accident
Several people were burnt beyond recognition this afternoon along Mvurwi-Centenary highway.Sources privy to the development allege a Nissan Caravan kombi collided with a Honda before the vehic...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 18:08hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Bus driver was speeding'
The driver of the 69-seater King Lion bus which killed 43 people mostly cross border traders and injured 31 others on Wednesday night was reportedly speeding despite pleas from passengers to exercise ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prostitution, drugs, violence in Zimbabwe music
A lot has been said about the vices of the local music industry yet, to those that are not directly involved in this entertainment circle, black spots that litter the underworld of musicians remain a ...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Godwin Muzari
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