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Bodies and drugs smuggled across Beitbridge border

A chilling smuggling syndicate involving cross-border bus and truck drivers, allegedly operating with the help of corrupt customs, police, and health officials, has been exposed for illegally transporting undocumented human remains and dru…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:41hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter

Parirenyatwa stuck with 32 unclaimed bodies

PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has threatened to conduct pauper burials for 32 bodies which have remained unclaimed at the health institution since March this year.The hospital gave the next of kin 21 days to claim the bodies, saying they…

Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bodies rot at Zimbabwe mortuaries as power cuts worsen

ROLLING power cuts being experienced across the country have severely affected operations of the country's hospitals with reports that mortuaries are struggling to contain decomposing bodies.Zimbabwe has endured acute power cuts for over a…

Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Funeral parlours mix up bodies families fear identifying relatives because of Covid-19

The third wave of coronavirus has been unforgiving. There has been an explosion in infections and deaths since mid-June.In the 54 days from June 19 â€” when fatalities rose to double digits â€” to last Thursday, deaths had risen from 2 325…

Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:30hrs | 3 | by Bishop L

2 bodies retrieved from Zambezi River

POLICE in Kariba have retrieved two bodies of suspected smugglers who drowned last week while trying to illegally cross into Zambia.One of the bodies has been identified as that of Tichaona Kayungwa, while the other one is yet to be identi…

Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Residents bemoan delays in bodies collection

BEREAVED families in Bulawayo have complained over delays in the collection of bodies by health workers and authorities.Government recently ordered that every death should be treated as a COVID-19-related and bodies of those who die in com…

Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Movement of corpses clarified

Bodies can be buried outside the city or town of death, and repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial will continue, but under strict health protocols, Government clarified yesterday. The new protocols include no body viewing, no carrying of …

Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial to continue

The repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial in the country will continue under strict and safe health protocols to avoid contamination and the risk of new Covid-19 infections, a senior Government official said today.The Ministry of Health a…

Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police ban movement of dead bodies to contain COVID-19

Zimbabwe police have banned the movement of dead bodies from place to place for burial in an effort to limit the spread of Covid-19. Burial will now take place where one would have died. Bodies will only be cleared to leave the morgue to g…

Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe bodies repatriation crisis

Zimbabweans dying in South Africa have been caught up in an industrial dispute that has already stopped the repatriation of Zimbabwean bodies.An average of 70 bodies are sent home by road each week via Beitbridge Border Post. But the last …

Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

SA bus accident: Bodies arrive

THE bodies of 13 of the 14 Zimbabweans who died in a Marsmery bus accident in South Africa on May 6 arrived in the country yesterday through Beitbridge.Initially 10 of the 13 bodies were brought in yesterday afternoon while SA officials so…

Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Stench leads to recovery of Cyclone Idai victims bodies

The rising stench of decomposing Cyclone Idai victims buried under debris at Ngangu in Chimanimani is now helping the recovery of bodies with residents saying sniffer dogs will quicken the pace of recovery of their missing relatives.NewsDa…

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bodies rot in mortuary

MATOBO Proportional Representation legislator Rosy Mpofu (Zanu-PF) on Tuesday said the district has been without electricity for weeks due to load-shedding, poor maintenance and vandalism of Zesa Holdings equipment, which has put lives of …

Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine

Rescue workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported."Eight of the trapped minors have been res…

Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by AFP

Bodies found floating in dams

TWO bodies were found floating in dams in Bulawayo and Umguza on Thursday, one of which is suspected to have been dumped in one of the water bodies after a brutal murder. The body of an unidentified woman was found at Bulawayo's Hillside D…

Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

9 Intercape bus accident bodies repatriated

Nine bodies of victims who perished in the Intercape bus accident in Polokwane have been repatriated with the assistance of both the Zimbabwean and South African governments.Walter Choga will not forget the accident which claimed his wife …

Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 20:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

9 bodies stuck in 2 Bulawayo mortuaries

POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said nine bodies are stuck in two mortuaries in the city with no one coming forward to claim them. One of the bodies is that of a Townsend Muzonda who was repatriated from South Africa last year in December. Ac…

Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Plumtree stuck with 21 decomposing bodies

PLUMTREE health officials are in a quandary over 21 decomposing unclaimed bodies in the two districts' mortuaries, which have a combined holding capacity of 16 bodies at a time.The situation has led to an application to Government to be al…

Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Funeral parlour touts in scramble for bodies

FUNERAL parlours are allegedly scrambling and touting for bodies at Mpilo Central Hospital, a development that has infuriated residents and hospital authorities.The Chronicle news crew yesterday visited the hospital and observed a number o…

Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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One-stop border post at Beitbridge

ZESA to replace old prepaid electricity meters

Missing person alert

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Process to gazette slashed levies begins

Victoria Falls to host high-stakes conference

2 die in Bulawayo hit-and-runs

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Zimbabwe grain import ban affecting SA farmers

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Zim schools to introduce anti-sanctions curriculum, from ECD

National Sports Stadium rehab will be completed by year-end

High Court nullifies US$140,000 property sale in divorce dispute

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Woman found buried in garden, stepdaughter arrested

Zimbabwe's highways double as drug pipelines

Zimbabwe accelerates school construction drive

Married woman caught pants down

Mnangagwa caps 640 HIT graduates

Zim medics become lifeline for migrants in South Africa

Man arrested for highlighting poor sanitation at Registrar's office

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