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Joseph Dube dies in horror crash
Matabeleland South Rural Infrastructure Development Authority (RIDA) acting provincial coordinator, Mr. Joseph Dube, tragically lost his life in a car accident along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway on...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 12:41hrs | 3163 | by Staff reporter
2 die and five injured in Gwanda accident
Tragedy struck on Sunday evening as two people were killed and five others were injured in a road accident involving a bus and a kombi. The incident occurred 16 kilometers outside Gwanda along the Bul...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 15:45hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
The 1km death trap on Bulawayo-Gwanda Road
A one-kilometre stretch of road along the busy Bulawayo/Gwanda Highway, just past the Kensington shops, has been dubbed a "death trap" following four accidents in the area within the last two months. ...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:45hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Bulawayo road bus accidents leave 15 injured
Fifteen people were injured on Monday morning when a bus veered off the road and overturned along the Harare-Bulawayo Road. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reported that the Govasburg bus, which wa...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 11:34hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Inter Africa bus crash kills 2
Two people lost their lives, and several others sustained injuries when an Inter Africa bus overturned at Umguza Bridge along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway on Saturday. The accident occurred as the bus,...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:56hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Hero emerges after Falcon College tragic bus accident
IN the aftermath of a horrific bus accident on the Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway, a Falcon College learner emerged an unlikely hero.On that tragic afternoon of June 16, tragedy struck as the bus car...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 11:38hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Increase in road accidents worries Bulawayo police
Police in Bulawayo have expressed alarm over an uptick in car accidents in the region following two recent incidents that resulted in fatalities. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncub...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:38hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend killer in car crash suicide
A 38-year-old Bulawayo man cold-bloodedly murdered his girlfriend at a bed and breakfast lodge in Bradfield, Bulawayo, on Saturday evening before committing suicide by crashing his vehicle onto an onc...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash exposes parlous state of Matebeleland roads
The Bulawayo City Council has completed a sewer and water sanitation rehabilitation project funded through an African Development Bank AfDB US$33,6 million grant.Council is considering approac...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt hit-and-run killer motorist
A 27-YEAR-OLD man died on the spot in a hit-and-run traffic accident in Bulawayo on Monday night.Police have launched a manhunt for the unknown motorist responsible for the death Evidence Manh...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council in key roads upgrade
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to rehabilitate 14 key roads and the programme starts with immediate effect after Government recently released funds for road works that will be done until mid-D...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets $1 billion for road repairs
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed about $12 billion to road authorities across the country for road maintenance and rehabilitation since the beginning of the year under...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo road rehab works begin
ROAD rehabilitation works have commenced in Bulawayo and contractors have started working on a section of Cecil Avenue as part of Government's Emergency Road Rehabilitation 2 (ERRP 2) Phase II meant t...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in Bulawayo head-on collision, speed blamed
Two people died in a collision between two vehicles in Bulawayo on Wednesday evening, police said.An out-of-control Honda Fit careered into the lane of an oncoming Toyota Fortuner, leading to ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck spills toxic acid in Esigodini
A BULAWAYO-BOUND South African-registered haulage truck overturned near Esigodini business centre along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Road on Monday and spilled tonnes of hydrogen peroxide gas.Fog fumes...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
IDBZ student hostel project nears completion
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ)'s US$14.8 million student accommodation project in Bulawayo is now 69% complete and expected to be fully completed in November this year....Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 07:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Gwanda Road now death trap
THE Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway, which connects Zimbabwe with her neighbours, has become a death trap for motorists as it has been littered with potholes.The Transport and Infrastructure Developme...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Housing project for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set for a massive new housing project that will see 8 500 stands being developed on a 5 000-acre area along the Bulawayo-Gwanda road.The project is being implemented by Thompson Pr...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer dismisses gun crime claims
THE Bulawayo gold dealer who stands accused of pulling out a gun in a dispute over a Honda Fit has claimed that he did not do such a thing but instead was robbed of US$30 000. Police in Bulawa...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer wanted for gun crime
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating allegations that a local gold buyer pointed a pistol threatening to shoot a man for repossessing a Honda Fit which he had sold to a Filabusi gold miner. Th...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Young Farmer does wonders in 'dry' Matabeleland
Despite Matabeleland being a dry region characterised by low rainfall and recurrent droughts, 28-year-old Prosper Chikwara (28) has managed to produce wonders, landing the Best Young Farmer of the Yea...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:50hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Fatal crash at Umguza bridge
ONE person died on the spot while six others were injured when a Toyota Sprinter they were travelling in burst its rear left tyre and collided head on with an Isuzu King Cab at the 11km peg along the ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunman jailed
A Bulawayo man who was found in possession of an AK47 rifle has been slapped with 36 months' jail after it was proved that he was not authorised to keep the firearm.Ame Mpala (35) of Pumula Ea...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court slashes money due from fatal accident nurse
THE Supreme Court has slashed an award of US$16 525 which was granted as compensation for loss and funeral expenses to the family of a nine-year-old boy who was fatally knocked down by a Gwanda nurse....Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fatal accident nurse fights High Court ruling
A GWANDA nurse who fatally knocked down a nine-year-old boy has approached the Supreme Court challenging a decision by the High Court ordering her to pay the deceased's parents US$16 525 as compensati...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting man jailed for 3 years
A MAN from Bulawayo's Pumula East suburb has been jailed 36 months for illegal possession of a loaded assault rifle, which was stolen from the Zimbabwe Republic Police armory a few months ago....Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
NUST Student hostels construction gathers pace
CONSTRUCTION of the $12 million upmarket accommodation facility to house more than 1 000 students in Bulawayo by the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has started.IDBZ chief m...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
AK47 gunman denied bail
A BULAWAYO man, who was found in possession of an AK47 rifle, will continue to languish in remand prison after he was denied bail by a Bulawayo magistrate, who ruled that he was a flight risk....Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
+300 families' homes razed to the ground
MORE than 300 families who had illegally settled at Willsgrove Farm in Umguza District were left homeless after they were evicted from the property and their homes were demolished this week. T...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF brings Garden of Eden, fear to Esigodini
Esigodini feels under siege as the ruling Zanu-PF's seventh national conference gets into full swing in this quiet, gold-rich farming town of Matabeleland South province, with a heavy presence of Stat...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Staf reporter
Cops seek relatives of man found dead in storm drain
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing to members of the public who may have a missing relative to come forward and identify a male body that was found near Bob's Garage, along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Road....Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
14 illegal immigrants arrested in Zimbabwe
FOURTEEN Kenyan and Somali nationals have been arrested after they were allegedly found in the country without valid travelling documents.Yassin Biyoonde (20), Mohamed Hussein (22), Isman Yuus...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Normalcy returns at Nust, students released
LECTURERS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) resumed work yesterday, with police saying they had released 58 students who had been arrested for staging a demonstration at the ...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
60 students arrested in Nust 'shutdown'
STUDENTS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo yesterday "shut down" the institution demanding an end to lecturers strike and commencement of lectures.The stu...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
One killed, several injured in bus accident
ONE person died on the spot while several others were injured when the bus they were travelling in veered off the road and landed on its side along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Road near Esigodini.The ...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver who fatally knocked down 9-yr-old ordered to pay $16 000 to victim's family
THE High Court has ordered a woman from Gwanda who fatally knocked down a nine-year-old boy to pay the deceased's parents more than $16 000 as compensation for their loss and funeral expenses incurred...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
5 Bosso fans die in crash
FIVE people, two of them police officers, believed to be Highlanders' Football Club supporters, died while five others were critically injured in an accident along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Road on Satu...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops die in road accident along Bulawayo-Gwanda road
A fatal road accident involving members of the police service claimed four lives on Saturday along Bulawayo-Gwanda road.The accident happened near the 20km peg from Bulawayo....Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 22:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Another pothole claims three lives
THREE members of the same family died on the spot on Saturday in Gweru after they were hit by a commuter omnibus which was travelling in the wrong lane allegedly to avoid potholes....Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 02:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
13 pothole horror deaths victims named
THE Government has said relatives of 14 people who died in a horror crash at the 8 kilometre peg along the Bulawayo-Gwanda road on Wednesday night will receive assistance from the State to bury th...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to reduce roadblocks
THE Government has bowed down to pressure from motorists and the public to reduce the number of roadblocks on the roads.Over half of tourists interviewed during a recent Zimbabwe National ...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 people died on the spot
FOURTEEN people from two families travelling in a commuter omnibus to a funeral in Masvingo died when a haulage truck collided with their vehicle and crushed it in a horrific accident near the Nationa...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP speaks on horrific head-on collision along Bulawayo-Gwanda highway
Zimbabwe Republic Police have confirmed that the truck that was involved in a head-on collision that claimed 14 lives along Bulawayo-Gwanda highway on Thursday morning was registered in South Africa....Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Update on Bulawayo-Gwanda highway accident - vehicle not registered, police confirms
13 people died in a road accident in the early hours of this morning when a Masvingo-bound commuter omnibus collided with a haulage truck along the Bulawayo-Gwanda highway.The accident occurre...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Robbers carjack, burn cars
TWO motorists from Bulawayo were this week carjacked by unknown hitchhikers who went on to burn their vehicles.The carjackers boarded lifts from Bulawayo to Esigodini, later tied up and gagged...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Cop robs, dumps two women in bush'
A PLUMTREE-based police officer appeared in court for allegedly robbing his two passengers of $150 and groceries before dumping them in a bush along the Bulawayo-Gwanda road.Harman Mutero ...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two die in road accident
TWO people died while a third escaped unhurt when a Toyota Granvia which was being towed to Bulawayo from Esigodini burst a tyre and crashed into a Nissan Double Cab which was pulling it.The t...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Bulawayo nurse could have contracted anthrax
A Bulawayo nurse is feared to have contracted anthrax following the recent outbreak of the disease in Matabeleland South where it infected 48 people and killed 55 head of cattle. A total of 4,...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 08:27hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Zinara eyes 10 more tollgates
Ten more tollgates countrywide will soon be completed with four expected to be finished this month and the rest by April 2016. Zinara human resources director Mr Precious Murove said the four ...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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