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Zimbabwean lady truck driver breaking barriers as a cross-border truck driver
In a world where certain professions have long been considered the domain of men, Sindiso Ndlovu has proven that determination and passion can shatter any stereotype. A proud Dynamos supporter, despit...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:03hrs | 3664 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling racket busted at Plumtree border
Police at the Plumtree Border Post successfully foiled a smuggling operation, intercepting three South African-registered vehicles carrying contraband worth over R600,000. The goods, which included gr...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:26hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Cattle destocking frenzy in motion
A cattle destocking frenzy is in motion with a number of abattoirs getting an overwhelming supply of cattle, resulting in some suspending slaughtering as farmers have started laying off stock in...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:58hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to stem dirt, chaos and decay in CBD
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has given informal traders, kombi, bus and pushcart operators, and those involved in illegal car wash business in the city centre an ultimatum to cease their illegal activi...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Alleged mistress dies in car crash
A 21-year-old woman, alleged to be the mistress of a well-known car dealer, died in an accident after she was hurled out of a vehicle she was driving along Bulawayo-Plumtree Road in the wee hours of N...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:26hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Potholes re-emerge in wake of recent rains
HEAVY rains being recorded across the country have caused more extensive damage to some major roads in Bulawayo, which are now riddled with potholes making driving a nightmare in the city. Apa...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle smugglers granted bail
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly smuggling a Honda Fit through an illegal crossing point in the Nxele area of Plumtree, Matebeleland South province.The duo was granted ZW...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bus operators bend the rules, flout BCC by-laws
WITH the words "Inter Africa" inscribed at the back, a silver Toyota Quantum vehicle makes a sudden stop and a tout bolts out, approaches two women and asks where they are travelling to. The tout tell...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:38hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'Abandoned' luxury bus mystery on Bulawayo-Plumtree Road
ABOUT 25 kilometres before one reaches Plumtree Town along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road, they cannot help noticing a Botswana-owned luxury bus that has been curiously parked by the road side for more th...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Intercity buses turn Bulawayo CBD into a Mbare
CALL it lawlessness or chaos. This is what several long-distance bus operators plying intercity routes are turning Bulawayo city centre into.For sometime, there has been rampant illegal pickin...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
55 arrested, 29 Plumtree vehicles impounded
POLICE in the border town of Plumtree arrested 55 drivers and impounded at least 29 vehicles during a seven-day operation code name "i-number plate ingaphi/ number plate iripi" meant to curb traffic l...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe never arrested - say police; CCC campaign vehicle impounded
FORMER MDC -T president Thokozani Khupe, who was allegedly arrested Monday in Plumtree, was reportedly released without charge, the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has maintained....Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Bulawayo
PANIC has gripped Bulawayo residents following a spike in suspected ritual murders in the city.A number of mutilated bodies have been discovered in the city over the past few months, while som...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
186 000 arrested for bribery, smuggling
MORE than 186 600 people have been arrested countrywide on the three targeted crackdowns against cross-border crimes, bribing police and operating in machete gangs.The suspects have been arres...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Bulawayo cattleman Mbokodo dies
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman and owner of Mbokodo Abattoirs, Mr Noel Eric York, has died.He was 72.Mr York, who was popularly known as "Mbokodo", died on Sunday evening at his home i...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:20hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
DOP president sobs in court
Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) president Peter Harry Wilson has been found guilty of culpable homicide after his wife died in a horrific car accident in which they were involved.Wilson (62)...Published: 05 May 2022 at 18:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads benefit from Mnangagwa programme
THERE is significant progress on some of Bulawayo's major feeder roads, which are being rehabilitated under the ongoing Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo makes emergency roads rehabilitation inroads
Roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, have gathered pace with significant progres...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:41hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Emergency roads rehab starts ko Bulawayo
THE first phase of roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, has started. Bulawa...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree road fencing tender reeks of corruption
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) have raised concern over the $320 000 Plumtree road fencing tender process, which they think was not transparent after villagers complained of a shoddy job.T...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo mourns Plumtree accident victims
Bulilima-Mangwe Senator Simon Khaya Moyo has mourned three accident victims who died in a horrific truck accident along the Plumtree-Brunapeg Road last week. The accident occurred at the 62-ki...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree road accident kills 1, injures 12
A Plumtree teacher died while 12 people were injured when a car they were travelling in overturned along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road on Sunday afternoon.The accident occurred at the 62 km peg n...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Minister arrested for 'robbery'
FORMER National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu and his two sons were on Monday arrested after a man who had allegedly been caught gathering firewood in the former ...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spike in road fatalities
The country's roads are increasingly becoming death traps as fatalities from traffic accidents have progressively risen in the first quarter of 2018, something the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New hotel to open in Bulawayo
A NEW 30-room hotel will open its doors in Bulawayo soon and is set to create 40 direct jobs.Players in the tourism sector and city business persons on Saturday conducted a pre-opening tour of...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest notorious prison escapee carjacker
POLICE have arrested a second infamous run-away carjacker who escaped from custody last week.Detectives cornered Dominic Tachiona Tichawangana (37) on Sunday at his Pumula residence, following...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 killed, 19 injured in separate road accidents
Five people died while 19 were injured in two separate accidents along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway and in Bikita on Tuesday.Three people died in Bikita and 11 were injured, two seriously whe...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man collapses, dies addressing mourners
A Bulawayo man whose cousin was killed in a road traffic accident, collapsed and died while making an announcement at the funeral.Stanley Dube collapsed and died on Monday at around 7PM in Mpo...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop rams into ZRP car
A PLUMTREE cop has been fined $100 after he failed to negotiate a turn and hit a police vehicle at a robot controlled intersection in the border town.Farai Chimboora (31), a constable who ...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 14:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
2 more corpse robbers die in accidents
TWO more people who allegedly robbed Apostle Charles Chiriseri's corpse last year have died in freak accidents.This brings to three the known number of people who have died after looting c...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops shot woman on the leg while pursuing car with smuggled goods
A BULAWAYO woman has dragged the police to court demanding $10 000 compensation after a Plumtree cop allegedly shot her on the leg while pursuing a vehicle which was suspected to be carrying smugg...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver sent to jail
A 25-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo kombi driver has been jailed for 24 months for causing the death of four passengers along the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway.Perseverance Tshabalala of Mpopoma suburb was...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader's farm seized by Mugabe's government
A top Zipra ex-combatant, John Gazi, has been evicted from his 1 400 hectare Honey Bird Kop Farm ostensibly because he does not deserve land from a government he wished to topple.Gazi, Paul Si...Published: 19 May 2016 at 16:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer takes cops to court for impounding car over $10 fine
A CITY lawyer has taken police to court for impounding his car after he failed to pay a $10 spot fine for not possessing a car radio licence. Tawanda Tavengwa, a lawyer at Mutuso, Taruvinga an...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:32hrs | 4 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Kombi driver who beat up cop bolts
A WARRANT of arrest has been issued against a kombi driver who allegedly assaulted a cop who had arrested him for evading a roadblock in Bulawayo. Terrance Zulu, 23, of Emganwini suburb, was s...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 05:49hrs | | by Melody Baya
Kombi crew bashes traffic cop
A KOMBI driver allegedly beat up a police officer who had arrested him for eluding a roadblock in Bulawayo.Terrance Zulu, 23, of Emganwini suburb, yesterday pleaded not guilty to assaulting a ...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 23:34hrs | | by Melody Baya
Unknown culprits pitch tents in front Ex Zipra cadre's farm house
As the illegal land grabs continue to rock the country, an Ex Zipra cadre John Gazi has said some yet unknown people have invaded his farm and pitched some tents in front of his farm house a move whic...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 05:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Foot and Mouth causes headaches for Gwanda agricultural show
THE 58th edition of the Matabeleland South Agricultural Show kicks off today in Gwanda with organisers keeping a close eye on livestock carrying the deadly foot and mouth disease.Measures to c...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Road accidents kill nine
NINE people, including the headmaster of Ndlovu Secondary School in Hwange, were killed in three separate road accidents that occurred in Bulawayo and Hwange.Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer, Richa...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 11:59hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili and Adelaide Moyo
Victims demand $35,000 from Zanu-PF MP
THE two accident victims who were left injured after Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni failed to control his Ford Ranger vehicle and rammed into their tractor along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road on November 9 20...Published: 20 May 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbokodo suspends operations due to foot-and-mouth outbreak forces
THE Veterinary Services Department has ordered Mbokodo abattoir and butchery to suspended operations as the government continues to investigate the gravity of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak th...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Urgent attention to Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway please
It is indeed worrisome and disheartening that the upgrading of Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway is still stalled by just a mere court case that is taking ages to be resolved. For sure, t...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 09:15hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Pair arrested for $53,000 fake hair
TWO men have been dragged to court for allegedly stealing boxes of hair extensions valued at $53,000 from a Bulawayo-based Chinese businessman.Tinos Vheremu, 30, of Nkulumane 12 and Gram Mbal...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Thubelihle Mabhena
'Bulawayo - Plumtree road 95% complete'
Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu yesterday said the 828 km-Harare-Bulawayo-Plumtree road rehabilitation is 95% complete.The first phase was to rehabilitate, opera...Published: 13 Nov 2014 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 die, 23 injured in road accidents
SEVEN people died while 23 others were critically injured in two separate accidents in Bulawayo and Plumtree.Three people died on the spot yesterday afternoon while 14 others were seriously in...Published: 05 Aug 2014 at 11:49hrs | 2 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube - Nqobile Tshili
Mzila-Ndlovu blast Zanu-PF after acquittal
Former National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration co-minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu has slammed President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF for crafting trumped-up charges against him.Mzila-Ndlov...Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 11:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former minister acquitted of armed robbery
MOSES Mzila Ndlovu, a former co-minister of National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration is a free man following his acquittal on charges of armed robbery.Mzila Ndlovu, who is also an exec...Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 06:27hrs | | by Court Reporter
Livestock-vehicle accidents; govt to blame
THE spate of fatal accidents due to vandalism of fences along the country's highways could continue to haunt the country due to police failure to locate and charge farmers for leaving their animals t...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 03:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Outcry over ex- Jap carriers ban
THE move by police to ban ex-Japanese vehicles from being used for public transport has sparked an outcry from players in the sector.Last week Police spokesman Chief Superintendent Paul Ny...Published: 17 Nov 2013 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists call on Mpofu to fence major roads
MOTORISTS have called on Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu to secure the country's major roads first by erecting a fence to prevent fatal accidents involving animals....Published: 17 Nov 2013 at 03:15hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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