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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 | 393 | by Staff reporter
6 killed in Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway accident
A tragic accident occurred on Sunday morning along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway, where six people died instantly when a Nissan Caravan kombi carrying 19 church congregants veered off the road and ove...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 07:00hrs | 783 | 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 | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch rail fibre optic project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to launch the second phase of the National Rail Fibre Optic Project today in Somabhula on the outskirts of Gweru, Midlands Province, as the country scales up the moment...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 4 | 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 | | 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 | 21 | 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 | 10 | 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 | 8 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | 7 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Top Army Boss dies
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)is mourning the death of the country's Defence Attaché to Botswana, Colonel John Mhlanga who died on Tuesday after he was involved in a fatal road accident along the B...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 16:24hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Second Republic marred by litany of unfulfilled pledges
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa got into power in 2017, a lot of promises were made, creating the impression that Zanu-PF was ready to give Zimbabweans a fresh start.Four years later, it see...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 4 | 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 | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Polad member faces homicide charge
DEMOCRATIC Opposition Party (DOP) leader Peter Harry Wilson is facing a culpable homicide charge after he was involved in a car accident along the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway which claimed the life of a...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:48hrs | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deadliest highway
At least 44% of road fatalities in the country occur along the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Mutare highway which was resurfaced a few years ago at a cost of over $200 million, Transport minister Joram Gumbo has ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree highway perimeter fence commissioned
The government through the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe has completed the erection of a perimeter fence for the 100 kilometer stretch of the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway in a move that will signifi...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:55hrs | 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
Accident claims 5 near Bulawayo
Five people have died and five others injured in a road traffic accident that happened last night along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Republic Police said the acci...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree highway fencing starts
GOVERNMENT has started work on the erection of a fence along the Bulawayo –Plumtree highway with workers already on the ground.Last week, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Develop...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 06:46hrs | | 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
Bulawayo-Gweru Highway fence officially handed over to Govt
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) yesterday officially handed over to Government 162 kilometres of a fence erected either side of the Bulawayo-Gweru Highway at a cost of about $500 000....Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Avenging spirits: Are they real?
When Pastor Charles Chiriseri died in a traffic accident in September last year, his death left the nation shell-shocked. Even those who didn't know him, felt the sorrow. That is how shocking sudden d...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:02hrs | | by Garikai Mazara
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
TelOne rolls out National Broadband
TelOne has begun the roll-out of the National Broadband (NBB) Projectnetwork under the $98 million ChinaExim Bank facility, which has been granted a National Project status. The implementation of ...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 05:42hrs | | 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 | | 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
Minister orders roadblocks investigation
HOME Affairs Deputy Minister, Obedingwa Mguni intercepted a truck that was allegedly transporting more than 2,000 litres of smuggled fuel into the country along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway early Sun...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 12:37hrs | 4 | by Whinsley Masara
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 | | 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
Invasion of ex-Zipra cadre's farm condemned
ZAPU has condemned the invasion of a farm belonging to Zipra ex-combatant, John Gazi, by Zanu-PF supporters, who are claiming the property is too big for one person.Zanu-PF supporters invaded ...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 14:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
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