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Inadequate toilets leave Plumtree stinking
PLUMTREE residents have bemoaned inadequate ablution and sanitation facilities in the town centre especially at the vendors trading points, amid fears of possible outbreaks of waterborne diseases....Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bound bus overturns in SA
ABOUT 40 Zimbabweans escaped death by a whisker after a Bulawayo-bound bus they were traveling in overturned along the N1 highway near Makhado town in Limpopo province South Africa on 18 June....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:37hrs | 1 | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-bound bus falls off narrow bridge in Nkayi, 13 injured
Thirteen people were injured when a bus fell off a narrow bridge in the Nesigwe area of Nkayi, Matabeleland North.The accident happened early Sunday as the bus, owned by Ntubeni Bus Services, ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:23hrs | | by ZimLive
Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians
TWO people died on the spot while 18 others were injured after a Bulawayo-bound Botswana-registered bus veered off the road and ran over pedestrians in Marula, near Plumtree. Matabeleland Sout...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
CAAZ failure to maintain airports under spotlight
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ)'s failure to maintain the country's airports has come under spotlight after a Bulawayo-bound Fastjet airline was forced to abort landing at Joshua Mqabuko N...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passerby killed as cars collide
FIVE people were injured yesterday when a Bulawayo-bound Extra City Bus from Victoria Falls veered off the road and overturned while a pedestrian died in Bulawayo when two cars collided at an intersec...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Driver disappears after strange car crash
MYSTERY surrounds a suspected accident where a Mercedes Benz E class 450 plunged onto the railway line at the Emakhandeni fly-over in Bulawayo, forcing residents to panic and intercept a speeding good...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunmen hold up Bulawayo bound bus in Shangani
POLICE have launched a manhunt for two armed robbers who pounced on a Bulawayo-bound bus near Shangani Business centre about 50km from Gweru and robbed the crew of $30 and a cellphone.Th...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
How 12-year-old girl stopped train from killing over 300 people in Zimbabwe
A 13-year-old girl has been rewarded by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) for averting a train disaster that could have killed at least 300 people when she was only 12.Nozipho Sibanda, a...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
Injured girl's family sues Bravo for $170,000
A BULAWAYO man whose daughter was injured when a Bravo bus she was travelling in was involved in an accident along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road last year, is suing the bus company for more than $1...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 04:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
12 Zimbabweans killed in horror SA accident
TWELVE Zimbabweans are said to have died when a Polokwane-bound kombi they were travelling in collided with a truck and caught fire near Botlokwa village along the N1 North highway.The kombi w...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 killed, 24 injured in separate accidents
TWO people died on the spot while three others were injured when a bus failed to negotiate a curve and veered off the road before landing on its right side in Lupane.The Maplanka Bulawayo-boun...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The MDC-T has failed Harare residents
The MDC-T has been in charge of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare for the past 17 years and, despite promising "change" for better times, it has been one monumental disappointment. The Party has even appoint...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 14:09hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Bulawayo-bound kombi kills 6 in Musina
AT least six Zimbabweans are believed to be among eight people who were killed when a Bulawayo-bound Toyota Quantum they were travelling in collided with a private vehicle along the N1 highway....Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Head-on crash kills 3 people
Three people died on the spot along the Masvingo - Mutare road when a Bulawayo-bound Toyota Hilux double rammed into an oncoming haulage truck.The accident occurred about 15 km from Masvingo, ...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crash victim sues bus firm
AN accident victim is suing Pathfinder luxury bus and its driver for more than $180 000 in damages, medical and hospital expenses after surviving an accident that claimed eight lives three years a...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops blamed for Greyhound driver death
THE family of a driver who on Friday was crushed to death by a Bulawayo-bound Greyhound bus have alleged off-duty police officers who mounted an illegal roadblock caused his death. Yesterday they told...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Bianca Mlilo
Greyhound bus crushes driver to death
A driver for a Bulawayo-bound Greyhound bus was yesterday crushed to death in a freak accident that happened at Beitbridge Border Post as he attended to a tyre puncture.It is understood that t...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 08:34hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
3 die in accident
THREE people died on the spot when a Toyota Gaia they were travelling in was involved in an accident with a truck near Cross Dete yesterday.Four others, including an 18-month-old baby, survive...Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Pfochez bus accident victims forgotten
Barely a month after the fatal Kwekwe accident which claimed 32 lives, victims who perished have been almost forgotten.Relatives of some of the victims have been left only with bitter memories...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 22:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier kills uncle for proposing to his wife
A SOLDIER who had visited his wife for Valentine's Day allegedly tortured his uncle, military style, resulting in his death after his wife said he was proposing love to her. Corporal Bekithemb...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:40hrs | 23 | by Leonard Ncube
Cross-border shopper collapses, dies at Beitbridge border post
A 46-year-old cross-border shopper from Bulawayo collapsed in the Beitbridge border post on Sunday morning and died on admission at the Beitbridge Hospital.Eyewitnesses said the woman was res...Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 13:15hrs | | by Ndou Paul
100kg of mbanje impounded
POLICE here on Sunday impounded over 100kg of mbanje stashed in sacks at a roadblock along the Masvingo-Mutare highway.The sacks containing 103kg of dagga were hidden in a Bulawayo-bound Toyot...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 07:04hrs | | by George Maponga
Bus accident, 2 drivers killed
TWO people, both of them drivers, died on the spot when a Zikhali Motors Bus collided with a South Africa-registered haulage truck 20km outside Bulawayo along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road yesterda...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo-bound Zupco bus dumps passengers in Gweru
A Bulawayo-bound Zupco bus travelling from Harare - registration number ABS7306 reportedly dumped passengers in Gweru town alleging that the bus has developed a fault. However passengers ...Published: 23 Sep 2014 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man killed, dumped on railway line
AN unidentified man was killed and thrown onto a railway line in Beitbridge on Wednesday morning, police have confirmed.The Officer commanding Beitbridge District, Chief superintendent Patrick...Published: 05 Jul 2014 at 15:45hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Elderly man goes berserk over lost chameleon
GWERU'S Kudzanai Bus Terminus in Gweru became a theatre of the absurd yesterday when an elderly Chiredzi man brought business to a standstill searching for his lost chameleon.Takura Mazungunye...Published: 19 Mar 2014 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-bound bus engulfed in flames
A Bulawayo-bound Zebulon bus coming from South Africa was engulfed in flames on Christmas Eve between the 20km and 30km peg along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road, there were no fatalities.Police...Published: 27 Dec 2013 at 01:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
National hero's widow battles for life
THE wife of national hero Edward Ndlovu, Mary, is battling for her life in a South African hospital after being injured in an accident involving the Bulawayo-bound Pathfinder luxury coach and a haula...Published: 13 Dec 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pathfinder accident victims named
VICTIMS of the Saturday night Pathfinder luxury bus accident have been identified while the death toll has risen to eight. The Bulawayo-bound coach had 66 passengers on board when it collided with a ...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 03:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pathfinder bus accident could have been avoided
RESIDENTS of Jama resettlement area, about 62km from Bulawayo along the Gweru Road have blamed the horrific accident involving a Pathfinder luxury bus and haulage truck that left six people dead o...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 people die in road accidents
ELEVEN people, three of them Malawians, were killed in separate road accidents between Friday and yesterday. The fatalities include six who died in the Saturday accident that involved a Pathfi...Published: 08 Dec 2013 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boy (2) miraculously survives being run over by a train
A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy has miraculously survived being run over by a goods train.Charles Simende, from Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb, was playing with other children when he wandered off into the ...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Couple arrested over fake $5 note, fined $100
A COUPLE that tried to purchase bananas using a fake $5 note has been fined $100 or two months imprisonment by a Gwanda magistrate.Sindiso Nkala (38) and his wife Nonhlanhla Ndlovu (31) of Ho...Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man claims to have used mbanje to vaccinate his cattle
A 60-YEAR OLD Zvishavane man was slapped with a two-year jail term after he was found in possession of marijuana, which he claimed he uses to vaccinate cattle.Hebert Maposa of Mandava Village...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zebulon bus accident, 12 dead
TWELVE people were killed, 10 of them on the spot, when the Zebulon bus they were travelling in failed to stop at a road construction controlled sign and sideswiped a Group Five International Company ...Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 04:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-bound passenger train crushes unidentified man
AN unidentified Chegutu man was on Thursday morning crushed by a Bulawayo-bound passenger train.Police now await the results of a post-mortem on the body of the unidentified man to establish t...Published: 29 Dec 2012 at 06:59hrs | | by Chinhoyi Bureau
4 perish in pre-easter road accident
Four people died while five others were injured when their car overturned and plunged into a river along the Masvingo-Mbalabala Road on Sunday night. The driver of the Bulawayo-bound Toyota Ipsum lost...Published: 05 Apr 2012 at 04:52hrs | | by Beitbridge Bureau
Bulawayo bound Eagle Liner Bus accident, 48 injured
Forty-eight Zimbabweans were injured, eight of them seriously when a Bulawayo-bound bus was involved in a road accident along the N1 Highway near Makhadho town in South Africa's Limpopo Province early...Published: 20 Oct 2011 at 04:31hrs | | by -
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