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Second fire in 5 days guts Matopo High School
A FIRE has gutted another building at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South, barely a week after a dormitory was razed to a shell by an inferno on Friday morning.In a message to parents, th...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:50hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Fire Brigade struggles to fight fires
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade has had to adapt to water shortages and a shortage of functional fire engines. Among the city's 18 fire engines, only four are operational, leaving each of the four fire stat...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fire breaks out at Mpilo, contained
A QUICK reaction by Mpilo Central Hospital staff saved the day when they put out a fire following an electrical fault.Mpilo Central Hospital Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Narcisius Dzvanga ...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho RDC to acquire a fire tender
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) is planning to use devolution funds to purchase a fire services vehicle after going without it for several years.Chief executive officer Nkululeko Siban...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo building fire blamed on poor maintenance
A FIRE that broke out at Southampton Building last Friday is said to be likely a result of poor maintenance of the building.The building serves as the headquarters for the ZRP in Bulawayo and ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Street drugs fake and very dangerous: Health minister
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo on Thursday told Senate that drugs being sold on the streets were very dangerous and, at times, people were duped into buying ash packaged as capsules under the pretext th...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF behind acts of violence, says Court
ZANU-PF youth leaders were allegedly behind acts of violence and arson, including the burning of a Zupco bus in Harare on Monday during countrywide protests against fuel price increases, court papers ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe prisons used as slaughter houses for Ndebele people'
MLO President, Cde Paul Siwela saw brutality and agony caused by fractured bones, broken limbs and untreated festering gun shot wounds when he was detained at Khami Maximum Security Prison from 2011 t...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 13:53hrs | | by Israel Dube
'Zuma is still more popular than Ramaphosa'
While the EFF leader appeared respectful towards the ANC leader at Mama Winnie's funeral this weekend, his true views appear to be different.A clip of EFF leader Julius Malema comparing former...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by TheCitizen
Mystery shrouds Mugabe accident
Mystery surrounds the car which was involved in a horrific accident with a biker who was leading President Robert Mugabe's motorcade last Saturday.On Saturday, one of the bikers leading the mo...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Requirements for vehicles in Zimbabwe
In terms of Statutory Instrument 154 of 2010, members are reminded that requirements for reflectors and other markings necessary, plus equipment to be carried by motorists in vehicles in Zimbabwe, inc...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 15:40hrs | 2 | by Victoria Falls Guide
Biti, dictators are made by opportunists calling them 'chancellor of dictators' but in power 'fountain of wisdom'
"We have a serious problem in Africa of being ruled by dictators. There is a dictator called Mabutu Sese Seko who ruled DRC for many years," said Tendai Biti."Right now, there is another dicta...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:00hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe biker in serious accident
Not for the first time, one of President Robert Mugabe's motorcade outriders was left badly injured in Harare on Monday during the evening rush hour, after he crashed into a motorist while trying to c...Published: 17 May 2017 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money making scheme: Annual fitness checks for all private cars
PARLIAMENT has recommended to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development that all cars must be inspected yearly at a cost of $50 per unit, as part of the commercialisation of the Ve...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Snr Asst Comm Charamba answers your questions
The following are responses provided by Police Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba to issues raised by The Sunday Mail readers in the issue of June 19, 2016.*******...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police explain road block policy
The motoring public is not happy with the frequency and spacing of police road blocks.In our continuing campaign to bring the spotlight on traffic policing, we this week give you responses by ...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 08:46hrs | | by Garikai Mazara
Kombi goes up in flames, passengers cheat death
A commuter omnibus was this afternoon reduced to ashes at the heart of Bulawayo Central Business district when it went up in flames.Passengers escaped death by a whisker outside OK Jason Moyo....Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 15:06hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Harare Police fine motorists for not indicating while turning
Harare Residents Trust has warned motorists to be careful when approaching a police road block mounted at Crowhill Road indicating that the law enforcement agents target the turning point so as to fin...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 05:16hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
ZLHR clarifies on new traffic laws
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has sought to clarify traffic laws in relation to the newly announced offences and spot fines.ZLHR Communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda sa...Published: 23 Jan 2016 at 04:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
What every motorist in Zimbabwe needs to know
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo in terms of Section 81 of the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 13:11) has passed a new ...Published: 17 Dec 2015 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
MOTORIST BEWARE: Govt enforces new traffic regulations
Motorists risk being jailed should they drive vehicles without spare wheels, reflective triangles and fire extinguishers as Government tightens traffic regulations to reduce carnage on the roads. It's...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 07:55hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Motorists driving without spare wheel risk going to jail
MOTORISTS who drive vehicles without a spare wheel, reflective triangles and a fire extinguisher risk going to jail as the government tightens traffic regulations to reduce carnage on the roads....Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 07:38hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Firebrigade blames car owner for failing to report fire in time
Bulawayo Fire Brigade has blamed the owner of a VW Golf car which was burnt down close to Hyper Supermarket in Bulawayo on Thursday last week saying could he had reported in time the vehicle could h...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 14:01hrs | | by Stephen Jake
Left-hand drive vehicles will not be banned
Regulations to ban left-hand drive vehicles and imports of vehicles aged five years and above have been struck off the country's statutes, Government has said.Further, the Standards Associatio...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:20hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Left-hand drive vehicles ban challenge withdrawn
THE government has withdrawn an appeal at the Supreme Court where it intended to challenge a High Court order granted in favour of the Transport Operators' Association of Zimbabwe (TOAZ) in the left-h...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
PCJ bus burnt to a shell along Bulawayo-Harare Road
A Botswana-bound PCJ bus was reduced to a shell when it caught fire at the 20km peg along Bulawayo-Harare Road yesterday morning.No one was injured although passengers lost property worth thou...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Traffic cops continue to defy High Court order
POLICE have vowed to continue demanding red reflective triangles and fire extinguishers from motorists in defiance of a recent High Court order which ruled the regulation as null and void.Last...Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (54) sets himself ablaze outside parliament
ROME - A 54-year-old man died on Sunday after setting himself on fire outside the Italian parliament last week to highlight his struggle with unemployment, police said.A...Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 20:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated government buildings to get facelift
DILAPIDATED Government buildings in Bulawayo, Gwanda and parts of Matabeleland North are set to undergo face-lifting in a bid to restore their image and operational efficiency.This comes amid ...Published: 01 Jun 2012 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fire extinguishers to be mandatory on all vehicles
ALL vehicles should have a fire extinguisher and two red reflective triangles, Police National Traffic Section has said.Spokesperson Inspector Tigere Chigome said motorists should also have a ...Published: 29 Mar 2012 at 04:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reviews used vehicle importation ban
The Zimbabwe government has made concessions on the ban on Left-Hand-Drive motor vehicles by December 2015.Backing down from pressure from members of the transport sector, the government is n...Published: 12 Jul 2011 at 09:51hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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