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Man with mental health problems hit by bus
A tragic incident unfolded in Dete as an Extra city bus struck and fatally injured a pedestrian at the Cross Dete Business Centre in the early hours of Monday morning, casting a somber mood over the l...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 11:55hrs | 11 | by Peter Matuka
Intercity travel resumes
MAJOR bus termini, depots and popular hiking spots in Bulawayo have burst into life after Government gave transport operators plying intercity routes the greenlight to resume services in line with the...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police impound nine buses
POLICE in Lupane impounded nine buses for operating without permits and flouting Covid-19 regulations."On 29 August police in Lupane impounded nine buses for operating without permits and flou...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as intercity travel resumes
MAJOR bus termini, depots and popular hiking spots in Bulawayo were yesterday a hive of activity as transport operators resumed inter-city routes amid jostling by travellers as they boarded buses. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Extra City bus involved in accident
An Extra City bus travelling from Victoria Falls to Bulawayo was involved in an accident on Thursday. An eye witness who spoke to this publication said the bus was involved in an accident afte...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed robbers raid city gold dealer
SIX suspected armed robbers pounced on a house in Bulawayo's city centre and brutally attacked four people with machetes, leaving them for dead before getting away with US$6 687, RTGS$1 000, five gram...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo companies do not have required expertise, says Rainbow Hotel
Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel has lamented the lack of qualified personnel to take up employment at the hotel during its massive renovation project.The hotel has closed its doors to the public as it ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 16:32hrs | 1 | by Cite.org
Angry motorists shut down fuel service station
ANGRY motorists temporarily closed Total Service Station in Victoria Falls on Friday morning in protest over hoarding of fuel by the garage attendants.Chaos started on Thursday evening when sc...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Extra City must take drivers for defensive driving lessons urgently
ON November 2, I boarded an Extra City Luxury coach from Bulawayo to Harare for the first time. I had been referred by a friend as it was a cheaper option. Cheap it was as it only cost $25 com...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:41hrs | | 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
Notorious human trafficker arrested
POLICE in Victoria Falls have arrested a man allegedly known in the border town for his notoriety in human trafficking after he helped six border jumpers from East Africa to illegally enter the co...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 10:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bus crew accused of negligence for ignoring ailing passenger
EXTRA City Bus Company has been accused of negligence after its crew allegedly ignored an ailing passenger from Victoria Falls who died on arrival in Bulawayo.The woman, identified as Mrs ...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jumps to death from moving bus
A MAN from Matobo District in Matabeleland South Province allegedly committed suicide by throwing himself headlong through the window of a moving bus near a tollgate at Dinde area outside Hwange o...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 survive truck-jumbo crash
TWO people were injured and an elephant died when a haulage truck plunged into a herd of jumbos at a blind spot between Cross Mabale and Gwayi River.The accident occurred at about 6.45PM on Su...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
20 passengers cheat death as Extra City bus crashes
TWENTY people cheated death by a whisker when an Extra City bus they were travelling in veered off the road and uprooted trees, injuring eight passengers in the process.All those who were inju...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
Bush crash baby buried without leg
A LEG belonging to a three-year-old accident victim has been found, 12 days after she was buried with the body part missing.The three-year-old girl was among four people who died on the spot w...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Extra City Bus accident kills 4 people
Four people died while 23 others were injured Wednesday night when an Extra City Bus was involved in an accident on its way to Victoria Falls.The injured are reportedly in a stable conditi...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Extra city bus involved in an accident this morning'
7:30am, Nov 29 - +263 7* *** ****:An Extra city bus involved in an accident this morning at around 7:30am along Harare Bulawayo Highway ...Published: 29 Nov 2014 at 10:08hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
'Prophet' given a police uniform for exorcising evil spirits from a cop
A HARARE-BASED self-styled prophet charged with impersonating a police officer left the Victoria Falls court in stitches on Friday last week after he claimed that he was given a police uniform as paym...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet arrested for impersonating a police officer
A HARARE-BASED self-styled prophet charged with impersonating a police officer left the Victoria Falls court in stitches on Friday last week after he claimed that he was given a police uniform as paym...Published: 25 Feb 2013 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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