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Zimbabwe roads deadliest in Africa, claims UN
FIVE people die every day on average because of road accidents in Zimbabwe, says a review on road safety in the country.But, the report says, this can be reversed.Launching the Road Sa...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healers lure women with promises of easy births
TWO daughters. Long, painful labours. Several miscarriages.For Soko, a hairdresser in her late 30s, the quest for a son and a safe, easy birth led her to seek professional help - from a herbal...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:45hrs | 843 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
Fatal accident as commuter omnibus hits pothole
TWO people died on the spot, while 15 others were seriously injured when a commuter omnibus hit a pothole before overturning last Friday near Mutora business centre in Gokwe.Midlands provincia...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 18:02hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Mother kills son for joining Nyau dance
A 38-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza woman is in soup after she fatally assaulted her 11 year old son with a fan belt all over the body for reportedly joining Nyau d...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 14:18hrs | 1631 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zupco bus accidents jolt govt
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has expressed concern over the spike in the number of road traffic accidents involving buses operating under the Zupco franchise.Moyo's comments came after ...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
6 dead, 14 injured in SA crash
Six people, some of them believed to be Zimbabweans were killed in a road accident early this morning near the South African border when an overloaded Nissan Navara they were travelling in overturned ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
Jumpstarting truck turns fatal for mechanic
A Gokwe mechanic died while his workmate sustained some injuries after they were trapped by two trucks while jumpstarting one of them.The mechanics had set the two trucks facing each other bef...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 regulations for hotels
THE Government has directed restaurants attached to hotels, backpackers' lodges and guest houses to restrict provision of food and drinks to room service while learning institutions are prohibited fro...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
A true leader doesn't create separation, but brings people together!
I love Bluetooth! I fondly remember the first time using it - when we discovered that could actually send SMS texts to each other with my beloved wife Tinta (who was still my fiancée all thos...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:42hrs | 591 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boy, I love democracy - pity I don't live in one!
Most times, I feel like a lonely miserable little child - who is sitting on his home's stoep, fondly admiring the neighbors' happy family, whose parents will be joyfully playing together with their ch...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 18:47hrs | 269 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Diplomat fatally stabbed by son
A-23 year old man on Monday appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda facing murder charges and one count of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his father, who is a Diplomat to death....Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs married girlfriend to death
Cheating turned fatal for a Bindura married woman Joice Gonzo (41) who was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend Norman Rabu (47) in a l...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 17:57hrs | 3641 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1119 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Minor succumbs to bee attack
The one-year-six months old Rutenga minor who was attacked by a swarm of bees on the afternoon of January 13, died upon admission at Neshuro District Hospital hours after the vicious attack.Pr...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 08:04hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records worst road accidents mortality rate in the Sadc region
AT least five people die in road traffic accidents every 24 hours in Zimbabwe, giving the country the worst mortality rate in the Sadc region, with the Plumtree highway as one of the hotspots....Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Floods wreak havoc as downpours persist
The persistent rains falling countrywide have seen the usual seasonal flooding in some areas and blocked drains in urban areas.The rainy season started late, but since New Year rain has been f...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:17hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
'5 people die in accidents every day'
ZIMBABWE records a road traffic accident every 15 minutes with at least five fatalities daily, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) yesterday said.The TSCZ, in a Road Safety Performan...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:14hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Armed assailants terrorise villagers
VILLAGERS in rural Kariba and the Negande and Luunga areas of Binga said they were now living in fear following a spate of cold blood murders perpetrated by unknown armed assailants.The incide...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:30hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaulted in witchcraft row
A 75-year-old Zaka man was fatally assaulted by his nephew early Sunday morning following an altercation over alleged witchcraft, as violent deaths continue to increase countrywide. Hakuf...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Victoria falls
VICTORIA Falls residents are counting their losses after flash floods caused by incessant rains that pounded the city since Friday destroyed pre-cast walls, household property, gardens and washed away...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
2 murder suspects arrested police hunt for 3 more
TWO men who had been on the run after allegedly stabbing to death a 39- year- old man have been arrested.The body was discovered in a bushy area near Alarm 3 Mine compound in Kwekwe on January...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Major road projects continue
Work on major road projects under the Second Republic is continuing, even during the rains, as the Government modernises road infrastructure, with construction of an additional Norton tollgate now und...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Brother kills sister over pap
A 27-year-old man suspected to be mentally ill, has been arrested on allegations of killing his sister after he was denied a third plate of sadza on Sunday night in Chiredzi.Jonathan Chiyitani...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for hit and run driver
Police have launched a manhunt for an unknown motorist who was driving a silver BMW vehicle who sped away from a police patrol car before running over and killing a person suspected to have been drunk...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Mafume denies being HCC employee
SUSPENDED Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, who is charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, yesterday denied being employed by the Harare City Council although acknowledging that he was a pub...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Regional bus accident update: 3 dead, 70 injured
Three people were killed and 70 others injured after a Regional Premium Clas bus they were travelling in rolled on the N1 highway in the Matoks area, approximately 40km outside Polokwane in Limpopo on...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:11hrs | 2775 | by Staff reporter
Woman on the run after stabbing rival
Police in Kwekwe are investigating a murder case in which a 22 year old woman was fatally stabbed by a rival while allegedly fighting over a man.The police are also keen to interview the man w...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Man axes son to death
POLICE in Mukumbura arrested a 36-year-old father who murdered his son on Christmas day.Rangarirai Katsitsimera of Manyika village in M...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 23:48hrs | 2119 | by Simbarashe Sithole
PHOTOS: Regional bus involved in fatal accident in South Africa
A Regional Premium Class bus coming from Zimbabwe to South Africa was involved in a fatal accident in the early hours of Monday morning. ...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 08:53hrs | 7464 | by Mandla Ndlovu
13 Covid 19 deaths on Day One of 2022
COVID-19 claimed 13 lives on the first day of the year, while 269 were hospitalised as of December 31 countrywide.On New Year's Day Zimbabwe had recorded a total of 214 214 confirmed cases, in...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
7 killed in Masvingo road accident
SEVEN people were killed in Masvingo on New Year's Day in a road accident while four others have been hospitalised, police have confirmed.The accident happened along Masvingo-Topora Road with ...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 18:55hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver arrested over fatal accident
The Beta Bus driver who had fled the scene of a fatal road accident in which six people were killed when the bus burst into flames after colliding with a fuel tanker at the 242 km peg along the Harare...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 2269 | by Staff writer
77 killed in festive season accidents
A total of 77 people were killed countrywide between December 15 and 27 this year, a significant increase on the 66 who died during the same period last year when intercity travel was suspended under ...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:22hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Beta bus 'killer' driver
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Beta bus driver who fled the accident scene where the lives of five passengers were lost along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2727 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implores church to promote unity
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday implored churches and citizens to be instrumental in promoting unity to ensure there is peace and stability during the by-elections slated for the first quarter of next y...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man loses life over used diapers
AN argument over the illegal dumping of diapers cost a 31-year-old Trenance man his life after he was stabbed to death on Friday by a fellow resident following a heated exchange.The deceased, ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 kills 14 people on Christmas day
FOURTEEN people succumbed to Covid-19 and 277 others were hospitalised on Christmas Day across the country.Zimbabwe had by last Saturday recorded 203 746 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 15...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:05hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns accident victims
President Mnangagwa yesterday paid condolences to the families of the five people who died in an accident involving a Mutare-bound bus and a fuel tanker and prayed for a quick recovery to those who ha...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:02hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Accident hero to be honoured
President Mnangagwa has hailed Mr Sirizani Butau for heroically saving lives at an accident scene in Mutare on Friday, saying the Government will honour him for the sacrifice.Mr Butau, a truck...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
5 killed in bar brawl
A member of the security services allegedly entered a bar in Mhondoro-Ngezi armed with an AK47 assault rifle and fatally shot five people on Christmas Day after being accused of proposing love to an u...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Africa will never have another Tutu or Mandela because oppression is only oppression when committed by Whites!
The world was yesterday morning (26 December 2021) shocked with the tragic news of the passing away of legendary anti-apartheid and human rights defender, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, at the age of 90 yea...Published: 27 Dec 2021 at 19:07hrs | 834 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WATCH: Video shows man directly hit by thunderbolt
CCTV footage in Jakarta, Indonesia has captured a security guard who luckily survived a direct hit by lightning, according to local media.The 35-year-old, working as a guard for a company deal...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:09hrs | 4342 | by Staff reporter
4 men fatally assault 66-year-old man
A 66-year-old Tsholotsho man died after he was allegedly attacked by four men who accused him of attacking their friend.Matabeleland North Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance prioritising Chamisa's 'luxury', says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER Zanu-PF politburo member and cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo, who until recently had pledged to train MDC Alliance election agents, has given a scathing analysis of MDC Alliance efforts towards ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Munenzwa bus in fatal accident
A Johannesburg bound Munenzwa luxury coach was on Thursday involved in a fatal accident near Bubi. According to a F...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 18:22hrs | 9417 | by Moyo Roy
Police stuck with corpse for 2 months
POLICE in Kwekwe have for been stuck with the corpse of an unidentified man who died in a car accident over two months ago.Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko said police a...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills hubby in infidelity brawl
A 35-year-old Harare woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband over infidelity.The woman, Leoba Muzondo retaliated after her husband, Farai Tsatse (39), who accused her of infi...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:43hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off moving vehicle, dies
A 33-year-old man from Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province died after jumping off a moving vehicle and was hit by its trailer, police have confirmed.Matabeleland North provincial spo...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:41hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Harare man in court for fatally assaulting a thief
A Harare man faces murder charges after he fatally assaulted a thief who had broken into his house.Levy Mujakwara(41) was remanded in custody to January 13 when he appeared before Harare Magis...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner fatally stabs workmate
A GOLD panner from Gwanda is on the run after he fatally stabbed his workmate with an okapi knife in a dispute over sharing of money.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspecto...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
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