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Spike in wildlife poaching alarms Victoria Falls conservationists
The Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU) has raised the alarm over a surge in wildlife poaching, with at least seven animals killed in April alone, including three buffaloes, one kudu, and three ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:09hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Dismembered body found on railway tracks
A police investigation is underway following the discovery of a dismembered body believed to be that of a man in his early 20s on railway tracks beneath the Luveve Road flyover yesterday morning. Auth...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:30hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
6 injured in Harare train-vehicle collision
Six people were seriously injured early this morning when a Honda Fit vehicle collided with a goods train at the Chiremba Road rail crossing in Harare.According to preliminary reports, the dri...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:51hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ministers visit Rovos-BBR train accident victims
The Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Barbara Rwodzi, and the Bulawayo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Judith Ncube, visited the victims of the Gwanda train accident at Mater Dei...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:05hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches probe into Rovos Rail, BBR train collision
The Government has launched an official investigation into the head-on collision between a Rovos Rail luxury passenger train and a Bulawayo-Beitbridge Railway (BBR) goods train, which occurred on Good...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 08:57hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's govt avoid potholes, flies Rovos Rail tourists to Victoria Falls
The Zimbabwean government was forced to abandon what critics described as a "disastrous" plan to drive stranded Rovos Rail tourists to Victoria Falls, instead opting to fly them to the iconic resort t...Published: 20 Apr 2025 at 19:18hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Rovos Tourist train collides with goods train in Zimbabwe, several injured
A luxury Rovos Rail train carrying 47 international tourists en route to Victoria Falls was involved in a collision with a goods train operated by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) affiliat...Published: 18 Apr 2025 at 14:27hrs | 8005 | by Staff reporter
NRZ goods train catches fire
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train ferrying coal from Hwange to Zambia caught fire earlier today at the Pandamatenga siding site, triggering an emergency response from local authorities...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 17:27hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Goods train derails in Kadoma
In the early hours of this morning, a dramatic derailment occurred when an NRZ goods train came off the tracks near Jangano, just outside the busy Central Business District of the gold-rich city. Eyew...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 18:13hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
Love birds hit by goods train named
POLICE have named victims of Beitbridge goods train accident who may have died in their sleep at a makeshift love nest between the railway lines.The officer commanding Beitbridge Police Distri...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 20:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Goods train crushes Beitbridge lovebirds after turning railway line into a love nest
A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga....Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zapu promises to grow economy by US$80bn in poll manifesto
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) has outlined plans to build a US$80 billion economy in the next 20 years if voted into power in next month's elections.The opposition which is not fi...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 21:10hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 16 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Trains collide head-on in Zimbabwe
THREE National Railways of Zimbabwe crew members suffered injuries when two goods trains were last Saturday involved in a head-on collision at Rutenga in Masvingo Province, leading to one of the train...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
9 arrested for stealing maize at accident scene
NINE people have been arrested on allegations of stealing maize following a recent accident involving a haulage truck and a goods train at a rail crossing along Solomon Mujuru Drive (Kirkman Drive) in...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 14:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabweans don't need to be reminded of painful history why does regime keep telling us about colonialism?
So, the Zimbabwe ruling establishment believes that the people of this country - especially, those who suffered the brunt of the regime's unimaginable cru...Published: 31 May 2022 at 19:48hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman killed after jumping in front of oncoming train in Cowdray Park
A woman from Bulawayo died yesterday after she threw herself in front of a goods train in Cowdray Park suburb.Bulawayo provincial police deputy spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Mseb...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
NRZ collapse was avoidable, says Alvord Mabena
Former National railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) chairman Alvord Mabena believes the collapse of the parastatal is closely linked to the decimation of the country's industrial base.Mabena (AM), who ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
NRZ train derails near Bulawayo, 2 dead, 7 injured
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) train derailed in Bulawayo early on Friday killing two employees and injuring seven others.NRZ spokesman Nyasha Maravanyika said the accident happened in ...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lied about his arrest by whites?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly misled the nation when he created a narrative that he was arrested by the white minority regime for derailing a goods train and sentenced to death but was spared...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 10:31hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
75-year-old retraces colonial days, cycled from Buhera to Gweru in search of work
BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:20hrs | 36 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zanu-PF packs hundreds of people in goods train for Mnangagwa rally
Hundreds of people made it to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 'Thank You' rally in at Rutenga last Saturday aboard an old goods train in which the party's Chiredzi leadership had packed them to boost a...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi hit by train, 5 dead
An arrest warrant has been issued for a kombi driver charged with causing the death of 5 passengers after he failed to stop at a railway crossing.Simbarashe Gororo, 38, recently failed to turn...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Truck derails goods train
TRAVELLERS, mostly cross border traders using the Harare-Masvingo highway faced long delays at Fairfields rail level crossing in Mvuma on Wednesday evening after a haulage truck rammed into a wagon of...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another goods train derails
A goods train has derailed in Matetsi area in Hwange with no injuries reported so far as investigations continue on the exact cause of the derailment.National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) Spokes...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 19:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Train derails in Bulawayo
A train derailed near Cement Siding in Bulawayo on Saturday.A locomotive pulling another went off the railway tracks and under unclear circumstances, and they both overturned.The crew ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by zimlive
Beitbridge - Masvingo highway closed
THE highway between Beitbridge and Masvingo will be temporarily closed today to allow for repairs on the railway line following an accident likely to cost Beitbridge-Bulawayo Railway (BBR) millions of...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Derailed goods train still at crash site
The Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway Company (BBR) is still working on modalities to remove its crashed goods train and repair the damaged track at the rail-road crossing in the border town.It is D...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 11:12hrs | 9 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Train derails in Beitbridge
A goods train has derailed after hitting a truck on the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway and rail crossing.Traffic has been brought to a halt and cannot gain access into the border town using the r...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso player on his war exploits in Gwanda
Joko Thodlana, whose pseudonym was Hughes Mhondoro had sets his sights into turning into a football star, playing for his dream team, Bulawayo giants, Highlanders Football Club.However, the ca...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Goods train rolls back, crashes cars, derails
Two motorist cheated death on Sunday when an overloaded Concession bound goods train rolled back for kilometres before crashing two cars and derailing in the process.Mashonaland Central ac...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Train cuts man to pieces
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Victoria Falls died when he was crushed by a passenger train in a suspected case of suicide.Hilton Makanda (38) of Mkhosana suburb's Mfelandawonye section was cut into p...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges Masvingo to back Mnangagwa
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday called on Masvingo not to let President Emmerson Mnangagwa down but rally behind him in the July 30 elections so that Zanu-PF romps to a...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goods train derails in Hwange
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls was on Tuesday delayed for about 10 hours after a goods train derailed and blocked the railway line in Hwang...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
NRZ locomotives collision kills 1, 8 injured
One National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employee died yesterday while eight others were injured when two locomotives collided at Oreti near Zvishavane.NRZ public relations manager Nyasha Marav...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Kombi, train accident kills 4
Four people died while 10 others were injured when a Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus they were travelling in was hit by a goods train at a railway level crossing near Windsor Park turnoff in Ruwa on las...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 15:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man nearly crushed to death by train
A drunk ODZI man, who slept on the Harare-Mutare railway line recently believing he had arrived home, is lucky to be alive after a goods train crushed his legs.Manicaland Police spokesperson I...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New airport for Beitbridge
GOVERNMENT is planning to build a state-of-the-art airport in Beitbridge as part of an initiative to transform the town, a Cabinet Minister has said.Transport and Infrastructural Development M...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man crushed by goods train
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Sawmills in Matabeleland North died when he was crushed by a goods train after jumping onto the railway line in a suspected case of suicide.Trust Shoko of Majindane vill...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Harare-bound train derails in Mutare
A Harare-bound goods train has derailed in Mutare.Eyewitnesses said the train went off the rails at around 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon in the area between Chikanga Phase 2 and Sakubva Devon...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Goods train derails in Mutare
A goods train derailed in Mutare this afternoon amid indications that it failed to negotiate a curve.Eyewitnesses say the train derailment which occurred around 2pm today in the area between C...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zipra prepares to re-launch operations after internal problems
IN our Lest We Forget column today we continue our interview with former Zipra instructor, camp commander and a member of the High Command Jack Mpofu.Mpofu is one of the guerillas who witnesse...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:18hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Train crushes, drags woman for 40 metres
A GWERU woman died on Friday after she was crushed by a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train while attempting to cross the rail track.The remains of the woman believed to be around ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NRZ asset register in shambles
THE rundown National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is sitting on countrywide real estate estimated to be worth more than $150 million, with the potential to raise at least $5 million in rentals monthly....Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Earthquake sends tremors through Zimbabwe - report
AN earth tremor, triggered by an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale which hit Botswana yesterday, ripped through most parts of Zimbabwe last night.Most parts of the country were...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Baby injured as truck, train collide
An eight months old baby was injured when a goods train collided with a haulage truck at the Mapinga Great Dyke Pass rail crossing along the Harare/Chirundu-Chirundu highway yesterday.The ...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 23:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VP Mnangagwa interview makes troubling reading- Moyo
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has said the piece that features an interview with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was making a troubling reading on many fronts and was terri...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Man killed, body dumped on railway tracks
A SUSPECTED gold panner was allegedly killed and his body thrown onto a railway line where it was crushed by a train.According to local media, the body was found in two halves near the rai...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ re-introduce deadly working regime for enginemen
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) management has been accused of re-introducing outlawed dangerous working conditions for train drivers.The drivers known as enginemen are now said to...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 12:52hrs | 4 | by Thobekile Zhou
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