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27 passengers robbed at gunpoint
TWENTY-SEVEN passengers aboard an MB Transport bus heading for Beitbridge were early yesterday robbed of money and valuables worth thousands of dollars by three gunmen, some 20 kilometres before the b...Published: 5 hrs ago | 381 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-bound bus driver survives SA robbery attack
TWO men armed with guns stormed a Zimbabwean-bound cross border bus and robbed 58 passengers and crew of thousands of rands, United States dollars and other property between Pretoria and Polokwane in ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:36hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
Accident kills 4
Four people died on the spot while the driver of a Honda fit vehicle they were travelling in was seriously injured after they were involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck as he tried to o...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:32hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
58 passengers lose cash, cellphones in daylight bus robbery
Two armed robbers ambushed a Harare-bound Croswell Logistics cross-border bus in northern South Africa at around 10am yesterday and robbed 58 passengers of cellphones and cash. The driver, Mr Thembane...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:25hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to recruit 900 nurses
The Health Services Board (HSB) intends to recruit 900 nurses to fully staff referral hospitals, board chairperson, Dr Paulinus Sikosana has said. Dr Sikosana said there were shortages of nurs...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:28hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
2 die in accident
Two people died - one on the spot and the others upon arrival at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital - when a haulage truck hit a pothole, veered off the road and ploughed into pedestrians at the 255km peg a...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Poisoned fish on sale in Chikuti, police warn
Fish poisoned with cyanide are being sold along the Harare-Chirundu highway near Chikuti and police are concerned that vendors in other areas might be selling the fish. National Police Spokesp...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Govt to upgrade Beitbridge hospital
THE government is considering upgrading the status of Beitbridge District Hospital to a superior institution, Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo said on Friday.Such an upgrade is envi...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:46hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
SA firm eyes Intertoll Zimbabwe
A South African firm, Mabentu Consortium, is making moves to take over Group Five subsidiary Intertoll Zimbabwe, which runs tollgates on the Plumtree- Mutare highway.According to insiders, in ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala brings Masvingo to a standstill
IT was Valentine's Day without much love in Masvingo's central business district this year.For those who know Masvingo, the morning of February 14 was anything but normal.Not even the ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:37hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
'Plug holes in Zupco system'
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ), an association representing the commuting public, is not impressed with the goings-on at the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) and is demanding act...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:30hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe accident victims named
The death toll from the Kwekwe accident that occurred on Monday this week involving a Zupco bus, a Honda Fit and two kombis, has risen to nine. In a statement yesterday, national police spokes...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:12hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Rains worsen pothole menace
Rains that are falling countrywide might have come as a blessing to most people, especially farmers, but for motorists in Harare, they are slowly becoming a curse as potholes proliferate and the clay ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:58hrs | 200 | by Staff reportert
Bulawayo court deports 21 Ugandans
A Bulawayo court has ordered the deportation of 21 Ugandan nationals who were convicted for illegally entering into the country.Magistrate Tinashe Tashaya convicted the Ugandans and sent...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 13:41hrs | 1033 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zupco bus accident kills at least 10 people
ATLEAST 10 passengers are reported to have died on the spot Monday afternoon with more seriously injured after a speeding Harare bound ZUPCO bus rammed into three vehicles before veering off the road ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 20:03hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
More contractors for Beitbridge Highway rehab
Government will rope in more contractors to rehabilitate the Harare-Beitbridge highway in order to expeditiously complete the three-year project and prevent project costs from escalating.It is...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:48hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Highway spikes robber nabbed
BEITBRIDGE police have nabbed one robber, believed to be part of a dangerous gang of criminals hammering spikes on highways, deflating vehicle tyres to rob travellers.A firearm is said to have...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:22hrs | 2172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army chiefs panic, deploy special forces
MILITARY commanders have deployed large numbers of officers from the Zimbabwe Intelligence Corps (ZIC), commonly known as military intelligence (MI), the elite Special Air Service (SAS) and the Specia...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:14hrs | 9909 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver murderers get life imprisonment
TWO Harare men, who gruesomely murdered a prominent Rusape taxi driver Emmanuel Ngwarati before robbing him, have been given life imprisonment by High court Judge Isaac Muzenda.The body of Ngw...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as Zera extends fuel licences
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has for the second time extended the duration of fuel licences by one month, saying it is consulting with its stakeholders on the new framework, sparkin...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Municipal cemeteries in sorry state
Council-run cemeteries in Harare are not being properly maintained, with most graves covered by tall grass and weeds. So bad is the state of neglect that visitors struggle to locate the graves of thei...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant couple perish in road accident
A horrific road accident claimed a pregnant couple on Saturday at the 4km peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba highway due to speeding.Jacob Sithole (33) died on the spot and his pregnant wife, Precious ...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 20:51hrs | 3614 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Fight for passengers, goods forces temporary closure of N1 Musina/Beitbridge highway
THE Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) is calling for calm among motorists and other road users who are travelling along the N1 road between Musina and Zimbabwe.On Wednesday, 29 Janua...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:55hrs | 3740 | by Sobulele Dyodo
Motorcycle rams into scotchcart two injured
Disheartening accident occurred yesterday along at the 58 kilometer peg along Mvurwi- Kanyemba highway, two people who were riding a motor bike crashed into scotch-cart and sustained severe injuries....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1520 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Let's not turn Zimbabwe into a vending nightmare
THE hordes of vendors who have besieged Harare's oldest suburb of Mbare to sell all manner of goods are a clear indication that Zimbabwe's formal economy is now on life support, a situation which does...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:56hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify raids on illegal miners
SIXTY-THREE more illegal miners have been arrested this week in Mashonaland Central Province. Police have also impounded three vehicles carrying gold ore and recovered compressors and generators at Ki...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:08hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
'Police cover up cop shooting of man'
Beitbridge rural police have been accused of covering up for a colleague who stands accused of shooting a minibus staff member in an alleged violent demand for a bribe.Ushe Tasara was shot on ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for stealing bus
A MAN from Njube in Bulawayo has been arrested on charges of stealing a bus parked in Thorngrove after it was involved in an accident four years earlier.The bus, which had Botswana registratio...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Search for new NRZ suitor begins
The renewed search for a suitor for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is set to begin this week after the US$400 million deal with Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)-Transnet conso...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Zinara in staff clear out
A substantive chief executive officer for the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will start work on April 1 as the face of a new executive that took over from the previous scandal-plagued ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:09hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss fired
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) tolling manager Mr Ostern Chimedza has been fired for presiding over financial leakages at tollgates running into millions of dollars. His dismissal com...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:02hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss fired
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) tolling manager Mr Ostern Chimedza has been fired for presiding over financial leakages at tollgates running into millions of dollars. His dismi...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:02hrs | 1277 | by Staff Reporter
Man in court for stealing bus
A MAN from Njube in Bulawayo has been arrested on charges of stealing a bus parked in Thorngrove after it was involved in an accident four years earlier.The bus, which had Botswana registratio...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 19:51hrs | 1660 | by Staff Reporter
Masendeke brothers nabbed for machete assault, robbery
LATE notorious armed robber Edmund Edgar Masendeke's two siblings have been arrested by the police crack team targeting machete gang leaders after they allegedly assaulted and robbed a motorist of US$...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Rehabilitation of Harare-Beitbridge road to be complete by year end
THE rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge highway has begun after the government allocated US $1bn to finance the project. This comes at a time when there have been incessant calls to expedite the r...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:30hrs | 4421 | by Staff reporter
Police release names of Mutare accident victims
Police yesterday released 12 names of the 17 people who perished in a bus accident that occurred near Odzi along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Saturday evening.National police spokesperson Assi...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 12:16hrs | 2137 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga sends condolence message to bereaved families following Mutare accident
ACTING President, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has sent a message of condolence to bereaved families following the death of 16 people on Saturday in an accident along the Mutare - Harare road ...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 17:10hrs | 2562 | by Staff Reporter
Harare-Mutare highway accident: Two bodies not yet identified
Relatives of the people who died in a road accident that claimed 16 lives along the Harare-Mutare highway at the weekend have been collecting bodies of the deceased for burial while two of the victims...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2134 | by Staff Reporter
Mutare bus accident death toll rises to 16
THE death toll from a horror bus crash that occurred along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Saturday evening has risen to 16, after two more people died on admission to Mutare Provincial Hospital....Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:24hrs | 2119 | by Staf reporter
14 die in bus, lorry collision
FOURTEEN people died on the spot when a General Bande bus collided, head-on, with a haulage truck near Shamu village along Harare-Mutare highway yesterday afternoon.National police spokesperso...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
China to inject fresh funds into Zimbabwe economy?
China will provide fresh funding for new infrastructure projects that are expected to jerk the economy and create new jobs. Reports of prospective funding come in the wake of last week's visit by the ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:28hrs | 332 | by Staff rpeorter
Met Office forecasts wet weekend
Heavy rains, damaging winds, lightning and flash flooding are expected from today up to tomorrow across the country. In a statement yesterday, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:38hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
‘Possessed’ thief loses loot to sex workers
A 20-YEAR-OLD thief left Guruve court in stitches yesterday after claiming that he committed the offense while possessed and spent his loot on commercial ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1550 | by Paul Ndou
Mnangagwa clears air on Presidency
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has continued to execute his official duties, has declared that he is still on his three-week leave and the man in charge remains his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga....Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
$1bn set aside for highway rehab
Rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge highway has started in earnest after Government set aside $1 billion for the project. The highway expansion project is expected to increase economic benefits fo...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:57hrs | 99 | by Staff rpeorter
Firms tussle over control of Zimbabwe tollgates company
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) and Mabentu Consortium of South Africa are headed for a major tussle over the control of Group Five's stake in Infralink, a special vehicle, created ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:57hrs | 161 | by Staff rpeorter
Why animal poaching needs to stop & how you can help stop it
Animal poaching continues to be a major issue in the conservation of many animal species. Despite efforts to stop poaching, it continues to persist. Many people do not realize the extent of the proble...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 14:09hrs | 943 | by Staff Writer
Masvingo road accident kills three
THREE people died after a head-on collision involving two light motor vehicles, 42 kilometres outside Masvingo along the Beitbridge highway.The accident saw a BMW which was travelling ...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 07:13hrs | 5111 | by Staff Reporter
Head-on collision claims two
TWO people died on the spot, while four others were seriously injured after a Harare bound bus collided with a Toyota fun cargo near the 320 kilometre peg along the Harare-Bulawayo highway this Wednes...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 21:50hrs | 5508 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to look into unjustified school fees hike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to look into the unjustified increase in school fees saying his government will not allow school authorities to wantonly increase school fees as the school yea...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 13:47hrs | 5380 | by Staff Reporter
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