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10 die in early festive road accidents
As the Christmas and New Year holidays approach, ten people have lost their lives, while several others sustained injuries, some seriously, in three separate road accidents reported this week....Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:03hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Paris hosts Pan-African conference opposing neo-colonial policy
On November 23, 2024, Paris hosted a pan-African conference called "Brisons les chaînes! "focused on the fight against neocolonialism. Participants discussed the historical and contemporary forms of ...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 10:29hrs | 148 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe successfully performs open-heart surgeries on 10 children
In a milestone for Zimbabwe's healthcare sector, 10 children with congenital heart conditions underwent successful open-heart surgeries during a week-long medical camp at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Hara...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 18:21hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Bribe-taking Zimbabwean cops suspended
Two Harare-based policemen have been suspended from duty following a viral video showing them allegedly accepting bribes from motorists along the Harare-Mutare Road, near the Mabvuku turn-off. Sergean...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:29hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
ZESA singlehandedly destroying Zimbabwe: The shocking truth behind the power crisis
In Zimbabwe, there is a harsh reality that every citizen faces: power outages, or "load shedding," are an almost daily occurrence. Power cuts, sometimes lasting up to 18 hours, have become the...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 21:07hrs | 3633 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kombis impounded as police hunt more suspects in viral video
A kombi driver and his conductor have been arrested on bribery charges after a viral video exposed them offering bribes to police officers along the Harare-Mutare Road. The two men, identified as Tina...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 16:08hrs | 3521 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver and conductor arrested for bribing cops
A kombi driver and his conductor have been arrested following a viral video that allegedly shows two police officers accepting bribes from motorists along the Harare-Mutare Road. The two Zimbabwe Repu...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:01hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew implicated in bribing cops
A commuter omnibus (kombi) driver and his conductor have been arrested for allegedly offering bribes to two policemen, following a viral video that showed the officers accepting cash from motorists. T...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 13:19hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Student killed as school kombi overturns on way to Mnangagwa event
A tragic accident occurred on Thursday when a minibus carrying students from Nyangani High School in Nyanga overturned near Selborne in Makoni District, resulting in the death of one student and injur...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
3 accidents kill 6 in a day in Matebeland South
Six people lost their lives in three separate road accidents that took place on Sunday in Matabeleland South, police have confirmed. The fatal incidents occurred in Filabusi, Gwanda, and Mbalabala, wi...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:12hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
5 people died in an accident along the Harare-Bulawayo road
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed a devastating road traffic accident that occurred on October 31, 2024, claiming the lives of five individuals along the Harare-Bulawayo Road. The incid...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 10:15hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
4 men die after drinking aloe vera 'aphrodisiac'
Four men from Manicaland province have tragically lost their lives after consuming a suspected aphrodisiac made from aloe vera plants, while two others remain hospitalized following the incident. The ...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean tree cures erectile dysfunctional
Deep within Zimbabwe's forests lies the Mugondorosi tree, a species steeped in legend and traditional medicinal knowledge. Revered for its ability to treat male erectile dysfunction, this once-abundan...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
No to third term of office for President Mnangagwa: Mudenda
Former Mthwakazi Republic Party National Executive Council Chairman Mudenda Chilumbo has criticized the Zanu PF faction that is rallying for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rule beyond 2028, stating t...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:03hrs | 1890 | by Stephen Jakes
Chivayo refuses to pay American consultant
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, known for his extravagant lifestyle and high-profile donations, is currently embroiled in controversy following his refusal to pay US$75,000 to an American con...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:37hrs | 9813 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver jailed for killing pedestrian
A 26-year-old commuter omnibus driver from Hatcliffe, Kelvin Mhasi, has been sentenced to 17 months in jail after being convicted of culpable homicide in connection with a fatal road accident. ...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:27hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe air ambulance service saves 67 lives since launch
Since its launch in August 2024, the Government's new air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has saved the lives of 67 patients, including 21 children aged 17 and under. The ser...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:54hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Woman run over by 4 cars in chaotic accident
A tragic road traffic accident claimed the life of a 25-year-old woman in Harare on October 1, 2024. The incident occurred along Robert Mugabe Road, near the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) in Eas...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 14:09hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Motorists cheat deaths; as haulage truck overturns
At least two motorists survived an accident in Chipembere area yesterday when a haulage truck overturned at the 60-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway.According to witnesses, the haulage...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 14:36hrs | 920 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
JSC ordered to release judges' public interviews results
Freelance journalist Mlondolozi Ndlovu has successfully won a case against the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) before the Public Information Appeals Committee (PIAC), after the JSC initially refused...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:11hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Kombi loses brakes hits tree, injures 11
A Harare-bound Toyota Hiace allegedly lost brakes and hit a tree at the 52-kilometer peg along Mazowe-Centenary road yesterday.Eleven people were injured one of them seriously injured....Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:21hrs | 833 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kidnaps City Parking officers
A 23-year-old Harare motorist, Gift Nyadzawo, appeared in court on Tuesday facing charges of kidnapping two City Parking officers and inciting public violence. He was remanded in custody by magistrate...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 19:11hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Gordhan gave tenders to his cronies, leaves a fractured legacy
ONCE praised as an "incorruptible" crusader in South Africa, Pravin Gordhan has left behind a legacy tarnished by mistakes, poor leadership, and growing corruption claims, giving rise to the question ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 12:35hrs | 1141 | by Sizwe Dlamini, Thabo Makwakwa, Manyane Manyane
Zimbabwe Air ambulances airlift 19 patients so far
In less than a month since its launch, the government's air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has already airlifted 19 patients. These patients include victims of road accident...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
2 dead, 6Injured in head-on collision on Harare-Bulawayo road
Two people died and six others were injured on Friday when a Nissan Note collided head-on with a Toyota Hiace at the 64 km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo Road.National police spokesperson Commi...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 07:53hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's air ambulance services take off
The government-sponsored air ambulance service in Zimbabwe, using Russian helicopters, successfully completed its first mission by transporting a cardiac arrest patient from Chegutu to Harare free of ...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:03hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Driver 'intentionally' crashes kombi into police roadblock
A police officer and another motorist were injured on Thursday after a kombi driver who was resisting arrest for a traffic offence daringly drove into police drums which were part of the equipment use...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:47hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Binga women arrested
Police in the Midlands province have arrested Rosemary Siangumbula (47) and Queen Sijima (39) from Siachengwa village, Gokwe North, for possessing large quantities of dagga. The arrests occurr...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:43hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa crackdown shows no signs of abetting
The Zimbabwe government's crackdown on critics ahead of Saturday's SADC summit showed no signs of abetting as more than a dozen activists were detained on Thursday and Friday, lawyers said.The...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 17:00hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo is not an HIV city
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has refuted claims circulating in the media and on social platforms that 90% of women aged 16 to 50 years tested for HIV in June 2024 were found positive. The reports f...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:17hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo refutes 90% HIV positivity report
THE Bulawayo City Council has refuted media reports claiming that 90 percent of women aged between 16 and 50 that tested for HIV in Bulawayo in June came out positive and that there is a 71.7 percent ...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 12:49hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested for US$193,000 robbery
Five young men, aged between 21 and 25, have been arrested for staging a robbery along the Harare-Masvingo Highway on Sunday. The suspects, Richard Banda (2...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:29hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe never acted like a maniac as Sadc and AU Chair
I am still struggling to wrap my head around this madness. What is it about hosting a SADC heads of state and government meeting in Zimbabwe that can drive the host leader to go off the rails?...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:56hrs | 511 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sim card scammers arrested with dozens of mobile phone lines
Four individuals, including a husband and wife, were arrested for fraud and money laundering, having scammed three people out of ZWG223,000. The suspects - Rumbidzai Tsongora (24), Tranos Taurai Muzan...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:14hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
'BCC wants to steal my kombi'
A Bulawayo commuter omnibus operator, Ndabezinhle Nyoni, is in a dispute with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over the impoundment of his vehicle. Nyoni's Toyota Hiace, registration ADS 2037, ...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:38hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
4 killed, 18 injured in Gweru accident
Four people died, and 18 others were injured on Monday when a Toyota Hiace kombi veered off the road and overturned around 4 pm along Hamutyinei Road, Gweru. National police spokesperson Commissioner ...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:42hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
2 dead and 8 injured in a head-on collision
Two people died, and eight were injured in a collision between a Toyota Hiace Kombi and a Mazda double cab on July 12, 2024. The accident occurred around 9:30 am at the 47-kilometre mark along...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 06:57hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver kills girlfriend
Failure to control his temper has landed a Plumtree-based Kombi driver in trouble after he assaulted his girlfriend to death during a domestic dispute.Author Tshuma (24) was asked to plead to ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:07hrs | 63 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe joins global fight against corruption at international conference
Zimbabwe is joining forces with the international community in the fight against corruption, attending the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Vilnius, Lithuania from June 18-21, 2024. ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 12:32hrs | 9 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Mnangagwa's reckless statement to Putin positions Zimbabwe as a security threat
THE southern Africa region has, by and large, been regarded as a peaceful place.Save for a few conflict zones - such as Mozambique, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo - we have avoide...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Notorious robber nabbed
Police in Mashonaland Central arrested a suspected robber who drove a stolen Toyota Hiace before robbing two people of their money and cell phones.Edson Murambidzi of Nyasano village in Mudzi ...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 09:46hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 killed in Lupane accident, 10 injured
On Monday around 10 PM, three individuals lost their lives, and ten others sustained injuries along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road when the truck they were traveling in veered into oncoming traffic,...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:48hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Even Chissano knows Mnangagwa has failed Zimbabwe!
The visiting former Mozambique president Joachim Chissano made a very telling comment yesterday.He alleged that Zimbabwe was experiencing social and economic transformation, putting it ahead o...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:52hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Court judgement could see 70% of mines shut down in Zimbabwe
HARARE - A large majority of Zimbabwe's mines risk losing their mining permits after the High Court ruled that miners should first obtain an environmental impact assessment certificate (EIAC) before b...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 21:09hrs | 65 | by ZimLive
Man steals car, arrested while about to repaint it
A 22-YEAR-OLD Silobela man has been arrested for stealing a Toyota Hiace vehicle from a house in Mkoba 9 Suburb in Gweru on Sunday last week.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector E...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 16:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fly One Logistics unveils leading Luxury Harare-Bulawayo coaches
Fly One Logistics proudly introduces the Executive Coaches, a new fleet setting a new standard for travel on the Harare-Bulawayo and Bulawayo-Harare routes. Offering unparalleled comfort, convenience,...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 15:08hrs | 332 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 robbers shot dead in Gwanda
Three robbers who were terrorising and targeting people keeping large amounts of money in Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province were on Tuesday killed after a shoot-out with police.Police s...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP's assault trial in false start
THE trial of recalled former CCC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara Constituency Munyaradzi Febion Kufahakutizwi on malicious damage to property and assault failed to kick off yesterday because the witness was una...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Detectives steal exhibit to destroy case
SOME members of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Beitbridge allegedly stole a document linking their workmates to car smuggling.The stolen document is a fraudulent vehicle clear...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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