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6 killed in road traffic accident
Six people lost their lives in a fatal road traffic accident on Thursday near the Magunje turnoff along the Harare-Chirundu Highway, in Mashonaland West province.The Zimbabwe Republic Police (...Published: 18 Apr 2025 at 15:22hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
5 die in Karoi bus crash
Five people have died, three of them on the spot, in a head-on collision involving a Magunje-bound CAG bus and a Mazda pick-up truck along the Karoi-Binga Highway this afternoon.Police confirm...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Fuel explosion claims one life
A Karoi fuel dealer was yesterday afternoon killed when containers of diesels exploded at a house in the farming town. The man, identified as Adam Kaponda, who was in company of two friends died on th...Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death in row over whisky, another murdered over US$2
A row over a bottle of whisky Thursday ended in tragedy for a Kezi man who died after being stabbed three times with an okapi knife by a bar attendant.Police said Saturday they have arrested W...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Imbiber killed over $2
A beer binge turned fatal in Karoi on Tuesday when two friends had a misunderstanding over $2.Bonwell Mereki (24) has since been arrested after he assaulted his friend Norman Chikoka (21) on t...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 12:03hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Crisis in Zimbabwe health sector deepens
AUDITOR-GENERAL (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in the country's health sector, where there is serious understaffing and shortages of equipment with no ambulances having been procured between 2...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe ally Sarah Mahoka dies in car crash
Former Hurungwe East MP Sarah Mahoka has been killed in a car crash, friends said on Thursday.Mahoka, who was in her 50s, died on admission at Karoi Hospital after a vehicle she was travelling...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Residents stampede for COVID-19 jabs
HUNDREDS of Karoi residents stampeded for COVID-19 vaccines at the weekend as demand for the jabs to curb the spread of the virus continues to rise.Government last month declared Hurungwe, Kar...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hurungwe records 48 Covid19 positive cases in 3 days
AT least 14 health personnel from Karoi and Chidamoyo hospitals in Hurungwe district have tested positive to Covid-19 bringing the total to 48 in the past three days.All the 14, 12 from Karoi ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 die in ambulance crash
A KAROI District Hospital ambulance driver, nurse and two patients died on the spot while another passenger died later after an ambulance they were travelling in collided with a truck along the Harare...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Driver, nurse, patients die in ambulance accident
A Karoi District Hospital ambulance driver, an escort nurse and two patients died after the ambulance they were travelling in collided with a two-tonne truck that was travelling to Kariba at the 196-k...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Road accident claims 3
Three Lobels Limited employees died in a road accident that occurred today along Harare-Chirundu highway when their delivery truck collided with a haulage truck.The accident occurred 15 kilome...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
PHOTOS: Karoi bound bus overturns
Several people were injured when a Karoi bound Makuku bus they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned after a tyre burst yesterday.Sources familiar with the incident told Bulawa...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 11:56hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe mourns 43 crash victims
PRESIDENT Mugabe last night expressed shock and sadness at the tragic loss of lives in the horror bus crash that claimed 43 lives and injured 33 others along the Harare-Chirundu Highway on Wednesday n...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Four pupils mauled by rabies infected dog
Four pupils from Kapiri primary and secondary school in Hurungwe North, Mashonaland West were mauled by rabies infected dog on Tuesday morning on their way to school.Eye witnesses allege two p...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man, 85, faces two murder counts
An 85-year-old man in Hurungwe is facing two counts of murder after he allegedly burnt down a hut in which his former girlfriend, her child and new lover were sleeping. Alfred Salamani of 56 Hill ...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 23:52hrs | | by Noah Pito
Woman axes mum-in law to death
A Hurungwe West woman allegedly axed her mother-in-law to death following an argument over why the former was not falling pregnant.Lingiwe Mugabe of Chinovhiringa Village under Chief Nyamhunga...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 09:36hrs | 2 | by Noah Pito
Nurses at Hurungwe Rural District Hospital, compromising newborns' health
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone Number....Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 07:57hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Tragic end to dispute over homestead
A dispute between two Magunje brothers over who stays at their parents' homestead ended tragically after the younger brother allegedly fatally struck his sibling with a brick.Ernest Mandere (2...Published: 04 Oct 2014 at 09:33hrs | | by Noah Pito
Businessman, lover attacked, robbed of a car
A Karoi councillor and prominent businessman was robbed of a car by suspected robbers who forced open the doors and attacked him together with a female companion at a rendezvous.The two were l...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold panner shot dead
A gold panner was shot dead by a Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority ranger after he tried to disarm him of his rifle during a scuffle at the Secret Valley panning site on Tuesday.M...Published: 08 Feb 2014 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Parks Ranger killed by elephant
A 49-year-old Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority ranger was killed by an elephant on Friday last week while on patrol at Rifa Education Camp in Chirundu. Mashonaland West Provin...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 17:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Poacher shot by rangers
A suspected poacher was gunned down by Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers who were patrolling in the Mukanga Game area in Mana Pools which led to the recovery of a pair of ...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 19:10hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Tenda bus overturns killing five people
Five people were killed while 10 others were injured, seven of them seriously when a Zambia bound Tenda bus overturned at the 244 kilometre peg along the Harare-Chirundu road last night after running ...Published: 09 Mar 2013 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Open air church service ends in tragedy
An open-air service for the Johanne Masowe Church ended in disarray last week when a member lit a fire which got out of control and destroyed several homes before it nearly caused the death of a chil...Published: 02 Oct 2012 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults lover over missing money
A 34-year-old Hurungwe man appeared before a Karoi magistrate for allegedly fatally assaulting his 47-year -old girlfriend during a dispute over missing money.Roderick Chabayanzara of Campfir...Published: 12 Jul 2012 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
16 year old up for murder
A 16-year-old Form 1 student at Nyangwizhu Secondary School here is facing a murder charge after fatally head-butting a schoolmate.The juvenile was last week granted bail and released into th...Published: 02 Jul 2012 at 04:48hrs | | by Court reporter
Hospital clerk defrauds patients
A KAROI Hospital clerk has been fined US$360 (or four months) for defrauding patients. Tatenda Kudzirunga (25) who was employed by Karoi Hospital as a clerk responsible for receipting cash from patien...Published: 09 Apr 2012 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elephant poachers shot dead in Zimbabwe
Parks and Wildlife Management Authority regional manager Mr Tawanda Gotosa confirmed that two poachers were shot dead while another one was injured in a shootout with game rangers in Mkanga Safari A...Published: 04 Mar 2012 at 22:57hrs | | by staff reporter
Fatal bicycle accident reported
A 47-year-old man from Razau village in Hurungwe, Mashonaland West Province crashed to death after failing to manoeuvre a bicycle which he was riding downhill, the police said on Friday.Provi...Published: 26 Oct 2011 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by -
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