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ZRP cracks down on illegal use of blue lights, sirens

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to motorists illegally using blue lights, sirens, and bar lights on their vehicles, with Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba vowing to clamp down on offenders.Speaking on Frida…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 16:51hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo's deteriorating roads and malfunctioning traffic lights

Bulawayo city councillors have expressed deep concern over the worsening state of roads and malfunctioning traffic lights, warning that the deteriorating infrastructure poses serious risks to motorists, pedestrians, and schoolchildren.The …

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 14:31hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter

Harare plunged into darkness as Zesa switches off tower lights

Harare's last remaining tower lights were switched off this week, plunging Zimbabwe's capital further into darkness - a stark metaphor for the city's deepening governance crisis and financial dysfunction.The blackout, triggered by Harare's…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 14:46hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter

ZETDC presses on with prepaid street lighting

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has vowed to press ahead with its installation of smart prepaid meters for public lighting, despite complaints from local authorities, particularly the Municipality of …

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter

Zesa blames councils for street light blackout

A wave of violent muggings has hit the cities of Bulawayo and Chitungwiza, plunging residents into fear and frustration as entire suburbs remain in darkness due to street light disconnections.The blackout crisis has been linked to a paymen…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:49hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter

ZETDC switches off Bulawayo traffic lights

Bulawayo motorists have recently been navigating more dangerous roads after several critical traffic lights in the city were switched off by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). This action forms part of …

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:16hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter

Taxi driver ambushed after lady-lure ride from Palace Hotel

A 30-year-old taxi driver operating under InDrive services narrowly escaped a violent ordeal after a late-night trip turned into a terrifying armed robbery in Bulawayo's leafy Suburbs on May 18, 2025.The driver, a resident of Morningside, …

Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:07hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter

290 traffic lights violations caught on police cameras

Is this the dawn of order on the chaotic streets of Harare's Central Business District (CBD), long plagued by reckless kombi and mushikashika drivers? Or just the latest attempt to tame the madness on the capital's roads?For years, kombi a…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:07hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter

Harare Mayor blames Zesa for City's street light crisis

Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has revealed that the city's municipality is struggling to maintain street lights due to ongoing issues stemming from the takeover of the thermal power station by the power utility, Zesa Holdings. The mayor's comm…

Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:03hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter

Kumalo residents install solar streetlights to combat crime

In response to increasing criminal activity fueled by unlit streets due to power blackouts and non-functional streetlights, residents of Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb have launched an initiative to install solar-powered streetlights. Mounted on…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:43hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo residents raised concern over lack of street lights

BULAWAYO residents have raised concern over lack of street lights including tower lights saying their unavailability has led to a spike in crime rate in Zimbabwe's second largest city.This follows a report from the Bulawayo City Council (B…

Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bubi councillor installs street lights to curb muggings

BUBI district Ward 8 Councillor Ignatious Khabo has installed street lights in his ward in a move aimed at reducing crime.Cllr Khabo said he has installed more than 10 solar-powered lights and is working towards installing more.He said he …

Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Gweru in traffic lights U-turn

GWERU City says it plans to negotiate with a Chinese contractor the local authority had contracted to install traffic lights after the two fell out over the deal and took each other to court.Speaking at a Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Ass…

Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Gweru set to duplicate traffic lights

GWERU City Council environment committee chairperson, councillor Trust Chineni (ward 15) says the local authority has approved plans to install traffic lights next to the ones installed earlier by one Chines investor.Seven years ago, counc…

Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans must stay away from occult wealth seeking

IMAGINE being instructed by an inyanga or sangoma to take soil from a stranger's grave that will be used to perform a ritual to invoke the spirit of a dead person to help you get instant wealth and power.Welcome to the dark side of occult …

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Gweru: a city without traffic lights

Green means go, and red means stop. That is the rule on the road, but when traffic lights are down, motorists are left asking which car goes first? This is a question that most motorists in Zimbabwe's third largest city Gweru grapple with …

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Traffic lights vending banned

All illegal activities at traffic intersections including begging, distribution of fliers and vending have been banned with immediate effect, Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Harare Metropolitan, Mr Tafadzwa Muguti, said…

Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Traffic, street lighting nightmare in Harare

Many traffic lights at major Harare intersections are either not working or working intermittently, creating massive traffic jams especially when there is a sequence of failed robots along a road, with promises by the Harare City Council s…

Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

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