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Bus operator ordered to pay US$145,000 for fatal crash
Mandeep Tours, a luxury bus operator, has been ordered to pay US$145,042.94 in damages to Govasberg, another bus company, for the total loss of its bus in a tragic head-on collision that claimed 13 li...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:34hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi donates US$25k boots to CAPS Utd
FORMER CAPS United striker Nyasha Mushekwi has donated football boots estimated at over US$25 000 to his ex-club ahead of the 2024 Castle Lager Premiership season next month.The former Warrior...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Abandoned' luxury bus mystery on Bulawayo-Plumtree Road
ABOUT 25 kilometres before one reaches Plumtree Town along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road, they cannot help noticing a Botswana-owned luxury bus that has been curiously parked by the road side for more th...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi Platinum Stars unveil luxury bus, 2023 kit
NGEZI PLATINUM STARS continue to strive to create a conducive environment to enable their players to succeed, both on the local scene and on the continent.In their latest step towards creating...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo in court for stealing US$40,000
TWO Bulawayo men this week appeared before a Gweru magistrate on allegations of stealing US$40 455 which was under a Harare bound City Link luxury bus driver's seat.Joseph Tichafa Mahoto (38) ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo men steal US$40 000 from City Link
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly stealing more than US$40 000 which was under a Harare-bound City Link luxury bus driver's seat after the bus had stopped at a pick up and drop of...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Greyhound bus burnt to a shell
A total of 34 people cheated death when a Greyhound cross-border bus travelling from South Africa to Zimbabwe was burnt to a shell about 35 km along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road on Monday Morning....Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 09:10hrs | 14 | by Methusi Ncube
9-man gang holds up City Link bus
LUXURY bus City Link's passengers travelling from Bulawayo to Harare were delayed for about three hours as a gang of nine men manhandled the driver accusing him of 'stealing' their US$7 000 that was i...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco in bid to boost fleet
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is inviting bidders from suitable suppliers for semi luxury buses as it fails to meet transport demands. In an advertisement the bus company advised intereste...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bus fares up 100%
LONG distance bus operators have increased their fares by up to 100 percent, with most attributing the hikes to fuel shortages that are forcing them to buy it on the black market. Operators sa...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duty on buses ring-fenced
Government has extended the ring-fenced suspension of duty on the outstanding quota of luxury buses by a year after the operators failed to utilise the facility due foreign currency challenges. ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Esigodini tollgate delays irritate motorists
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo have expressed dismay over delays at the Esigodini toll-gate saying this spoils their trips and businesses.In separate interviews, motorists said the delays at the tollga...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
City Link bus driver thwarts $10 000 robbery
A BRAVE City Link bus driver yesterday saved the day when he grabbed the leg of an alleged robber who had snatched a bag containing about $10 000 as the bus was picking and dropping off passengers in ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 13:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Warriors ready for Cosafa challenge
OVIDY Karuru set the Cosafa Cup alight last year and he returns to the tournament again tomorrow with a rallying call for his Warriors to be ruthless and professional in their approach.The War...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bus firm ordered to pay accident victim's wife $60k compensation
THE High Court has ordered a luxury bus company Pathfinder to pay $60 000 compensation to a woman who lost her husband in an accident which occurred along Harare-Bulawayo highway near Shangani in 2013...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya triggers hot debate
THE involvement of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Walter Magaya in the Warriors legends match against their Barcelona counterparts at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, has po...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 07:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Citiliner cuts fares by 22%
LUXURY bus service firm Citiliner has reduced its fares by 22 percent across southern Africa with immediate effect.The cross-border operator said the slash in fares was meant to give the trave...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa battles to save Zifa bus
Zifa is battling to save a state-of-the-art luxury bus it received from the South African Football Association (Safa) from being attached by the Sherriff of the High Court.After the 2010 World...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 14:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New social class, beneficiaries of Zanu PF lootocracy
MDC-T deputy secretary general Tapiwa Mashakada has claimed that the ruling Zanu PF has created new social bases who breathe Zanu PF and depends on its feeding troughs so as to win 2018 election...Published: 21 May 2017 at 08:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Duty on imported luxury buses slashed
THE Government has slashed duty on the importation of luxury buses used mainly by cross border transport operators in a move set to promote investment in the transport and logistics sector....Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government in duty importation u-turn
THE Government has made another importation u-turn by reducing duty on the importation of luxury buses used mainly by cross border transport operators in a move set to promote investment in the t...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bosso look to Nyaradzo to ease sponsorship deficit
HIGHLANDERS have set their sights on increasing remittances they rake in from Nyaradzo Funeral Assurance as they look to easing the deficit caused by the reduction in funding from principal sponso...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crash victim sues bus firm
AN accident victim is suing Pathfinder luxury bus and its driver for more than $180 000 in damages, medical and hospital expenses after surviving an accident that claimed eight lives three years a...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's 2017 budget highlights
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Thursday presented a $4,1 billion budget proposal for 2017.Chinamasa said growth is projected to be at 1,7% and inflation at 1,1% from a negative 1,...Published: 08 Dec 2016 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
54 escape burning bus
FIFTY-FOUR passengers travelling on a Proliner Luxury Bus from Johannesburg, South Africa, cheated death when the vehicle went up in flames near Chivhu along the Harare-Beitbridge highway yesterday mo...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Foundation College faces $1million lawsuit
A SUPPLIER of luxury coaches is suing Foundation College for more than $1,1 million for allegedly breaching the terms of contract in a botched bus deal.The failed deal also resulted in the Har...Published: 18 May 2016 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Luxury coaches in trouble for picking passangers at Bulawayo hotels
LUXURY coaches that pick and drop passengers at some of Bulawayo's hotels are likely to face the full wrath of the law after it emerged that it is illegal to rank at these sites as no bus - be it luxu...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 10:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bosso to receive another luxury bus soon
THE stalemate over the bus donated to Highlanders by Nyaradzo Funeral Assurance Company is finally over, with the Bulawayo giants set to receive the vehicle in the next two weeks.Highlanders c...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 16:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimra grounds Bosso's luxury bus
THREE months after taking delivery of a luxury bus imported from South Africa, Highlanders are yet to complete its registration formalities. Highlanders' primary sponsors BancABC last month came to th...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 06:38hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
Mambare to sell Bosso's luxury bus?
HIGHLANDERS have been given until the end of the month to settle their arrears with former player Masimba Mambare or risk losing their property which was attached on Wednesday.Mambare attached...Published: 10 Jul 2015 at 13:18hrs | | by Sportszone
Mambare to attach Bosso's newly-acquired luxury bus?
BULAWAYO Premiership giants Highlanders could lose their newly-acquired luxury bus after their former midfielder Masimba Mambare won a writ of execution to attach property from the club yesterday....Published: 09 Jul 2015 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flock to South Africa despite xenophobic attacks
While hundreds flee deadly anti-immigrant attacks in South Africa, many Zimbabweans continue to travel to the so-called "rainbow nation."The Anadolu Agency visited Roadport, a regional transp...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 11:11hrs | 4 | by Anadolu Agency
First batch of xenophobia affected Zimbabweans arrives
The first batch of Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa arrived at Beitbridge Border Post last night with harrowing tales of how they narrowly escaped death and witnessed some pe...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
400 Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa
The first batch of 407 Zimbabweans who were displaced during the xenophobia-motivated attacks in the Chatsworth area of Durban in South Africa left for Zimbabwe last night by road via Beitbridge B...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
65 Greyhound passengers escape bus inferno
SIXTY-FIVE passengers, mostly cross-border traders, escaped death by a whisker when a South Africa-bound Greyhound luxury bus they were travelling in caught fire and was reduced to a shell near Masvi...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 08:55hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
18 luxury coaches plying the Bulawayo-Johannesburg route blacklisted
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has blacklisted 18 luxury buses, plying the Bulawayo-Johannesburg route, from operating in the central business district for failing to comply with set council require...Published: 06 Jul 2014 at 11:31hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Pathfinder accident victims named
VICTIMS of the Saturday night Pathfinder luxury bus accident have been identified while the death toll has risen to eight. The Bulawayo-bound coach had 66 passengers on board when it collided with a ...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 03:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pathfinder bus accident could have been avoided
RESIDENTS of Jama resettlement area, about 62km from Bulawayo along the Gweru Road have blamed the horrific accident involving a Pathfinder luxury bus and haulage truck that left six people dead o...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Six people die in Pathfinder bus accident
Six people, including the driver and a passenger in the haulage truck, died while several others were seriously injured after a luxury bus belonging to Pathfinder bus company collided head-on ...Published: 07 Dec 2013 at 20:15hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Zimsec's Nhandara must be fired for playing fejafeja with our minds
I FOUND the Press statement by Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) director Esau Nhandara provocative and very annoying.He was defending his mischievous Grade 7 Ndebele Paper 1, wh...Published: 22 Oct 2013 at 03:27hrs | 1 | by Cont Mhlanga
Police seize R1.6 million ivory in luxury bus
SOUTH African police smashed a Zimbabwean ivory smuggling syndicate when they intercepted a luxury cross-border bus at their border carrying four elephant tusks worth R1,6 million.They arrested tw...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 16:43hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Zupco acquires 51 buses
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has acquired 51 buses valued at $4,3 million as part of the organisation's three year strategy aimed at improving operations and maximising sharehold...Published: 26 Aug 2013 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe donates 20 computers and a luxury bus
PRESIDENT Mugabe has donated 20 computers, printers and a luxury bus to Bondolfi Teachers College to fulfil a promise he made to the Roman Catholic run institution when he attended its golden jubilee ...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 17:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
City Link luxury coaches battles debt
Luxury bus firm City Link Coaches fears a court order compelling it to pay close to a million dollars in debt will cripple its operations.According to court papers, the lawsuit emanated from a...Published: 22 May 2013 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Deportation of Zimbabweans intensifies
SOUTH Africa which has intensified its crackdown on undocumented Zimbabweans on Thursday deported 672 illegal immigrants, the largest number since the resumption of deportations last October.T...Published: 07 Jan 2012 at 09:12hrs | | by Beitbridge Correspondent
Zim deported illegals troop back to South Africa
NEARLY 1 227 out of 1 841 Zimbabweans deported from South Africa so far for failing to regularise their documents have reportedly trooped back illegally, state controlled Herald reported....Published: 29 Oct 2011 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Facebook rapist calls detective, threatens suicide
The man dubbed the "Facebook rapist" - and wanted in connection with more than 30 cases involving murder, rape, kidnapping, theft and fraud - made a brazen call to the detective hunting him down....Published: 02 Oct 2011 at 08:28hrs | | by -
SA buses block Zimbabwean black owned luxury coach from plying Joburg Harare route
WHITE-owned South African luxury coach operators Intercape Ferreira Mainliner (Private) Limited (Intercape) and Unitrans Passenger (Private) Limited operating as Greyhound have put up a fierce legal b...Published: 18 Sep 2011 at 07:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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