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Bus catches fire near Victoria Falls, passengers escape unharmed
On Monday, more than 70 passengers had a narrow escape from a life-threatening situation as a Stallion Cruise bus bound for Victoria Falls suddenly erupted in flames near the airport. The bus, origina...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 19:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Unleashing the Beauty of Matopos - A Journey from Bulawayo to Maphisa
As a nature enthusiast and adventure seeker, I am always on the lookout for new destinations to explore. One such place that caught my attention recently is Matopos, a beautiful region in Zimbabwe kno...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 10:56hrs | 19 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Chaos on 5th Avenue gives Bulawayo city a perennial headache
GAINS made from the recently concluded Bulawayo City Council Spring Cleaning exercise could be quickly reversed as authorities continue to struggle to bring sanity along 5th Avenue where illegal...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
KwaZulu Natal is burning, businesses shut due to protest action
Multiple major roads across the KwaZulu-Natal province, particularly the N2 and N3 highways, have been shut down this morning due to protests, according to various traffic reports on social media....Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border trader sues bus company for $1m
A CROSS-BORDER trader who survived one of the country's worst accidents that claimed 43 lives, when a Zambia-bound King Lion bus rammed into a tree along the Harare-Chirundu Road, is suing the bus com...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Automated training for learner drivers
CMED (Private) Limited has unveiled a mobile driver training simulator, modern technology aimed at enhancing efficiency for learner drivers through computerised and objective assessment, expected to m...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
14 injured in bus accident
Fourteen people have been admitted to Kwekwe General Hospital after they sustained injuries when a Tombs Motorways bus contracted by Zupco to ply the Kwekwe-Redcliff route veered off the road and plun...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware booking Eagle Liner Coaches online
On the 19th of January 2019, a ticket was bought for me from South Africa to board a Eagle liner coach from Harare to Joburg for 10 a.m and unfortunately I missed 10:00 a.m departure time. I had earli...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Citizen
Mnangagwa mocks Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken glowingly about the late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai while mocking the former trade unionist's successor - Nelson Chamisa - whom he is squaring up aga...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 13:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa praises Tsvangirai
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken glowingly about the late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai while mocking the former trade unionist's successor, Nelson Chamisa who he is squaring up against...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Building on change in Zimbabwe
SINCE Last November, the world has watched as citizens of my country chart a new course for themselves and a new Zimbabwe. Change is all around us. Barriers to free expression are being brought down. ...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Gangster in helicopter prison break
A notorious gangster has escaped by helicopter from a prison in the Paris region, the French authorities say.Redoine Faid was helped by several heavily armed men who created a diversion at the...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 17:31hrs | 2 | by BBC
Fuel truck blaze kills 'nine' in Nigeria
A petrol tanker has caught fire in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, killing at least nine people, officials say.More than 50 vehicles, including five buses, were set ablaze after the truck ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by BBC
3 SA-bound Zimbabwe buses hijacked
A Bulawayo man was shot on the ear after he withheld R10 from highway robbers who hijacked buses, omalayitsha and two private motorists between Musina and Kranskop along Musina- Johannesburg Highway o...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga instigated cancelation of Beitbridge-Harare highway tender
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to cancel Geiger International contract to dualise the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway was instigated by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's “serious pro...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trailer comes off bus, slams into minivan killing 7
SEVEN people died on the spot while two others were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a trailer which dislodged from a bus at the 126km peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highwa...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to thank Xi Jinping
Four months after the ousting of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, one of the world's longest-ruling dictators, his successor is set to arrive in Beijing on Monday in a bid to ensure Beijing'...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 17:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, back from the brink
Three weeks ago a young elephant wound her trunk around my arm and began – politely, elegantly, insistently – to pull my hand into her mouth and suck the salt sweat off my fingers. It was the happ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Katherine Rundell
How Oliver Mtukudzi sheltered a Zimbabwean refugee in downtown Harare
Music is soulful shelter. I became a refugee when I discovered potential life hidden in the works of Mbare-born guitarist Louis Mhlanga and the late Mozambican Afro-Jazz singer Gito Baloi and slowly r...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 17:07hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Woman gives birth in bus
IT's a boy!A final year nursing student helped a woman unexpectedly deliver a healthy baby inside a Chegutu-bound Tombs Motorways bus as other travellers also gave a hand as the special moment...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Karanga people under attack - Zodwa Wabantu rescues Masvingo
Karanga people are clever. Korekore people are uneducated. All Ndebeles want to do is drink, burn meat over fire and dance, if they are not stabbing people. Manyika people learn a few English words an...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 18:38hrs | | by Jera
All aboard Mamvemve Express Motorways: Zimbabwe has no soul left brothers and sisters
I adored the soulful action on Thursday nights. Lovemore Majaivana could do the classic leg shuffle and shimmy with resourceful elegance noticeably better than the self-styled godfather of soul James ...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
'Zimbabweans the poorest in Africa,' AfrAsia report - recovery start with…
"According to the Africa 2016 Wealth Report, Zimbabwe has been ranked as the country with the poorest people on the continent, with average wealth of $200 per person," reported Bulawayo24.com....Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 22:53hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe's corridors of sexual horror
ZIMBABWE'S highways have become a magnet of sexual exploitation of young girls dropping out of school due to abject poverty, which calls for urgent action to protect thousands of teenage girls fro...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
UK bridge collapses in front of Tsvangirai's former advisor
The former advisor to former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Alex Magaisa has thanked God for protecting him from a footbridge which collapsed in front of "them" along a UK Motorway on Saturday....Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 07:48hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Motorist caught committing 'indecent act' while driving
A DRIVER was caught committing an "indecent act" while driving on a motorway during a road safety crackdown by Hampshire police.The county's constabulary, along with Thames Valley Police, ...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tombs Motorways Bus company to pay for accident
A KWEKWE civil court has ordered Tombs Motorways Bus Company to pay a cross border trader R39,470 with interest as compensation for her property that was lost in an accident in May last year.P...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Patrick Chitumba
Matter of fact - It was PCJ bus and not Tombs
Bulawayo24.com apologises for erroneously reporting that a Tombs bus had killed 18 cattle in an accident on Saturday. It was in fact a PCJ bus!Allbert Tsikira Tombs Motorways Human Resourc...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 22:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
PCJ bus hits 24 cattle, kills 18
Eighteen cattle were killed when a PCJ Motorways bus coming from Botswana hit 24 cattle on approaching the 87 kilometer peg along the Harare-Bulawayo road, between Chegutu and Half Way at Sangongore f...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bus misses bridge, plunges into flooded river
SEVENTY passengers escaped death after a Mayezana bus missed a bridge across Shashane River in Kezi, Matobo District. The driver of the bus, which was travelling from Bulawayo to Kezi, attempt...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:33hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Zimbabwean banks removed from US sanctions list
The US has removed two Zimbabwean banks from its punitive sanctions regime against Zimbabwe. On Wednesday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac), which falls under the Department of Treasury, is...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Bus driver appears in court for attempting to cross a flooded river
A BUS driver who attempted to cross a flooded river before it overturned with 74 passengers on board has been charged with negligent driving.James Moyo, 69, pleaded not guilty when he appeared...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Ajay Motorways plunges into river
SEVENTY five passengers were pulled to safety when an Ajay Motorways bus they were travelling in plunged into a river in Mangwe District following heavy rains in the area this week.Passengers ...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tombs bus accident kills 1 in SA
A Zimbabwean woman was killed while eight other people were seriously injured when a Tombs Motorways bus overturned between Makhado and Musina towns on Monday morning. The bus was travelling f...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's name erased from Harare Airport Road
IT WAS meant to be a highway modernised in honour of the late Father Zimbabwe, but a mixup by Transport and Infrastructure Ministry officials saw an upgraded road being unveiled as the Harare Intern...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 06:37hrs | | by Clemence Manyukwe
4 die in train, car collision
Four people who died on the spot when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a train at a rail level crossing near Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo on Saturday night, were coming from a beer drink...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 05:25hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Man 'throws self' at speeding bus
A 39-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man died after he was hit by a bus along the Bulawayo- Plumtree Highway in what witnesses suspect to be a suicide.The man, Stephen Jack, who resided at Mavuka Farm was o...Published: 15 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Johannesburg motorway collapses
A Johannesburg motorway has collapsed crushing on to the busy M1 highway in Sandton this afternoon.The motorway which was still under construction at the Graystone off ramp crushed mid afterno...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 16:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Students survive crash
More than 50 students escaped death by a whisker in Bulawayo this morning after their bus collided with a sprinter and a Ford Ranger.The accident occurred around 6 am at Emganwini turn off alo...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 06:31hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Govt reluctant to stop public transport overloading - ZPA
Zimbabwe Passengers Association (ZPA) accused the government of failing to put measures to stop carnages along the country's high ways indicating that public transport operators continue to over l...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tombs Motoways from SA kills 4
Four people died on the spot and five others were seriously injured after a Tombs Motorways bus collided with haulage truck along the Zvishavane-Shurugwi Road early on Wednesday. According...Published: 27 May 2015 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporterreporter
'Black dollar' scam, Congolese man arrested
A 39-YEAR-OLD man from the Democratic Republic of Congo was arrested for stealing $30 000 from a Bulawayo businessman whom he left with a "brick" of black dollar-sized paper.Basil Akono En...Published: 30 Nov 2014 at 12:52hrs | | by Mncedisi Buhali
'Mugabe coup mastermind' launches new political party
Alleged coup mastermind and former army captain Alfred Matapo has launched a new political party - United Crusade for Achieving Democracy (Ucad) - and insists that Zanu PF's days in government are nu...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Toll gate fees hike, High court judgement postponed
The High court on Friday postponed judgement in the matter where Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) are challenging the 100 percent hike of tollgate fees, announced by the government this week....Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 21:13hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Sibanda
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
Ajay Motorways bus that put people's lives in danger - WhatsApp Video
Just wanted to share a video of the Ajay bus that put people's lives in danger.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3lsgbadQbw ...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 11:17hrs | 1 | by Citizen Journalist
Bus plunges into flooded river, 50 passengers escape death
MORE than 50 passengers on Monday narrowly escaped death by drowning when an Ajay Motorways bus they were travelling in attempted to cross the flooded Embakwe River in Mangwe following a three-day...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus nearly swept off bridge - WhatsApp update Pictures
Ajay Motorways at the Mbakwe bridge....Published: 04 Mar 2014 at 20:50hrs | | by Citizen Journalist
Asylum seekers threaten to sink Australian govt
Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare crouches uncomfortably in a suit on the canvas of a youth boxing ring in Sydney's hardscrabble Western Suburbs, shaping up for the election fight of his li...Published: 29 Aug 2013 at 04:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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