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Zimbabwe's aviation sector soars with 24.8% passenger traffic surge
Zimbabwe's aviation industry is showing strong signs of recovery, with passenger traffic surging by 24.8% in the first half of 2024. The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) revealed this posit...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:36hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
NRZ eyes new passenger coaches to win back public trust
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) urgently needs new passenger coaches to resume its transportation services and compete with private buses in terms of ambience and speed, according to General M...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:29hrs | 3507 | by Staff reporter
Tragic end to fight for passengers
A 34-year-old rank marshal from Nkulumane 12 in Bulawayo, Saul Ncube, has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a fellow tout during a fight over passengers. Bulawayo pol...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Security roadblock fleeing cop wanted
An unlicensed Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer Felix Nyakurerwa (36) who fled from a roadblock along Harare-Mukumbura road while clad in police uniform driving a Toyota Wish with seven passenger...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 18:17hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Concesion
Cop flees from security roadblock
An unlicensed Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer who fled from a roadblock along Harare-Mukumbura road while clad in police uniform driving a To...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 13:25hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Concesion
22-seater Zimbabwean kombi with 32 passengers impounded in SA
A 22-seater bus travelling from Zimbabwe to Cape Town, South Africa, was recently stopped on N1 while carrying 36 undocumented Zimbabweans foreign passengers.Transport spokesperson Tidimalo Ch...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rhodesians conquering Antarctica tweet shakes internet
A TWEET celebrating three white people holding a Rhodesian flag at the Antarctica has shaken the social media platform, reaching over two million people most of whom have described them as ‘racist r...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Passenger group urges citizens to report overcharging transport operators
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has urged citizens to report any incidents of overcharging by commuter omnibus operators in a bid to weed out errant business practices.The call co...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Accident kills six, injures nine along Kwekwe-Gokwe highway
Six people died while nine others were injured yesterday when a Scania truck rammed into a Nissan Caravan at the 60 kilometre peg along Kwewe-Gokwe highwa...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 15:56hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Passengers lose cash, cellphones to robbers
A gang of four armed robbers in a red Honda Fit registration number AFD8585 offered lifts in Harare and attacked their passengers in two incidents and stole cash, cellphones and valuables.Poli...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passenger murdered in road accident scene bust-up
A road traffic accident scene bust-up ended in tragedy after a passenger who had joined an argument over the cause of the road mishap was beaten up by occupants of the other vehicle and later died fro...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tout killed over passengers
A tout from Mberengwa, Honest Shoko (26) recently killed a colleague while fighting over passengers, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has announced.Midlands police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko con...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
18 passengers cheat death as Harare-bound bus catches fire
Eighteen passengers early today cheated death after a Harare-bound BM Transport bus they were travelling on caught fire on the outskirts of Masvingo city along the Harare-Masvingo highway.All ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's airline passengers to rise 80%
AIR passenger numbers into Zimbabwe's airports will rise above pre-pandemic levels this year, as traffic improves in the aftermath of hard lockdowns globally, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caa...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Three die in a road accident
THREE people died while three others are battling for life after a Toyota Allion they were travelling in hit a hump at 30 kilometer peg along Mazowe Cente...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 20:39hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Transport crisis now a security threat: Passengers
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has petitioned Parliament to intervene and help end the country's worsening public transport situation which has resulted in commuters falling victim to mu...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two die, eight seriously injured in separate accidents
TWO people died and eight others are hospitalized in separate road traffic accidents on Wednesday in Mashonaland Central province....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zupco snub leaves commuters stranded
Commuters from Robert Sinyoka in Bulawayo were yesterday left stranded in the CBD after ZUPCO withdrew its buses citing bad roads. Robert Sinyoka and Mazwi village are peri-urban settlements a...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
20 passengers miss flights after NHS bungling
DISGRUNTLED Ethiopian Airways passengers yesterday expressed disappointment over what they said was poor service delivery by the National Handling Services (NHS), which closed airport check-in bays ea...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators deal with potholes
A team of kombi operators in Highfield, Harare gave back to the community by filling potholes at Machipisa shopping centre on Friday morning.The good Samaritans told Bulawayo24.com that pothol...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimra finally clears stranded travellers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) staff in Beitbridge have finally processed the customs procedures for 366 Zimbabweans returning from South Africa in 12 buses whom they had refused to clear on S...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 9 | by Staff writer
Emirates in passenger ill-treatment storm
A UNITED KINGDOM (UK) based Zimbabwean woman living with disability has taken Asian airline, Emirates, head-on over her alleged ill-treatment by the cabin crew on her flight to Harare two years ago....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We saw fire consume fellow passengers'
A SOMBRE atmosphere fills the air as relatives and passers-by watch in disbelief at the charred remains of a bus which has somewhat been turned into a mass grave.The remains of people that hav...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet set to fly 500,000 passengers on its Zimbabwean routes this year.
LOW cost airline Fastjet says it is on course to fly almost 500 000 passengers on its Zimbabwean routes this year.Hein Kaiser, the group's spokesperson, said the regional airline carries aroun...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NRZ opens premier coaches to individual passenger bookings
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has opened its premier class coaches to individual passenger bookings following demand for the service by travellers. Prior to this decision the premier...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CEO reassures all fastjet passengers
Fastjet - the budget African airline founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou - reassuring all fastjet passengers, the travel industry and our partners that the company will continue to operate in a state of '...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe leaves passengers stranded
Scores of passengers were left stranded at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday morning after an Air Zimbabwe flight to Bulawayo took to the skies two hours earlier than scheduled....Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
NRZ records 50% surge in passengers
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has recorded a 50% increase in the number of passengers using its trains following the deployment of new coaches early this year, an official has claimed....Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pedestrian dies, 7 passengers injured in overtaking crash
The wreckage of the commuter omnibus which fatally struck a pedestrian before it crashed injuring seven passengers along the Bulawayo-Tsholotsho RoadAN overtaking commuter omnibus fatally ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drivers, passengers injured in traffic accident
A NUMBER of people were injured in a pile-up after a Landela Masuwe Lodge staff bus rammed into a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company (Zetdc) truck that had hit a donkey-drawn scotc...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus with Regina Mundi pupils catch fire
The Zimbabwe United Passangers Company known with the acronym ZUPCO (in picture) went in up in flames this afternoon along Nyamayendlovu road.The bus was carrying school children travelling ...Published: 02 May 2016 at 16:00hrs | 7 | by Thobekile Zhou
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
Air Zimbabwe explains mid-air raw sewage mishap
Air Zimbabwe yesterday played down a mid-air mishap which happened on Sunday where raw effluent reportedly gushed out of its Johannesburg-bound plane's toilet bowl and spilled into the cabin. Passange...Published: 09 Dec 2015 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WARNING: oMalayitsha abusing passengers
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by SA Resident
Ebeneza bus staff, poor customer service
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: 18 Dec 2014 at 14:06hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
MDC-T official dies in bus accident
Shushine Siyamandanda dies The MDC has learnt with great shock, disbelief and sadness the death of Shushine Siyamandanda, Gokwe Kabuyuni distict ...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF turns to school buses to transport supporters
ZANU PF has come under fire for allegedly coercing schools to offer them buses to transport its supporters to various destinations free of charge.Recently the ruling party has been accused of ...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver loses testicles in tussle over $1
HARARE - A COMMUTER omnibus driver reportedly survived death by a whisker when two passangers who are lovers reportedly tore his testicles in a dispute over US$1 that the duo refused to pay after ...Published: 22 Oct 2014 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Court reporter
Air Algerie loses contact with plane, 110 people on board
Algiers - Air Algerie said it lost contact with one of its passenger aircraft nearly an hour after takeoff from Burkina Faso on Thursday bound for Algiers."Air navigation services have los...Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 11:41hrs | | by AFP
Kombi door operator robs passenger
A COMMUTER omnibus conductor yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of robbery as defined in Section 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act after using the commuter omnibus to r...Published: 21 Jan 2014 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil spared jail for killing passenger
AN O-Level pupil at Shangani Secondary School was lucky to escape jail life when he was fined $200 for driving without a licence and killing a passenger. Michael Tawanda Hove (20) of Stand Num...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 13:43hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Tsholotsho community to stage a memorial soccer tourney for Adam Ndlovu
On Saturday 01 June 2013 the Tsholotsho community will stage a memorial football tournament to remember the late Bosso legend Adam Ndlovu the tournament will feature Highlanders Legends, Tsholotsho se...Published: 31 May 2013 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies in a car accident
Luweni Mashidi (46) of Bulawayo died on the spot when the vehicle he was a passanger in veered off the road and rammed into a tree after the car had hit a cow along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road, police ...Published: 13 May 2013 at 03:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
18 bus passengers steal at accident scene
Eighteen travellers aboard a Leighwoods bus travelling from Bulawayo to Masvingo are in trouble for stealing from a haulage truck which had been involved in an accident on the highway.The accu...Published: 01 Nov 2012 at 04:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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