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13 injured in an accident, driver and conductor on the run

Thirteen passengers were injured in a bus accident that occurred at the 26-kilometre peg along Kadoma-Sanyati Road.According to the police, a Nehoreka bus, which was carrying 51 passengers, overturned and landed on its left side. The accid…

Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:32hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter

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 positive development, which reflects the sec…

Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:36hrs | 408 | 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 Manager Respina Zinyanduko.However, the …

Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:29hrs | 3522 | 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 police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confi…

Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:46hrs | 6 | 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 confirmed the incident, stating that investigation…

Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:30hrs | 2 | 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 the passengers and the crew managed to escape f…

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 (Caaz) director general Elijah Chingosho to…

Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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 mugging, sexual harassment and robbery af…

Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2 | 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.One person died at the 95 kilometer peg along Mazowe- Centenary road and eight other passengers were in…

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 few kilometres outside Bulawayo, just after Pu…

Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 6 | 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 early, resulting in travellers missing th…

Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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 Sunday. The group was later given an all…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 11 | by Staff writer

'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 have been reduced to ashes lie scattered all over …

Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:35hrs | 2 | 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 around 40 000 guests on its Zimbabwean routes every …

Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:07hrs | 2 | 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 class coaches were only available for block bo…

Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 11 | 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 'business as usual'.The fastjet chief ex…

Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 19:56hrs | | 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.There were unconfirmed reports that the re…

Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:42hrs | 13 | 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.Early this year, NRZ leased the equipment com…

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 struck a pedestrian before it crashed into a statio…

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 scotch cart along the Bulawayo-Victoria Fall…

Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff 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 lost contact with an Air Algerie plane Thursday flying…

Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 11:41hrs | | by AFP

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 accused are Gladys Zeyi (29), Jeremiah Zari (31), F…

Published: 01 Nov 2012 at 04:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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