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87 killed in Zimbabwe festive season traffic accidents
AT least 87 people have died while 424 others were injured in 1 194 road accidents that were recorded countrywide between December 15 and 26.Of the 1 194 road accidents, 60 were fatal....Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:29hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe carbon credit deal raises stink
THE deal in which the Zimbabwean government is selling large tracts of forests in a carbon credits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, Blue Carbon, lacks fairness and transparency, a glob...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs recall ignite legal debate, Mudenda ruling under microscope
Legal heads collided Tuesday as parliament boldly executed a recall order on 18 CCC legislators in a space of an hour after a High Court judge ordered a halt in the opposition carnage pending a determ...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:21hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
Timber war erupts in Lupane
A WAR of words has erupted in Lupane, with locals taking aim at the Kusile Rural District Council (KRDC) which oversees the administration of the Matabeleland North provincial capital, over misplaced ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 20:39hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wins right to host UN flagship event
Zimbabwe has been granted the privilege of hosting the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) flagship conference of African ministers of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development next year....Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
US resists pressure to reform IMF voting shares
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen showed little willingness to embrace reforms at the International Monetary Fund that would give China and other developing countries significantly more say in how th...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
3 injured after five car pile up
Three individuals sustained injuries in a multi-vehicle collision stemming from a Toyota Hilux rear-ending a Honda CRV, leading to a pileup involving five cars.In an official statement, the po...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:37hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Love birds hit by goods train named
POLICE have named victims of Beitbridge goods train accident who may have died in their sleep at a makeshift love nest between the railway lines.The officer commanding Beitbridge Police Distri...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 20:49hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
30 cheat death along Bulawayo, Victoria Falls Road
Thirty passengers traveling on a Kakono bus company cheated death by a whisker this afternoon after the bus developed a mechanical fault that resulted in the steering wheel locking up and the bus...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 16:23hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Bitumen World starts work on Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road
CONSTRUCTION giant, Bitumen World (Private) Limited, has deployed three well-equipped teams to undertake intense road maintenance and rehabilitation works along the dilapidated Bulawayo-Victoria Falls...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BMW driver who killed 6, sentenced to community service
A 31-year-old Shamva man, Benson Sosera who fatally hit six people with his BMW in March 2021, injuring one, has been sentenced to 840 hours of community service and suspension of his license for a ye...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pens US$81,2m NRZ wagons, locomotives deal
THERE is a ray of light for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), after Government signed a US$81,2 million deal with India for the procurement of 315 wagons and nine locomotives.The potentiall...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC rakes in US$8,4m from plan approvals
BULAWAYO City Council raised over US$8,4 million revenue after approving 156 building plans out of the 237 submitted in March this year.This was revealed in the latest council minutes in which...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bus catches fire
Forty-three passengers including learners on their way to school, yesterday escaped death by a whisker after an Inter Africa bus caught fire near Battlefields between Kwekwe and Kadoma. Most of the ba...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa accuses 'assassination target' Coltart of glory seeking
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Senator David Coltart says he fears for life following an alleged assassination attempt.According to Coltart, his motor mechanic discovered that the front l...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who wants to kill David Coltart?
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) official and former Education minister David Coltart has claimed that unidentified people tampered with his Toyota Prado's braking systems.Coltart revealed ...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
12 injured in kombi crash
A COMMUTER omnibus veered off the road on Friday evening in Magwegwe West suburb in Bulawayo and passengers were seriously injured.The accident occurred around 5pm after the vehicle's brakes a...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Drunk' man crushed by train while sleeping on railway line
A man suspected to have been drunk was crushed by a train in Mount Darwin recently while sleeping on the railways line.This bizarre incident was revealed Friday by the National Railways of Zim...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:10hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Honada Fit and 10 cars in freak pile-up
A ROAD accident at Coca-Cola intersection, in Harare's Graniteside industrial area, led to an 11-vehicle pile-up yesterday.Witnesses said the accident was caused by the driver of a bus who los...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, how far with the hyped mega deals?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, there is still no evidence of the mega deals you hyped about during your inauguration. Corruption is still rampant. And, there is dead silenc...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 8 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Runaway truck crash at new Beitbridge border bus terminal
The Zimborders Consortium that is transforming the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million in partnership with the Government is working on improving public safety at the country's busiest ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants to get rid of the dictator, not the dictatorship
What I am raising is difficult to write but it must be written. Just for the removal of any doubts, dictatorship and all its tenants are evil. It is a vehicle that has been hijacked by ZANU PF, the mi...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:15hrs | 12 | by Sam Wezhira
Ex-England star to make a bombshell international switch to Zimbabwe
Gary Ballance could turn his back on England by making a bombshell international comeback for Zimbabwe, Sportsmail revealed.Paperwork regarding the 32-year-old switching his allegiance from En...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 18:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seal spots at ICC T20 World Cup finals
Zimbabwe 199/5 (20) beat Papua New Guinea 172/8 (20) by 27 runsZimbabwe sealed their place at the ICC Men's Twenty20 World Cup finals with a 27-run victory over Papua New Guinea in Bulawayo on Fri...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 19:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Will gold coins ease the pain?
A SENATOR and economic analysts have dismissed government's new gold coins as elitist and told Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to sort out the country's financial mess.This is after Reserve Bank...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo's legacy lives on'
TODAY marks 23 years since the late veteran nationalist and Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo died, and the nation still cherishes his lifetime legacy of selfless sacrifice, peace, unit...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe headed for a political dead heat in 2023
ZIMBABWE'S marginalised and poor communities, which have traditionally voted for the ruling Zanu-PF party and often abused as political fodder in the fractious politics of the country, are turning aga...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 13 | by Rashweat Mukundu
Captured judiciary: No evidence that ConCourt judges, staff leaked info about Mkhwebane's case
There is no evidence that somebody within the Constitutional Court gave confidential information to Ismail Abramjee concerning public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application before that court....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
BCC rakes in US$4,1m from plans
BULAWAYO City Council has raked in over US$4,1 million after approving 195 building plans.BCC minutes for April state that the council director of Housing and Community Services Dictor Khumalo...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe self-destruct against Namibia
Visiting Namibia hit back at their hosts Zimbabwe to square the five match T-20 cricket series following a six-wicket in at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday.It was quite some nerve wre...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge horror crash details emerge
Fifty-year-old Rudo Sithole from Manase village in Chimanimani was inconsolable as she waited to be served at a Nyaradzo funeral parlour in Mutare yesterday.Sithole was waiting to collect the ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ZCC accident death toll rises to 37
TWO more people succumbed to injuries sustained in the Chimanimani bus accident, which has since been declared a state of disaster, bringing the number of victims to 37.Police are presently id...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bus crew relives moments before horror crash that claimed 36 ZCC members
THE speeding St Charles Lwanga High School driver, whose bus lost brakes, veered off the road and rolled several times before landing over 200 metres down the steep, killing 36 people on the spot on T...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Call for accident-free holidays
The Transport industry wants a collaborative effort to ensure an accident free Easter and Independence holidays this coming long weekend highlighting the significance of road safety and the need for e...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle clamping rakes in over $100,000
Lately in Bulawayo's city centre, groups of grey uniformed men maraud the streets, hunting for motorists who park at undesignated areas to clamp their vehicles.Like clockwork, the moment a mot...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mining sector rakes in US$5,3 billion
Zimbabwe generated US$5,3 billion from mineral exports last year, half the US$12 billion mining industry target set for next year with output rising and new mines opening or re-opening, Mines and Mini...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 40 passengers cheat death after bus overturns
FORTY people cheated death when a bus belonging to Dubies Bus Service veered off the road and overturned as the driver was trying to avoid two vehicles, a Zupco kombi and Bulawayo City Council (BCC) t...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 20:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Rhodes' estate
Groups of people are scrambling for the multi-million-dollar estate left behind by a descendant of former colonialist Cecil John Rhodes amid reports that the Registrar of Companies has so far nullifie...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers, tutors cash in on extra lessons
TEACHERS and private tutors are cashing in on extra lessons, charging up to US$40 per subject per month especially for examination classes as parents and guardians become desperate to make up for lost...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC rakes in $455k in fines
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it has raked in over $400 000 in fines levied for various environmental violations such as illegal sand extraction, gold panning, illegal grazing of domestic animals, ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Tsholotsho elephant sales
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) has been accused of selling elephants for a song to concession holders under the Government quota system.Communities living near national parks are allo...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled minerals surpass royalties
THE value of minerals being smuggled out of Zimbabwe far outstrips the royalties that government earns annually from resources, fresh data shows last week, as calls to crackdown on black market trade ...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Woman killed after jumping in front of oncoming train in Cowdray Park
A woman from Bulawayo died yesterday after she threw herself in front of a goods train in Cowdray Park suburb.Bulawayo provincial police deputy spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Mseb...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zinara rakes in $5bn
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has collected $5 billion in toll fees during the first 10 months of the year.The money has since been channelled to support the ongoing Emerg...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa subtly launches 2023 election campaign
POLITICAL leaders gain power to retain it. The power of incumbency is fully exploited to make sure they succeed themselves. They will use subtle means, including dishing out State resources to the peo...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 11 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa sticks to 7,8% growth, defies crisis
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday stuck with the 7,8% growth projection announced by the Ministry of Finance in July, as he opened the fourth session of the ninth parliament, defying recent infla...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Students paid academic mercenaries to do CALA'
STUDENTS at primary and secondary schools allegedly paid bribes ranging from US$10 to US$20 to teachers to help them do the controversial Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) module, NewsD...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean journalist survives SA horror crash
ZIMBABWEAN journalist and former editor of The Herald, Ray Mungoshi on Sunday night survived a horror crash in Gauteng province, South Africa. Mungoshi said he was alone and driving towards Jo...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Driver crashed to death by own truck
A TRUCK driver was crushed to death by his broken down truck after going underneath to fix brake failure near Nyamhunga bus terminus in Kariba on Sunday. The man had stopped the truck to fix its brake...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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