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Five people perish in a Toyota Wish accident
Police in Mazowe said five people died along the Harare-Bindura highway yesterday when a Toyota Wish they were travelling in rammed into a sta...Published: 13 May 2022 at 16:46hrs | 761 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Car accident victims struggle for compensation
MS Sibangeni Moyo (53) from Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb says whenever she closes her eyes, the vision of an accident which killed her sister and left her wheelchair-bound comes back.She was i...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: 5 people burnt to death at Mbalabala-Masvingo road
Five people were burnt beyond recognition after being involved in a road accident along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, a Toyota Mark X from Masvingo collide...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 1854 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Top Army Boss dies
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)is mourning the death of the country's Defence Attaché to Botswana, Colonel John Mhlanga who died on Tuesday after he was involved in a fatal road accident along the B...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 16:24hrs | 6421 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soldier killed in road accident
A soldier believed to be an attaché at the Zimbabwean embassy in Botswana died on the spot on Tuesday after the vehicle he was traveling in lost control, veered off the road and hit a tree along Plum...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:44hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Bloody Easter claims 73
SEVENTY-THREE people were killed and 202 injured in 264 road traffic accidents recorded countrywide during this year's Easter and Independence Holidays.The 73 deaths were concentrated in 32 of...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:29hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Total number of people killed during Easter holidays announced
The Zimbabwe Republic Police announced that a total of 73 people were killed in fatal road accidents that happened during the just ended combined Easter and Independence holidays from 15th to 18th Apr...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 16:33hrs | 1244 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZIMRA bus in horrifying accident...4 confirmed dead
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority bus was involved in a tragic accident on Tuesday that has reportedly claimed the lives of four of its members. According to a statement issued by the Revenue Aut...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 09:58hrs | 2638 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 die in Zimra bus accident
Three Zimra employees are feared dead after a bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident along the Beitbridge-Harare highway yesterday after 6pm. The bus was travelling from Beitb...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:05hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in truck crash
Four people died and 32 others were injured when a Nissan UD70 truck belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) they were travelling in veered off the road and...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife comforts Mutsvangwa family
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa visited the Mutsvangwa family residence in Harare on Friday to pass her condolences following the death of Paidamoyo Nonica Mutsvangwa in a road accident last week....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
4 Mugodhi congregants die, 14 injured in crash
Four Mugodhi church members died on the spot while 14 others were injured after a Nissan Caravan kombi they were travelling on veered off the road when the driver lost control on curves along the Nyan...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 603 | 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 | 26 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's grandchild dies
Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls has been plunged into mourning after one of its learners, Paida Nonica Mutsvangwa, died in a road accident near Selous on Sunday.Paida (10), was the gra...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Meat galore after bus ploughs into elephants
IT is rare for those who witness road accidents to smile, but hundreds of villagers near Victoria Falls yesterday had a bus accident to thank after they walked away with chunks of meat after three ele...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
2 die in head-on collision
A Gweru based traffic policeman was killed in road accident which also claimed the life of driver in a head-on collision near Kaguvi Training Centre on the 248km peg along the Gweru-Kwekwe road on Sat...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:20hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Child (8) dies after being knocked down by Kombi
A child (8) who was knocked down by a public service motor vehicle opposite a vegetable market in Magwegwe when she was trying to cross the road died at M...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1238 | by Stephen Jake
Man (28) remanded for attempted murder
A 28-YEAR-OLD Ruwa man was on Monday arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda over an attempted murder charge after he got involved in an accident, and became violent towards the other driver....Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security members die in car crash
FOUR members of staff in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) assigned to provide security for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's perished in a car accident in Nyanga Thursday morning.Th...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:32hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa insists that his supporters must go to the polls and vote
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has insisted that supporters must go to the polls and vote despite the claimed manipulation of election outcomes by the ruling Zanu-PF party.The Citizens Coali...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:14hrs | 1915 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roads deadliest in Africa, claims UN
FIVE people die every day on average because of road accidents in Zimbabwe, says a review on road safety in the country.But, the report says, this can be reversed.Launching the Road Sa...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
6 dead, 14 injured in SA crash
Six people, some of them believed to be Zimbabweans were killed in a road accident early this morning near the South African border when an overloaded Nissan Navara they were travelling in overturned ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Police warn against unchanged vehicle ownership
POLICE have threatened to descend heavily on motorists who fail to change ownership of their vehicles within the stipulated 14-day period after completing a sale.National police spokespe...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records worst road accidents mortality rate in the Sadc region
AT least five people die in road traffic accidents every 24 hours in Zimbabwe, giving the country the worst mortality rate in the Sadc region, with the Plumtree highway as one of the hotspots....Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
'5 people die in accidents every day'
ZIMBABWE records a road traffic accident every 15 minutes with at least five fatalities daily, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) yesterday said.The TSCZ, in a Road Safety Performan...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:14hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Speeding bus overturns
Eight people were injured and are currently admitted at Bindura hospital after speeding Mtenzi hashtag bus they were traveling in overturned yesterd...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 20:40hrs | 1907 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Major road projects continue
Work on major road projects under the Second Republic is continuing, even during the rains, as the Government modernises road infrastructure, with construction of an additional Norton tollgate now und...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
7 killed in Masvingo road accident
SEVEN people were killed in Masvingo on New Year's Day in a road accident while four others have been hospitalised, police have confirmed.The accident happened along Masvingo-Topora Road with ...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 18:55hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver arrested over fatal accident
The Beta Bus driver who had fled the scene of a fatal road accident in which six people were killed when the bus burst into flames after colliding with a fuel tanker at the 242 km peg along the Harare...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 2275 | by Staff writer
Rail-road level crossing accidents, suicides worry NRZ
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increase in rail-road level crossing accidents and suicides.This comes after 47 rail suicide cases and 56 road rail cross...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:47hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Beta bus 'killer' driver
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Beta bus driver who fled the accident scene where the lives of five passengers were lost along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2732 | by Staff reporter
Police stuck with corpse for 2 months
POLICE in Kwekwe have for been stuck with the corpse of an unidentified man who died in a car accident over two months ago.Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko said police a...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Police deploy crack teams for festive season
Police crack and traffic teams have been deployed countrywide to deal with any criminal activities and traffic offenders during this festive season.In his 2021 festive season statement yesterd...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:42hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off moving vehicle, dies
A 33-year-old man from Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province died after jumping off a moving vehicle and was hit by its trailer, police have confirmed.Matabeleland North provincial spo...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:41hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO bus, fuel tanker collision kills 8 people
EIGHT people died while 31 others were injured when a ZUPCO bus collided with a fuel tanker early Wednesday morning along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.Police have confirmed the accident....Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 15:39hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Provincial Hospital receives dialysis machine
STANBIC Bank yesterday donated a haemodialysis machine worth US$15 000 to Gwanda Provincial Hospital.Matabeleland South Provincial Development Co-ordinator Ms Latiso Dlamini said Government is...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Road accident injures two
Two men were injured this evening when the driver failed to negotiate a curve at Mazowe Citrus farm along the Harare-Bindura highway.According to witnesses, the two were heading towards Bindur...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 18:59hrs | 7 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Three people perish in road accident
Three people died and two otherwise injured in a Fun Cargo that veered off the road at 287km peg along Bulawayo- Victoria falls road on Saturday.The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirmed the acci...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 16:14hrs | 19 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
3 die in road accident
THREE people died while two others were injured when a Fun Cargo vehicle, they were travelling in veered off the road. Police on their twitter page confirmed the incident which occurred on Nov...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga flees 'Ferret team'
Prominent Harare street preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga has reportedly fled his house in the capital following heightened surveillance of his church and home by people in unmarked vehicles.Ac...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:15hrs | 25 | by Staff Reporter
7 murder victims named
Police have released the names of seven Redcliff murder victims where Thubelihle Khoshow went berserk and struck people with an axe, spear and knife.Six people died on the spot while four othe...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP raises $32m in three days through fines
Police have raised nearly $32 million after arresting and fining over 44 000 touts, unregistered vehicles and cars fitted with dangerous bar headlights under ongoing operations being conducted country...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe laments accidents that continue to claim lives on national roads
MDC-T deputy President and legislator Thokozani Khupe has lamented over the continued road carnage along the national roads."Minister (Felix) Mhona (Transport) is one of the Ministers who norm...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
5 perish in Fort Rixon accident
FIVE people, among them two police officers and a soldier, died in a head-on collision which occurred along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway yesterday morning.In a statement, police said the fatal ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt says it has enough number plate stocks
GOVERNMENT says it now has adequate stocks of vehicle registration plates and will make it mandatory by December for every vehicle to have number plates to reduce cases of hit-and-run by unregistered ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2 | 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 | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man dies after being hit by a truck
A 40-year-old man from Sikhobokhobo area in Nkayi died on admission to hospital after he was hit by a truck while crossing the road in Lupane on Monday.Police confirmed the accident which occu...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Tukuye Super Sounds must never die'
Tukuye Super Sounds frontman Cornelius Moyo says he is determined to continue with the legacy of the group he inherited from the late Khumbulani Moyo. He has just released the group's fifth album titl...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:21hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Speeding driver kills grandmother (69)
A speeding Mercedes Benz driver Samuel Chirai (33) reportedly ran over a 69-year-old woman at 80 km peg along Harare-Mukumbura highway on Sunday....Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 22:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Burning truck kills one
A TOYOTA Dyna truck which was being driven by Luckson Mutemeri (67) allegedly caught fire at 92 km peg along Harare Mukumbura highway on Thursday an...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 22:53hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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