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Council urged to fix Matopos road 'death trap' hotspot

Residents of Ward Five in Bulawayo have petitioned the city council over a surge in road traffic accidents, some of them fatal, along the Bulawayo–Matopos Road, calling for the urgent installation of speed humps to curb reckless driving.Th…

Published: 10 Jan 2026 at 21:36hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter

Small section of Bulawayo–Victoria Falls road opened to traffic

Masimba Holdings has opened an additional five kilometres of the rehabilitated Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Road to traffic, marking continued progress on the vital highway connecting the southern regions of Zimbabwe to the resort town.To date,…

Published: 07 Jan 2026 at 20:04hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter

4 die, 12 injured in kombi crash along Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road

At least four people lost their lives and 12 others were injured when a commuter omnibus overturned along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway on Saturday.The accident occurred after the driver of the Nissan Caravan kombi, carrying 16 passe…

Published: 05 Jan 2026 at 22:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo's key road link reopens

The first phase of the Cecil Avenue rehabilitation project in Bulawayo has officially opened to traffic, marking a key milestone in efforts to redirect heavy vehicles away from the city's Central Business District (CBD). The government-fun…

Published: 18 Dec 2025 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Communities along Bulawayo–Victoria Falls road to benefit from boreholes

Communities along the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Road are set to benefit from new water sources after contractors rehabilitating the highway pledged to leave boreholes for public use.Construction firms working on the major road project said t…

Published: 17 Dec 2025 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe rolls out multi-billion-dollar overhaul of major highways

Zimbabwe will next year initiate a sweeping US$3 billion road rehabilitation and upgrade programme targeting four major national highways, in what government officials describe as one of the most ambitious infrastructure drives since indep…

Published: 10 Dec 2025 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe ranked among top 10 African countries for road quality

Zimbabwe has earned a spot among the top ten African countries with the best road quality, according to a recent ranking by Pan-African publication The Vanguard. The accolade highlights the country's ongoing efforts to upgrade and modernis…

Published: 09 Dec 2025 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter

Slow progress on Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road upgrade

Contractors working on the massive resurfacing and expansion of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway say motorists will have to wait several more months before enjoying smoother and faster travel, as persistent rains continue to slow progre…

Published: 08 Dec 2025 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway progress update

Motorists and tourists travelling between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls are expected to enjoy a smoother and safer journey this festive season, as contractors working on the rehabilitation of the major highway report significant progress acr…

Published: 07 Dec 2025 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter

Victoria Falls highway rehab injects over 300 jobs

The ongoing revamp of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Road has already created more than 300 direct jobs for locals, while empowering women and delivering a host of community benefits, officials and contractors have revealed.The 435-kilometre …

Published: 06 Dec 2025 at 07:48hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF MP blames 'tsepete-tsepete roads' for speeding, road carnage

Zanu-PF legislator for Mudzi West, Knowledge Kaitano, has sparked debate in Parliament after claiming that newly-upgraded "tsepete-tsepete roads" are contributi

Published: 04 Dec 2025 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Consider local firms for road project

WHILE we are preoccupied with the noise from the political parties as 2023 nears, the Chinese are quietly tightening their grip on Zimbabwe by grabbing mining claims and every mountain to extract black granite.I don't hold anything against…

Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 05:07hrs | | by Taona Chauya

Residents must resist road levy

THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is calling all residents of greater Harare and motorists to resist the introduction of a roads levy by the City of Harare.The move comes at a time when the Zimbabwe National Road Administrat…

Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Combined Harare Residents Association

Some road construction companies short-changed us

Most urban roads and streets constructed during the colonial era are not damaged and potholed as those made after Uhuru. The colonial roads are still trafficable though in dire need of repairs yet those by Siyabonga and Njambanja Construct…

Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 19:46hrs | | by Thomas Murisa.

'Taming the Shrew' - Deaths on our Roads

Driving in Harare and in the highways of Zimbabwe has become distressful. Recent reports of high profile road traffic deaths refer. The traffic chaos has become a 'shrew.' There is urgent need to 'tame the shrew,' to borrow from Shakespear…

Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP

Mnangagwa's road to Waterloo

OUSTED former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political career could be over as he appears to have little chance of bouncing back after his spectacular fallout with long-standing ally President Robert Mugabe, analysts said last week.Fa…

Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Ranga Mataire

Disaster awareness, an important factor in rehabilitation

Delegates sat for a disaster preparedness workshop at Ndlela Centre in Gweru in 2009. This centre is owned by the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ). The workshop was steered by the MCZ Education Department then led by renowned educationis…

Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 14:47hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa

Wrong markings on the Plumtree - Mutare highway

I Tendai Musvaburi was driving from Plumtree to Harare. I was shocked to notice that the road markings on the new road are all wrong. Many people of Zimbabwe don't notice it, I showed my mother Mrs Musvaburi who is a driving licence holder…

Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Tendai Musvaburi

Police a threat to public safety on our roads

It is expected in every democracy that the police service is the upholder of law and protector of the public. In Zimbabwe, it seems that expectation is now a utopian idea. Zimbabwean police officers litter our roads in alarming numbers of …

Published: 04 May 2012 at 05:09hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel

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