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ZANU PF plays fast on Chamisa
ZANU PF Mazowe district has reportedly hijacked the memorial service of the late Shelton Zongoro who was fatally run over by a ZANU PF official in March at Chaona growth point in Chiweshe, Mazowe ward...Published: 27 May 2022 at 13:22hrs | 3962 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'I was run over by 2 cars in an accident' Byo artist Pronix opens up
Bulawayo based Afro Jazz sensation Pronix (real name Prosper Ndebele) was run over by two cars during an accident that almost left him crippled for life. The artist who was brought to prominen...Published: 05 May 2022 at 16:45hrs | 657 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
Residents protest against use of spikes
KAROI residents have petitioned the municipality to register a complaint after a local woman was injured in an accident when municipal police threw metal spikes towards a vehicle she was travelling in...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:17hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies after Zupco bus ploughs into crowd
A Zupco bus yesterday ploughed into a crowd at a popular pickup spot in Bulawayo, TM Hyper, killing one person and injuring two.The accident occurred just outside the Government Dental Clinic,...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man threatens to shoot rival suitor
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 35-year-old man who threatened to shoot a rival suitor in a dispute over a woman.Archford Zhanje also attempted to run over his rival during an inciden...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truck driver caught with R3,8m counterfeit shoes
Police in Mpumalanga, South Africa have arrested a 37-year-old Zimbabwean truck driver for allegedly smuggling from Mozambique a consignment of counterfeit tekkies worth R3, 8 million.The man ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Urban commuters lament transport crisis
IT was just another day at the bus station. Passengers were waiting in queue at a terminus adjacent Harare Police Station charge office, enduring hours before the next bus came by.The swelteri...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt spends $4bn on road rehab
The Government has spent over $4 billion in rehabilitating and reconstructing more than 20 000km of roads countrywide under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) this year.To dat...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hospital remand for Beitbridge armed robber
A SUSPECTED armed robber, who was last week run over by a car belonging to a would-be victim in Beitbridge, was yesterday arraigned before the courts.Obey Mhuru of Ruzive village, Chief Chimom...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
9 year-old killed by police car
VILAGERS in Dete have appealed to the Government to come up with ways to reduce accidents at Cross Dete following a spate of fatal accidents in the area.This follows the latest incident in whi...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver up for culpable homicide
The 26-year-old bus driver, whose bus hit a commuter omnibus which then knocked down a policeman on Saturday morning while manning a roadblock along Simon Mazorodze Road near Ushewokunze in Harare, is...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | | 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
Boy dies in cart accident
A LOWER Gweru juvenile on Monday died on the spot after an ox-drawn cart he was in hit a tree stump and overturned hitting him on the head.Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Em...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Municipal police vehicle runs over vendor
A City of Masvingo municipal police vehicle allegedly ran over a vendor after a municipal police officer pushed her into the moving council truck whilst they were raiding vendors along Chesvingo...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
High court rules in favour of police using spikes
Strips of spikes used by police to stop vehicles refusing to obey orders to halt are fully legal and any court trying to ban them would be tantamount to legalising crime and disempowering police from ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court rules in favour of police using spikes
Strips of spikes used by police to stop vehicles refusing to obey orders to halt are fully legal and any court trying to ban them would be tantamount to legalising crime and disempowering police from ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chief magistrate defends 'Mnangagwa laptop thieves' bail
CHIEF Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi has said the daring thieves who stole a copy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2020 Independence Day speech and a laptop were granted bail because warrants of arres...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Truck runs over passenger
A man from Dete in Matabeleland North died on the spot when he was run over by a truck after jumping off the vehicle while it was still in motion.The incident occurred at around 3.30 PM on Afr...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa speech thieves' skip bail
TWO of the three daring thieves, who allegedly stole a copy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2020 Independence Day speech and a laptop have skipped bail after they were remanded to April 22 by Kwekwe...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver runs over traffic cop at roadblock
A traffic police officer is battling for life at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was run over by a commuter omnibus while manning a roadblock in the mining town of Kwekwe. Police have since...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop run over by kombi, battling for life
A police officer is battling for life at Kwekwe General Hospital after he was deliberately run over by a pirate commuter omnibus in the early hours of Friday.According to the police, Assistant...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road rehab begins
GOVERNMENT has started rehabilitating the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway with patching of what motorists had termed 'deadly potholes.' President Mnangagwa recently launched the Second Phase o...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Arrests paralyse Harare council
HARARE City Council has been effectively crippled after the police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) yesterday arrested chamber secretary Charles Kandemiri and launched a manhunt for finance...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa speech thieves' get bail
THE daring thieves, who allegedly stole a copy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Independence Day speech and a laptop last year were on Monday granted bail by Kwekwe magistrate Cheryl Tembo despite th...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Thieves steal Mnangagwa speech, laptop
POLICE in Kwekwe last Wednesday arrested three of a four-member daring gang which was on the "wanted list" for stealing a laptop, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's speech from a car driven by one of ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Commuters petition teargas-throwing cops
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has petitioned the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over police officers fond of throwing tear smoke on commuter omnibuses.The petition came soon afte...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police shoot at lockdown violators
POLICE in Mvurwi on Monday had to shoot at alleged violators of Covid-19 lockdown measures to stop them from fleeing.No one was injured.The alleged violators were gathered at a homeste...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Brakes failure turns fatal
A MOUNT Darwin minor died on the spot after a parked Isuzu pick-up truck lost its brakes and crushed her.The minor's father had parked it the previous day before it crushed her the following d...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Reversing car kills 1-year-old baby
In a bizarre incident an 1year old Mount Darwin minor died after a parked Isuzu pick up reversed and run her over recently.The vehicle ...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 20:06hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa urged to cut holiday as Covid-19 spirals in Zimbabwe
There are growing calls for Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short his annual holiday because the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has "run over" his government.One of his de...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
52 arrested, DJ on the run over New Year eve Covid-19 super spreader bash
AT LEAST 52 people have been arrested while music promoter, DJ Fantan is on the run following a music concert attended by thousands in Mbare, Harare suburb on New Year's Eve disregarding the Covid-19 ...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 13:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt petitioned over police harassment on taxis
MATABELELAND secessionist group Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over harassment of commuter omnibus o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop run over trying to arrest driver
A policeman doing traffic enforcement duties near Simon Muzenda Street bus terminus (formerly Fourth Street) died after he was run over by a truck as he was trying to arrest the driver for picking up ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cal Vin receives hero's send-off
Thousands of people from all walks of life convened at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre yesterday to say their final goodbyes to the country's rap king, Mgcini "Cal Vin" Nhliziyo. It was more like a ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cal Vin's killer arrested
POLICE in Zimbabwe say they have arrested a man in connection to the hit and run accident which led to the death of Zimbabwe rap king Cal Vin.Cal Vin was reportedly run over by a white Mazda F...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapper Cal_Vin killed in Bulawayo hit and run incident
Rapper Cal_Vin has died aged 35.The Bulawayo-born singer was run over by a car at around 11.30PM on Saturday after watching a football match on TV at a bar near his home in Luveve, his family ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer arrested
One suspect believed to have been part of the machete-wielding artisanal miners who allegedly murdered a police officer in December last year at Good Hope Mine in Kadoma, was arrested on Tuesday follo...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man falls to his death
A FILABUSI man fell to his death off a moving vehicle while a man from Gwanda died after a vehicle he was travelling in overturned in two separate incidences.Matabeleland South acting provinci...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Billiat out of Somalia tie
WARRIORS poster-boy Khama Billiat has been ruled out of the team's 2022 World Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Somalia this week because of an injury.Zimbabwe play the minnows in the f...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council cop 'pushed' out of moving vehicle
TWO men have been arrested for pushing a Bulawayo City Council security officer out of a moving vehicle that subsequently ran over him resulting in serious injuries. Tapiwa Wilson Maguwu (31) ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Zifa to hire foreign coach
ZIFA are looking to hire a foreign coach to replace Sunday Chidzambga, who resigned as the Warriors coach last week, and have since identified three possible targets that they think are suitable for t...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lizard sparks witchcraft scare in Old Magwegwe
A monitor lizard has caused a stir in Old Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo, stoking fears of witchcraft against a background of strange animal sightings in the area.On Friday last week the communit...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:30hrs | 3580 | by Staff reporter
Mechanic runs over passenger
A GWANDA mechanic has been ordered to pay a $300 fine after he ran over and killed a passenger who had dropped off from his vehicle.Calvin Sayi (31) of Marriage Suburb was convicted on his own...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to confront Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF
BOUYED by his victory at the just-ended MDC congress, the party's leader Nelson Chamisa says he is ready to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF.The 41-year-old former student leade...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pilot arrested in SA after drunkenly driving into pedestrians
South African police have named the driver of a vehicle which mowed down two pedestrians and collided with four stationary vehicles in Port Elizabeth's Beachfront on Sunday morning as a 31-year-old Zi...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | 4248 | by ZimLive
University bus runs over, kills student
Tragedy struck the Chinhoyi University of Technology, CUT, last night (Wednesday) when a male student was run over by the institution's bus. This occurred as students stampeded to board one of...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for May 24 to 26, 2019 sharp divisions have begun to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various position...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for 24 to 26 May 2019, sharp divisions have started to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various positi...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 16:00hrs | 1282 | by Elijah Chihota
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