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Reckless commuter driver sentenced in Harare
In a separate case, the Harare Magistrates Court has sentenced 32-year-old commuter omnibus driver Ruzvidzo Freedom of Hatcliffe to two years in prison for endangering public safety. Freedom was caugh...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 08:52hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road traffic accidents jump to 28,159 in 6 months
A deadly collision along Harare's Seke Road on Tuesday has once again spotlighted Zimbabwe's deepening road safety crisis. The horrific crash, which claimed 17 lives-including two pedestrians-has beco...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:21hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
7 killed in Harare morning rush hour crash
Seven people lost their lives early Wednesday morning in a tragic three-vehicle collision near Dzivarasekwa, police have confirmed.According to National Police Spokesman Commissioner Paul Nyathi, ...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 11:28hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defied by his councillors
On Monday, the councillors of Victoria Falls demonstrated their independence by defying their leader, Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), and instead, cast their votes for their...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Mayor finally elected
In a unanimous decision, Prince Thuso Dilelihle Moyo, the youthful Ward 7 councillor of Victoria Falls City, has been chosen as the city's new mayor. Joining him in leadership as deputy mayor is Ward ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 22:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'supporters' walk out on Mnangagwa
BY 8AM on Wednesday last week, Harare's usually bustling Mupendanhamo flea market was quiet and deserted.Hundreds of its mostly youthful informal entrepreneurs had been directed to shut down a...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Condolence message on death of Insimbi Zezhwane members
The entire Freedom Alliance family is deeply sorry and saddened by the untimely passing on of Elvis 'Ma Eli' Mathe and Thembinkosi 'Maviri' Mpofu who were members of the Insimbi ZeZhwane Music Group. ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:50hrs | 45 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube
Commuters complain over exorbitant fares
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the exorbitant fares charged by transport operators in order to force them to pay in foreign currency.The fares in local currency are ranging ...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Kombis fares now range between $600 and $1 000 for a single trip
COMMUTER omnibus operators in Bulawayo have increased fares in local currency.The new fares range between $600 and $1 000 for a single trip, depending on the time one boards the vehicles and t...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet experienced 'rush hour data outage'
Econet Wireless has apologised to its customers for a three hour data outage that took place earlier in the evening today."We had a data service interruption between about 3pm and 6pm today. T...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pachedu's shutdown suffers monumental flop?
EFFORTS by political and civil society activists to bring Zimbabwe to a standstill Monday flopped dismally after the majority of people went on their normal daily routines.Harare was a beehive...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Long-distance buses start ferrying urban commuters today
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Transport Organisation (ZPTO) has applauded Government for liberalising the public transport sector and allowing the importation of buses duty-free saying the move is set to eas...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More Zupco buses coming in time for festive season
Another batch of 100 new buses is being offloaded in Durban and will soon arrive to boost the Zupco fleet in time for the festive season while the company works on its next step in rail services - the...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda's car in accident
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (NSSA) employee, Desmond Sinoia (51), yesterday admitted to reckless driving and ramming into a vehicle belonging to Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Philip...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police review roadblock schedule
Roadblocks will start after the rush hour to facilitate the movement of essential workers, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana said...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's bus shortage is making commuters miserable
Masimba Gwazho waits in a line at a bus terminus in Harare's central business district."I have been in this queue for close to an hour," the 39-year-old bricklayer told Al Jazeera.More...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Top tourist attractions in Singapore - suitable for all age groups
Whether you are a native Singaporean or an international visitor, you are probably wondering what the locals do in their downtime. This is a reasonable question to ask for newcomers who are not famili...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:16hrs | 41 | by Staff writer
Street grocery sales take Bulawayo by storm
BUSINESS hours and shop location no longer matter when doing grocery shopping in Bulawayo as basic commodities are now easily accessible from the streets and pavements. A survey in the c...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK hit by serious power failure
Major power failures have been reported across large areas of the UK, affecting homes and transport networks.National Grid said it was caused by issues with two power generators but the proble...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 18:55hrs | 13 | by BBC
TinTin suffers mental illness scare
Prominent ZiFM disc jockey TinTin (real name Tinopona Katsande) has revealed that she suffered an anxiety attack last week while she was driving.The former Studio 263 actor said she was afraid...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 09:58hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa is insicere and selfish'
Mnangagwa's dialogue is an in-genuine, insincere and selfish attempt to save face for his gross failure to implement his much touted reforms; political, economic, constitutional and governance reforms...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Makomborero Haruzivishe
PHOTO: Truck accident gives away possible case of fuel smuggling
There was congestion during the morning rush hour yesterday as motorists who use Seke Road sought alternative routes into Harare central business district after this vehicle overturned and lay on its ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:41hrs | | by Nicholas Bakili
Fuel truck blaze kills 'nine' in Nigeria
A petrol tanker has caught fire in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, killing at least nine people, officials say.More than 50 vehicles, including five buses, were set ablaze after the truck ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:45hrs | 3 | by BBC
Scooters and rickshaws to ease transport blues
Rickshaws and scooters for urban commuting, what's holding us moving over to those modes of transport? Many developing nations have embraced use of tricycle taxis and motorbikes to beat congestion and...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 21:11hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa, Harare
Die hard with a Zimbo
Fresh from saving America from Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Thomas Sankara, communist North Vietnam and the Middle-East machinations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Soviet Union, ex-Green Beret ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Cop 'pulls' handbrake of speeding car, causing pile up
EIGHT people were seriously injured after a police officer allegedly pulled the handbrake of a speeding pirate taxi causing a pile up involving three vehicles in Bulawayo yesterday. Witnesses ...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Police officer injured in demo against roadblocks
AN anti-riot police officer was injured yesterday as a demonstration by Kwekwe commuter omnibus operators against the increasing number of roadblocks and corruption turned nasty.The cop, whose...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery shrouds Mugabe accident
Mystery surrounds the car which was involved in a horrific accident with a biker who was leading President Robert Mugabe's motorcade last Saturday.On Saturday, one of the bikers leading the mo...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 14:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops, MDC-T youths in fierce clashes
Motorists and commuters were caught in a cross fire of fierce clashes between riot police and angry youths during yesterday's evening rush hour which resulted in chaos in the Central Business District...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe biker in serious accident
Not for the first time, one of President Robert Mugabe's motorcade outriders was left badly injured in Harare on Monday during the evening rush hour, after he crashed into a motorist while trying to c...Published: 17 May 2017 at 11:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More criticism for roadblocks
The criticism over roadblocks has continued to mount and despite calls by Minister of Home Affairs Dr Ignatius Chombo that they will be reduced, the situation seems to have worsened.It has...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai hits out at 'traitors'
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared to slam the door shut yesterday on the prospects of him working with his former comrades who deserted him and the MDC over the years, saying he did not...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
DRC opposition strikes, calls for Kabila to step down
Opponents of Congolese President Joseph Kabila began a general strike on Tuesday to demand he steps down when his mandate expires in December.Police fired teargas to disperse a few hundred pro...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 15:39hrs | | by Reuters
Kombi driver who ran over student jailed six years
The driver of the commuter omnibus which ran over and killed a Girls High School student has been slapped with an effective six years and eight months imprisonment.In passing the sentence, Mag...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 22:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Electronic spot fines will not end Zimbabwe police corruption
Corruption is a culture and an attitude that has firmly rooted itself in the Zimbabwe psyche and society at large. It comes in the form of a relationship; there are both givers and takers in the corru...Published: 23 May 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Undressed woman causes stir at bus rank
An undressed woman with only her panties caused a stir at the rural Nquthu Taxi Rank during the afternoon thereby prompting business to be brought to a halt as people wanted to witness a spectacle....Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 14:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mbombela cyclists to hit Bulawayo
An event bound to be the biggest, most innovative and fun filled event to raise funds for charity is set to hit the streets of Bulawayo over this festive season.A group of Zimbabweans based in...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 16:54hrs | 29 | by Staff Reporter
Commuters bear brunt of cops-kombis' standoff
Bulawayo traffic police yesterday launched a blitz on commuter ominibuses which saw a number of kombis being impounded thereby leaving commuters stranded.Some of the kombis were dropping commu...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 05:37hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Let's Fight Traffic Police Corruption
The habit of soliciting bribes from motorists by ZRP traffic Police is quite disturbing. ZRP has commercialized the law enforcement sector illegally against public interest. Surely, all road block...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 10:34hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
ZSP applications concerns and warning
It is about 2 weeks before the process of online applications for the renewal of the 2010 DZP permits to ZSP 2014 permits comes to an end on the 31st of December 2014.After the teething hiccup...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 08:10hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi (National Coordinator-MWA-SA)
Illegal 'toll gate' in Harare
In a typical case of jumping from a frying pan to a boiling pot, commuter bus crews and motorists who are evading police roadblocks along Chiremba Road in Harare are driving straight into an unofficia...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spruce-up Order on Kombis Now
The recent control of Kombis by City Council of Harare is a classic development considering the chaos which ruled prior to this, especially at Coppa-Cabana. There is now remarkable order which is...Published: 22 Aug 2014 at 09:43hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Two wheelers, a Sustainable Transport Alternative
Only those who have never been affected by the consequences of the chaotic operations of commuter omnibuses can fight from their corner. My horrific experience with the commuter omnibus recently g...Published: 12 Jun 2014 at 11:02hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
Mukanya was right, after all
In ghetto lingo they call it "kutonyora" while the proper Shona equivalent is "chioko muhomwe". But no matter how suitable, colourful and vivid the name might be, bribery is a double-edged sword ...Published: 12 Apr 2014 at 13:54hrs | | by Rosenthal Mutakati Ghetto Blast
Police ignore motorists' plea on roadblocks
POLICE yesterday [Tuesday] said they would continue mounting roadblocks on the country's despite protests by motorists over their high number, as the holiday death toll increased to 86.Natio...Published: 01 Jan 2014 at 07:45hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
14 people killed in suicide bomb attack in Russia
At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, investigators say.The blast comes a day after 17 people died in another suicide attac...Published: 30 Dec 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by BBC
Israeli bus explosion was a 'terrorist attack' - Police
Jerusalem - An explosion aboard an empty Israeli bus near Tel Aviv on Sunday that did not kill or wound anyone was a "terrorist attack," police said."After examining the explosives retrieved f...Published: 22 Dec 2013 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
David Beckham and son in car crash
David Beckham has crashed his car into another vehicle outside his Beverly Hills home.It's reported son Brooklyn, 14, was in the front passenger seat during the accident involving David's blac...Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chopper crashes in London
London - A helicopter that crashed in London apparently "plummeted straight into the ground", said an ex-BBC producer.http://youtube.com/watch?v=WRBogaUCSUMThe helicopter crashed nea...Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Traffic policeman hit by a kombi at roadblock, survives
A traffic policeman escaped death by a whisker when he was hit by a commuter omnibus at a police roadblock along Khami Road in Bulawayo on Thursday morning.The policeman was identified as Serg...Published: 20 Oct 2012 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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