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CEO seriously injured in fatal road accident
Makoni Rural District Council (RDC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Edmore Chidembo was seriously injured in a fatal road accident along the Chivhu–Nyazura Road last Thursday night. The accident claim...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:12hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's rogue cops hijack cars in broad daylight
"Stop, open the door, and drive to the station!"These chilling words have become a familiar horror for Zimbabwean motorists, often delivered with alarming ease by uniformed traffic police offi...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 13:23hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to retest all drivers in some money making scheme
All licensed drivers in Zimbabwe will soon be required to undergo retesting as part of a new initiative to account for changes in their facial features and health conditions, a government official rev...Published: 10 May 2025 at 18:05hrs | 14741 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on police corruption nets 9 officers
As corruption continues to plague the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans, the Southern Africa Regional Anti-Corruption Organization (SARACO) has intensified its nationwide operations, dismantling entrenche...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 13:59hrs | 1702 | by Staff reporter
16 Zimbabweans among dozens arrested in Pretoria major crime crackdown
The City of Tshwane's weekly "Reclaim our City" crime operations have led to the arrest of 61 illegal immigrants in Sunnyside, Pretoria.Sixteen of the apprehended illegal immigrants are from Z...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 09:04hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Police seek relatives of man killed by haulage truck in Wange
Police in Hwange, Matabeleland North, are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying the relatives of a man who was fatally struck by a haulage truck along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highw...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:31hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council reshuffles municipal police
In an effort to improve service delivery and rebuild trust with residents, the City of Harare has reassigned at least 20 municipal police officers, with an emphasis on the traffic section. This decisi...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 16:52hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Community calls for speed cameras rather than speed humps
Concerned residents of Beitbridge have appealed to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development to install speed cameras and enforce stricter road traffic regulations along the 5.1km dual ...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police receive donation of 11 empty drums
Proton Bakers today donated 11 drums to the Bulawayo Police Traffic Section to support road safety at roadblocks. The handover ceremony, held at the Bulawayo Central Traffic Police Station, was attend...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 16:17hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
South Africa is getting more roadblocks
Some provinces and the national Department of Transport have launched or plan to launch stricter policing campaigns targeting cars with specific defects to improve the safety of South Africa's roads....Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 16:17hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
5 girls from one family perish in horror crash
Five girls aged between 10 and 14, all from the same family, tragically lost their lives on Saturday after being struck by a vehicle that veered off the road near Bindura, along the Harare-Mukumbura R...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:17hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers on the prowl
An unsuspecting haulage truck driver was brutally attacked by robbers on the Harare-Mutare highway this week after offering a lift to what he believed were harmless hitch-hikers. The driver, who was s...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
As long as ZACC isn't catching the 'big fish' then its work is useless!
The ZACC (Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission) has, of late, been bragging over its supposed 'successes'.ZACC commissioner Ndakaripa Hungwe recently told a national anti-corruption indaba in H...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 15:02hrs | 673 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe bus drivers' age limit proposal sparks debate
The Zimbabwean government's proposal to raise the minimum age for bus and kombi drivers from 25 to 30 has elicited mixed reactions. This initiative aims to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities, whi...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:21hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Harare pledges to finally fix (some of) its pothole-ridden roads
IN Zimbabwe's capital of Harare, potholed roads have become a symbol of more than 20 years of national decline and neglect of public services.Motorists must weave down roads and often encroach...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Insuza accident kills four, leaves 13 injured
FOUR people including a driver and three passengers died on the spot, while 13 other passengers were seriously injured when a Toyota Quantum they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge 'thieving' cops on the run
TWO Beitbridge traffic police officers are on the run after tampering with records and stealing money from their employer.According to a leaked memo, Tinashe Chatseta and Gift Marange between ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo arrested for stealing Mercedes Benz motor vehicle
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men who allegedly stole a Mercedes Benz motor vehicle valued at US$6 000.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrest and identifie...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid police roadblock, kill one in Zimbabwe
Four unidentified suspected armed robbers allegedly shot and killed a person at a business centre in Masvingo after they had initially robbed police officers manning a traffic checkpoint near Muchakat...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver abandons 78 undocumented Zimbabwean passengers at SA police roadblock
A bus driver who was transporting undocumented foreign nationals to South Africa, abandoned his vehicle and 78 passengers at a stop and search operation in Moretele in the North West.The Depar...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:06hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Reckless Mzansi Express bus driver to be prosecuted
TRAFFIC police are on alert and will ensure reckless drivers that flout traffic rules and regulations are not only prosecuted but are removed from the country's roads, a Cabinet Minister has said....Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators push for touts removal
Commuter omnibus operators are calling for the immediate removal of touts at ranks while council officials take over blaming touts for the prevailing chaos often leading to overcharging and harassment...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Police officer forms bogus transport association
A police officer based in Harare has been brought to court on charges of establishing a fake commuter omnibus association that facilitated the operation of commuter omnibuses without the necessary doc...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
1 month behind bars for 'insulting' Mnangagwa
A man from Mutare spent a month in custody for purportedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa, according to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). Elroy Anesu Muchaya (28), an unemployed re...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fight against cross-border crimes intensifies
SOUTH Africa's Department of Transport and Community Safety in collaboration with other key stakeholders in Zimbabwe and other neighbouring countries is rolling out an operation to promote road safety...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
City council to auction 142 clamped vehicles
HARARE City Council is set to auction at least 142 vehicles impounded for violating traffic laws and never claimed by their owners who would have to pay fines and charges to get them back.The ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA cross-border transport agency descends on errant transporters
SOUTH Africa's Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) is carrying out a five-day operation to enforce compliance among operators entering or leaving that country through the Beitbridge Border Pos...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police recover stolen vehicle
Police have recovered a Toyota Corolla Spacio which was stolen in a robbery in the central business district (CBD) on February 23.The vehicle was found dumped by the roadside along Masvingo Ro...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 10:40hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'Police refuse to co-operate in fatal accident probe'
POLICE have reportedly refused to name the officers who caused the death of four people in Mutare last year after throwing spikes on a moving vehicle resulting in a fatal road traffic accident....Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Driver flees fatal accident scene
MIDLANDS police have launched a manhunt for a driver who on Sunday fled from an accident scene where one person died.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the acc...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police raid illegal alcohol warehouse
THE police have vowed to bring to book the supply network of Bulawayo businesses and beyond that are linked to the warehouse where US$110 000 worth of suspected smuggled alcohol consignment was seized...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police wish it had speed trap machines and breathalyzers
Zimbabwe Police have expressed concern over an increase in road accidents countrywide caused by speeding and unlicensed drivers.Traffic police in the country is facing various challenges to mo...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 12:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Police to be sued over spike throwing deaths
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it will sue police over a case where four lives were lost and 10 people were injured in Mutare, after police threw spikes on a speeding commuter omnib...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare scraps US$100 towing fees
HARARE City Council (HCC) has scrapped towing fees for impounded vehicles that are driven by their owners to council's storage depot, mayor Jacob Mafume announced yesterday.Mafume also said ow...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tenda bus accident 1 dead, 32 injured
ONE passenger perished while 32 others were injured after a Tenda bus which was traveling from Harare to Mutare overturned on Thursday in Rusape.The fatal accident occurred around 4pm at...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop in hot soup
A 30-YEAR-OLD Bindura man who purported to be a traffic cop before demanding a bribe from an accident victim has been arrested.Ke...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 00:14hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole
New details of 'Passion Java accident' emerge
FIFTY-seven-year-old Tangai Tandi gazes into the sky with tear-filled eyes as if to ask the heavens why."Nature has it that children bury their parents. It's painful and difficult for a parent...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Trucks block KZN highway in early morning protest
Trucks have blocked the busy R34 John Ross Highway from Empangeni to Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday morning.While no violence has been immediately reported, traffic has come to a st...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
8 kombi drivers sentenced six months
EIGHT commuter omnibus conductors who were arrested over the weekend for trying to bribe traffic police by paying them amounts ranging from US$2 to US$5 were sentenced to six months in prison by Harar...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for bribing police
POLICE on Friday turned down bribe offers by 23 motorists they had nabbed for traffic offences at a roadblock in Norton and arrested them for an additional crime of bribery.The four hours blit...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly summons Kazembe over spikes
PARLIAMENT has summoned Home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to explain why the police were using metal spikes to deflate "errant drivers" car tyres.Parliament raised the issue after police t...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2 | 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 | 18 | by Staff reporter
Car with stolen chickens lands in ditch
A BULAWAYO man has lost over 200 chickens to thieves over the past two months and a man who fled police while driving a car ferrying some of the birds has been arrested.The suspect Tawanda Kas...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe traffic police gets breathalysers
The Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) yesterday donated breathalyser machines and traffic equipment worth US$82 000 to police to use in curbing road traffic accidents countrywide.The equipme...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe police bust luxury vehicles smuggling racket
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday busted a vehicle smuggling racket, arresting three suspects and recovering three luxury vehicles, which were smuggled into Zimbabwe via Limpopo River.The three sus...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police concerned over high crime rate
MURDER cases are said to be on the rise in the country, with police saying they are on the lookout for criminals.In a statement today, police said a half-naked body of a 54 year old woman was ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
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