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Big snake scares Bulawayo residents
A HUGE black snake is scaring people at the traffic light controlled intersection along Robert Mugabe Way and 12th Avenue in Bulawayo.The fact that the snake is dead, is not making a differenc...Published: 16 hrs ago | 4838 | by Staff reporter
Etiquette module for Zimbabwe drivers
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce "etiquette" as a new module in the Highway Code, as part of a raft of measures to restore sanity on the country's roads.Zimbabwe is grappling with road traffic a...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 22:55hrs | 1353 | by Staff Reporter
Killer driver sues Prosecutor General for delaying his trial
A Zaka motorist, who allegedly caused a fatal road traffic accident which claimed three lives in 2019, has sued Prosecutor General (PG) Nelson Mutsonziwa for delaying his trial.Brian Chiwara, ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:40hrs | 599 | 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 | 594 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissions borehole twice
IN a surprise development, Zanu-PF has re-commissioned a borehole in Epworth that was first commissioned eight months ago.On Sunday, Zanu-PF commissioned a borehole in ward 1, Epworth, the sam...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1718 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
'Schools concealing drug and substance abuse by students'
SCHOOLS in the country are reportedly concealing rampant drug and substance abuse by students to protect their reputation, NewsDay Weekender can reveal.This comes as the country has been exper...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 19:10hrs | 1155 | by Staff Reporter
Overloaded Honda Fits kill 2, 15 injured
Two people died while 15 others were injured when two overloaded Honda Fit vehicles collided at the four-kilometre peg along Ruwazi-Igava road in Marondera on Monday.The police confirmed the a...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 10:22hrs | 1758 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo beer merchant sues police over US$110,000 worth of seized liquor
Bulawayo's Wood Liquor Warehouse Trading Company (PVT) Limited owners have threatened to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police to court if the law enforcement organisation fails to release an alcohol cons...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 09:03hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Part of Bulawayo - Victoria Falls road closed
A SECTION of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road in Hwange will be temporarily closed between the 337km and 338.5km pegs to allow for the construction of a crossing pipeline by Afcons Vijeta-JV on behalf...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:33hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for Zinara funds
Harare City Council has failed to acquit funds that have been allocated to it by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) resulting in the local authority failing to access new disbursements...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 155 | 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 | 870 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for making a false report to the Police
A 41 year old man has been arrested in Bulawayo on allegations of making a false report after he was involved in an accident last month before reporting that the vehicle had been stolen.Invest...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:36hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Man steals car from church
A 22-year-old Bulawayo man has been arrested after he stole a vehicle that was parked in front of a church before being involved in an accident.The suspect identified as Tatenda Mudonhi allege...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:03hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
The goal should never be simply removing ZANU PF but electing a better government!
Recently, I came across Twitter posts made by the 'new kid on the block', Robert Chapman - who leads a political party named the Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ).However, what grabbed my att...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 18:22hrs | 935 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe govt turns to banks to fund roads rehabilitation
ZIMBABWE'S roads administrator said this week it had kicked off processes to draft in banks to bolster its capacity to fund rehabilitation of the country's crumbling road network.In an intervi...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 533 | by Jamwanda
US$100,000 alcohol contraband seized
POLICE yesterday smashed a well-orchestrated smuggling racket and seized an assortment of alcohol worth over US$100 000 suspected to have been illegally brought into the country following the intercep...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:21hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Suspended bus operators fire reckless drivers
Suspended bus companies Zebra Kiss and Rimbi Tours have apologised and further revealed they were firing drivers who got involved in a fierce road race along the Harare-Nyamapanda road earlier in the ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF legislator in human trafficking storm
ASPIRING Zanu-PF party Hurungwe constituency legislator Pax Muringazuva was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi to answer to human trafficking charges.He is accused of ...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Makandiwa says 'Mind your own business'
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) founder Emmanuel Makandiwa says people must mind their own business and leave him alone after attracting attention with his purchase of a US$300 000 luxury ve...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:28hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn drivers over speeding
ONE person died while seven others were seriously injured after a bus rammed into a tipper truck at the 160 km peg along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road.The accident happened on Tuesday at around 4...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:26hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest hit and run driver
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a motorist who fatally struck two pedestrians along Nketa drive and sped off.The victims died on the spot.The incident occurred last Tuesday at around ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:31hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
Papa Makandiwa flaunts latest high-end BMW
FLAMBOYANT United Family International Church (UFIC) founder Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has purchased a high-end luxury 2023 BMW 7-Series, the first in the country.The luxurious sedan — tota...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:21hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented Zimbabwean children struggle to find schools in SA
It is 10:00, and 9-year-old Michael is begging at a set of traffic lights in Johannesburg. Most children his age are back at school after the holidays. But Michael is undocumented.He has not b...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:23hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Bulawayo hit-and-run driver
Police have launched a manhunt for a motorist who was involved in a hit-and-run road traffic accident before speeding off from the scene without rendering assistance to the pedestrians s/he ran over....Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 19:13hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?
"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral seas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 597 | by Zvikomborero Sibanda
Zanu-PF youth secretary makes U-turn on Winky D's album criticism
Zanu-PF's secretary for youth affairs, Tinomuda Machakaire, has made a major climb down on his criticism against Zimdancehall kingpin, Wallace Chirumiko, better known as Winky D, urging fellow critics...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:55hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP appeals to Transport ministry
Zanu-PF Mutasa South constituency legislator Misheck Mugadza has engaged the Transport ministry over increasing traffic accidents involving haulage trucks at Mutare city's mountainous Christmas Pass r...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Air Commodore Maketo
President Mnangagwa has mourned the death of decorated Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) general air officer and pilot, Air Commodore Pio Pasipamire Maketo who died in on Saturday describing him as an excep...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
BCC starts repairing Luveve Road
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started rehabilitating some sections of Luveve Road that are now impassable due to potholes that have been worsened by the rains.The local authourity needs US$9...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | 942 | by Staff Reporter
There is no main opposition party in Zimbabwe but opportunists!
When politics is discussed in Zimbabwe the focus is on the ruling party, Zanu pf, and their erstwhile rivals CCC led by Chamisa.CCC has its roots in the main MDC formed by the late Tsvangirai,...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 18:08hrs | 1480 | by AT Kadada
Bulawayo pavements on Wednesday morning were generally empty
THE usually congested and chaos-filled Bulawayo pavements between 3rd and 6th Avenues were on Wednesday morning generally empty ahead of the blitz by the local authority to keep the City centre clean ...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:50hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt allays new COVID-19 variant fears
Government has allayed fears around the recent discovery of a new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 in neighbouring South Africa (SA) saying it had necessary measures and safeguards in place to control the var...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:59hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
8 die in Zimbabwe's weekend road accidents
EIGHT people died and several others were injured in three fatal road accidents in Harare, Beitbridge and Chegutu over the weekend.Some of the injured are still receiving treatment, while bodi...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:57hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in Beitbridge head-on
THREE people were killed while several others were injured when two vehicles they were travelling in were involved in a head-on collision along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road near Malala Village yesterd...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
BCC embarks on Luveve road rehab
The flow of traffic along Luveve road in Bulawayo will be disrupted for the next three months as the local authority embarks on major rehabilitation works.The rehabilitation works will target ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 15:34hrs | 460 | 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 | 925 | by Staff reporter
CIOs up for torturing man
A BUDIRO man was severely assaulted and tortured by suspected Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers before being handed over to the police on charges of plotting to topple President E...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:06hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe festive road traffic accidents kills 127 people
AT least 127 people died while 489 others were injured in nearly 2 000 road traffic accidents recorded over the festive season.During the same time between December 15, 2021 and January 5 last...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:05hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Blood banks in need of donations
The local blood bank might struggle to meet its demand due to high traffic accidents during this festive season.National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has called for more blood donations to...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 187 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Failed leadership with nothing to offer nation allows corruption in order to appease restless population!
It is no secret that Zimbabwe has become a lawless country! Whenever I move around, observing laws being openly violated at every turn - I always say to myself, 'Mnangagwa is really not in cha...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 19:07hrs | 771 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's bloody festive holiday claims 92
At least 92 people were killed in a total 1,285 road traffic accidents recorded in Zimbabwe between 15 and 26 December 2022, according to police Tuesday.Of the deaths recorded, 13 occurred on ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 18:54hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
6 more Zimbabweans die in SA Christmas holiday accident
SIX more Zimbabweans were killed yesterday when a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a road accident in Musina area, South Africa.The incident occurred around Dorothy Farm, a few ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 18:54hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
More than 20,000 immigrants cross into Zimbabwe from South Africa at the Beitbridge Border Post
Border Management Authority says more than 20 000 immigrants have crossed from South Africa into Zimbabwe at the Beitbridge Border Post in Musina, Limpopo, in the last 24 hours.The port of ent...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:18hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers gun down two passengers of Zimbabwe bound bus in South Africa
Two passengers of a Harare bound bus in South Africa were shot dead by armed robbers this Thursday with the third critically wounded in a sad highlight on the neighbouring country's violent crime situ...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road carnage kills 20 in 3 days
MORE than 20 people have died in road accidents since Saturday, as accidents spiked ahead of the festive season, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said yesterday."The buil...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
5 killed as bus headed to Zimbabwe in head on collision
A head-on collision Friday near Ventersburg claimed five lives while five others were admitted to hospital in a critical condition.Motorists were advised to use alternative routes as the polic...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:15hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Harare man in court for insurance fraud
A Harare man is in trouble for insurance fraud after he allegedly swindled Old Mutual Insurance Company of US$2000 through a false claim for his motor vehicle which had been involved in an accident....Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:13hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
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