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Truck driver arrested in with smuggled medicines

A 52-year-old truck driver has been arrested after police in Chirundu intercepted him with a consignment of smuggled pharmaceutical drugs hidden in his vehicle.The bust occurred on 20 August 2025 at the 348km peg along the Harareâ€“Chirund…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Truckload of fertilizer destined for Charamba's farm stolen

A truck driver has vanished with a 26-tonne consignment of ammonium nitrate fertilizer meant for delivery to the Battlefields farm of Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet and Presidential Spokesperson, George Charamba, a Har…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 15:55hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter

Truck impounded for damaging Trabablas Interchange

Just over a month after its official commissioning, the Trabablas Interchange suffered damage following an incident involving a truck carrying granite stone, which lost its load and damaged guard rails and the newly constructed pavement.Th…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Woman throws herself under truck in Gweru

Gweru was left shaken this afternoon after a woman from Bulawayo allegedly threw herself under a moving haulage truck at the busy intersection of Lobengula Avenue and 8th Street, in a tragic event that stunned onlookers.Moments before the …

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:58hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe truck driver steal $15,000 worth of wheat in Zambia

A 47-year-old truck driver employed by MakMotors, Milton Muzanenhamo, was remanded in custody on Wednesday over charges of theft of trust property.Muzanenhamo appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo but was not asked to plead. The case…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:13hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter

SADC donates US$98,000 refrigerated truck to Zimbabwe

In a major boost to Zimbabwe's fisheries sector, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Thursday handed over a three-tonne refrigerated truck valued at US$98,000 to the Zimbabwe Fish Producers Association (ZFPA). The donation…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:09hrs | 4228 | by Staff reporter

Delta beer truck overturns in Zimbabwe, looters descend on scene

A Delta Beverages truck transporting opaque beer overturned early Monday morning along the notorious Christmas Pass, with scenes of chaos unfolding as passersby looted crates of beer from the crash site.The truck reportedly landed on its r…

Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:07hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter

Fire guts Bulawayo stock feed factory, truck destroyed

A devastating fire tore through a local stock feed manufacturing plant in Bulawayo yesterday, destroying hundreds of hay bales and gutting a truck and trailer after sparks from a welding machine ignited a blaze.The fire erupted shortly aft…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Child dies after being hit by a dump truck in Gweru

A six-year-old child tragically lost his life on Saturday morning after being struck by a refuse collection truck operated by Gweru City Council near Clifton Park suburb.Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko con…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:27hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter

Truck driver fined $400 for fatal accident at truck stop

A 43-year-old truck driver from Nyaradza, Gokwe, has been fined US$400 or, alternatively, sentenced to six months in prison after he accidentally ran over and killed a man who had fallen asleep beneath his parked truck.Tavonga Ticharwa was…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:20hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter

Weighbridges, truck arrestor beds at tollgates

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has launched a comprehensive transport system modernisation programme aimed at enhancing road safety and streamlining regulatory services in Manicaland Province.Key to the initiativ…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:19hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe reserves haulage and logistics industry for citizens

Zimbabwe's Finance Act 2024, published under General Notice I 345A of 2024, has introduced an amendment to the Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Act [Chapter 14:33], designating the Haulage and Logistics Industry as a reserved sector…

Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road truck stops, a haven for prostitution

Dressed in tight-fitting, body-revealing clothes that leave little to the imagination, two young women take turns knocking on the driver's side door of a haulage truck at Gwayi Shopping Centre, along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.It …

Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

4 dead at Christmas Pass as haulage truck rams into cars, pedestrians

Four people tragically lost their lives on Thursday after a haulage truck rammed into four vehicles and ploughed into pedestrians while descending the Christmas Pass along the Mutare-Harare Road.The accident, which occurred on March 6, 202…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:05hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter

Illicit wealth case resumes in Zimbabwe court

The trial of Dennis Madondo, a 33-year-old man from Murehwa accused of acquiring property using illicit funds, resumed yesterday, with the prosecution presenting evidence on his unexplained wealth.Madondo, who was previously acquitted in t…

Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:30hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwwe to host Benin in South Africa

The Zimbabwe national football team, the Warriors, will play their 2026 FIFA World Cup home qualifier against Benin at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, on March 20.Zimbabwe remains without an approved venue for internatio…

Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Truck submerged in Tshangani River after sudden water rise

A truck loading river sand at Tshangani River near Zinyangeni Business Centre in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North, was completely submerged last Friday when water levels unexpectedly surged.According to a situation report from the Civil …

Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 12:47hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter

Man crushed by truck while working under it

A tragic workplace accident in Bulawayo's Belmont West has claimed the life of 32-year-old Proud Mashava, who was fatally crushed when a hydraulic wheel jack slipped while he was working under a truck.The incident occurred on January 24 at…

Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 08:21hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter

Truck driver dies in anti-smuggling high-speed chase

A haulage truck driver has tragically lost his life in a head-on collision while being pursued by suspected Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and State security agents on an anti-smuggling patrol about 60 kilometers outside Beitbridge.Bei…

Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:01hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter

Truckload of Presidential Inputs vanishes in Tsholotsho

A truck carrying Presidential Input Scheme supplies intended for Ward Seven in Tsholotsho district, Matabeleland North, has gone missing, sparking suspicions of a diversion scam.An extension officer from the Agriculture and Rural Developme…

Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:07hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter

Driver steals haulage truck

A daring theft involving a 30-tonne haulage truck has left a local employer grappling with the loss of valuable property after his driver allegedly stole the vehicle last month. The truck, valued at US$47,795, is yet to be recovered, and p…

Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:02hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter

Truck driver burnt beyond recognition

A haulage truck driver tragically lost his life in a fiery accident along the Harare-Chirundu Highway at the 227-kilometre peg on Thursday last week. The incident occurred after a head-on collision with a Honda Fit vehicle, causing the tru…

Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Truck, Revival bus collide on Bulawayo-Beitbridge highway

A collision between a Quality Gases truck and a Revival bus trailer occurred earlier today about 10km outside West Nicholson, a small settlement along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge highway in Matabeleland South province.According to reports, the…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 10:30hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter

Truck driver nabbed for smuggling

A 53-year-old truck driver, Douglas Tengende, has been arrested for attempting to smuggle goods worth R427,823 through the Beitbridge Border Post without his employer's knowledge.Tengende, employed by Armesham Freight (Private) Limited, wa…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:54hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter

2 killed after truck loses control in Bulawayo

Tragedy struck today at the bustling intersection of Robert Mugabe and 1st Avenue, as two touts lost their lives in a devastating accident involving a Pepsi truck. According to witnesses, the incident occurred when the truck driver hit a r…

Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 16:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police deflate truck tyres in attempt to catch smugglers

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the recovery of a substantial quantity of smuggled goods, including 211 bales of second-hand clothes, 27 bags of groundnuts, and 60 brand-new shovels, at an illegal crossing point known as M…

Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 09:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Bus, truck collide in Zimbabwe

A Harare-bound Bolt Cutter bus has been involved in an accident with a haulage truck at Buffalo Downs, near Karoi. The bus, which was coming from Chirundu and headed for Harare veered off the road and landed on its side early this morning,…

Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:23hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter

Lithuania seizes shipment of fire trucks to Zimbabwe

Lithuania is holding onto 17 fire engines seized in 2021 while being shipped to Zimbabwe from neighbouring Belarus which is under European Union sanctions, officials said on Wednesday.Zimbabwe's new attorney general Virginia Mabhiza, appoi…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 19:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

3 feared dead

Three people died on the spot early this morning when a haulage truck collided with a Nissan UD near Chaka Business Centre in Midlands province, along the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.National deputy police spokesperson, Assistant Co…

Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 13:39hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter

Truck runs over, kills Form 1 pupil

A Form One pupil from Founders High School was tragically run over by a truck in Emganwini while on her way to school. The incident occurred on Monday when the 14-year-old girl was hit by a UD truck driven by Fani Herbert. The girl sustain…

Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:52hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter

Truck impounded in cement smuggling racket

A duo employed by Mamvura Investments in Chipinge, working as a driver and assistant, have been charged with smuggling cement.The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) reported that on July 15, at around 10 pm in Mabheka, Chipi…

Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:46hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter

Truck driver 'loses manhood'

In a bizarre turn of events, a truck driver traveling from the DRC to Zambia allegedly experienced a horrifying ordeal in Beitbridge. After an all-night encounter with a married commercial sex worker near Truck Inn, suspected to have been …

Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Zacc taken to court over impounded truck

A LOCAL haulage transport operator, Onpat Rams Private Limited, has approached the High Court seeking the release of its truck impounded in 2021 by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials on suspicion of being involved in the …

Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

2 company bosses in court over Zambia rendition of truck driver

Two bosses of a trucking company in Harare appeared in court on Thursday accused of the extrajudicial rendition of a truck driver from Zimbabwe to Zambia, after accusing him of losing a fertilizer consignment.Profburg Consultancy managing …

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans assault SA truck driver for blocking their bus while fleeing police in SA

Three people, including a bus driver, have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a truck driver who tried to assist police giving chase to a bus overloaded with unruly passengers.The driver and two Zimbabwean nationals were arrested for a…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

6 people killed as haulage truck ploughs into Mazda BT50

On Friday afternoon, a tragic road accident claimed the lives of six individuals at the 35-kilometre mark along the Mutare-Marange Road. Additionally, 12 others sustained injuries in the collision involving a haulage truck and a Mazda BT50…

Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 19:17hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwean truck drivers based in SA with valid permits cannot be fired'

Zimbabwean truck drivers notched up a victory this week in the Durban High Court, which ruled they cannot be fired if they have a valid permit, such as the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).Earlier this month, several Zimbabwean truckers a…

Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter

22 dead in horror crash as South Africa-bound Quantum collides with truck

Twenty-two people were killed on Tuesday night when an overloaded Toyota Quantum had a head-on collision with a DAF truck 17km out of Bulawayo on the Gwanda Road, police said.The accident happened just after 10PM between Muchbinding and Et…

Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:24hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

Truck driver in drugs smuggling scam

A truck driver was recently apprehended at the Beitbridge Border Post in Matabeleland South by the police for unlawful possession of over 14,000ml of pharmaceutical drugs. Edison Kazingizi, aged 29, was reportedly attempting to smuggle the…

Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

9 cattle dead as haulage truck ploughs into herd

A HAULAGE truck ploughed into a herd of cattle in Chimwara area near Halfway along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, killing nine beats in the process.The news crew was told that the accident occurred on Wednesday at around 6PM when the ca…

Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Pedestrian crushed to death by haulage truck

A 52-year-old man died on the spot after his head was crushed by a haulage truck in Gweru on Sunday.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the fatal accident."Police confirm having received a report of …

Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Missing truck driver yet to be found

THE Biltrans Transport truck driver Masimba Murombo (48), who disappeared last week en route to Harare from Chirundu, is still missing and police are still investigating the matter.Following his alleged hijacking, fellow truck drivers have…

Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter

4 killed in truck crash

Four people died and 32 others were injured when a Nissan UD70 truck belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) they were travelling in veered off the road and crashed at the 40km peg along Makuti-K…

Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter

Truck driver vanishes

A TRUCK driver, Masimba Murombo (48) working for Biltrans Transport, went missing last Friday while transporting a consignment of copper from Chirundu to Harare.Preliminary investigations indicate that the father of six, who was destined f…

Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Kombi, truck collision, 1 dead, 24 injured

A four-year-old child was killed in a three-vehicle collision which left 24 others injured near the Nkulumane Complex in Bulawayo on Tuesday morning, police said.The vehicles collided at the traffic-light controlled intersection of Masiyep…

Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:58hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Truck with smuggled groceries intercepted by Bulawayo traffic cops

Police in Bulawayo have intercepted a 34-tonne truck that was smuggling groceries worth millions of dollars.The South Africa number platted 34-tonne truck owned by CTME Logistics, was intercepted at the 28KM peg along the Bulawayo Beitbrid…

Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 15:49hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Boy (4) hit by a truck

A four-year-old boy was hit by a haulage truck and died on the spot after bolting from his mother while they were waiting to cross the Harare-Chirundu highway in Nyamakate, Hurungwe District.The accident occurred at the 267km peg when Rola…

Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 19:27hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe registered truck abandoned in SA

There are reports of a Zimbabwe registered DAF truck that has been abandoned by the road in neighbouring South Africa.

Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 10:28hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter

Speeding 40-tonne mine truck kills 2 elephants

Concern has been raised after a speeding 40-tonne coal mining dump truck belonging to Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine hit and killed two jumbos last Tuesday night.The accident happened near Sinamatela Camp on the edge of the Hwange National Park…

Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Tobacco farmer falls off moving truck, dies

A MVURWI farmer, who had been perched atop bales of tobacco in a moving truck, fell off the bales and died instantly in Concession on Friday morning .Tonderai Madamombe (35) of Galloway Farm in Mvurwi, died after the truck he was travellin…

Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 2048 | by Staff reporter

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