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Econet doubles 5G coverage and price ahead of Victoria Falls Marathon
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to the internationally acclaimed Victoria Falls Marathon by unveiling a major digital infrastructure upgrade ahead of this year's event, set for ...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:55hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Econet Victoria Falls Marathon draws global spotlight
The Econet Victoria Falls Marathon is rapidly establishing itself as one of Africa's leading sporting events, transforming the iconic resort town into a magnet for global tourism, cultural exchange, a...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:42hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe battles intense heatwave as temperatures hit record highs
Zimbabwe is enduring a severe heatwave, with temperatures soaring to unprecedented levels, particularly in areas like Beitbridge, Lupane, Gwanda, and Chiredzi, where the mercury has exceeded 40 degree...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:29hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Traffic chaos as Honda Fit runs out of fuel on Victoria Falls bridge
The Victoria Falls Bridge was brought to a standstill this afternoon when a motorist abandoned his newly imported Honda Fit in the middle of the bridge after it ran out of fuel. The incident occurred ...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 14:33hrs | 3952 | by Staff reporter
+5 000 athletes register for 2024 Econet Marathon
The 2024 Econet Marathon in Victoria Falls is set to be the largest in its history, with over 5,100 runners registered for the event, marking a 21% increase from last year's participation. Zimbabwe le...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 14:49hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Bridge remains structurally sound and safe
EMERGED Railways Properties (ERP), which manages the Victoria Falls Bridge, asserts that the bridge remains structurally sound and safe for trade and movement of people. Jointly owned by the N...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:11hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Bridge still intact, 119 years after
The Victoria Falls Bridge, linking Zimbabwe and Zambia, stands strong even after 119 years since its construction, as revealed by a recent report from Emerged Railway Properties Private Limited. ...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 05:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tender out for Vic Falls Bridge rehabilitation
THE Emerged Railways Properties (ERP), a company constituted by National Railways of Zimbabwe and Zambia Railways is calling for proposals for contractors that can help carry out maintenance work on t...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Bridge to close on Saturday for The Grand Tour filming
This Saturday, starting at 10.30 am in Victoria Falls, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond will be filming an episode of The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe for Amazon Productions.An advert...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 08:35hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Clarkson, May and Hammond filming The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe
Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond recently embarked on the filming of an episode of The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe. The popular Amazon motoring show is entering its fifth season after a hiat...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
'Victoria Falls Bridge structurally safe’
THE Emerged Railways Properties (Pvt) Limited (ERP) has assured its stakeholders and users of the Victoria Falls Bridge that the facility remains structurally sound, safe and economically viable with ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Easter fever grips Vic Falls . . . tram service launched
IT'S Easter weekend and it's time to dance it out in Victoria Falls as the resort city is already gripped by a carnival atmosphere.Fun lovers kicked off what promises to be an exciting weekend...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New 4-star hotel opens in Victoria Falls
A NEW 4-star hospitality facility, Palm River Hotel, will be officially opened in Victoria Falls today. It is located on the shores of Zambezi River, more than 6km away from the city centre an...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 08:56hrs | 42 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF hides behind sanctions to evade accountability
ONE thing Rhodesians could be trusted for was doing that which their country — no matter how bizarre — wanted done. The Rhodesians would do it, no lip service, something that Zanu-PF finds hard, i...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Concerned
Victoria Falls experience charms American executives
VICTORIA Falls is a must-visit basket of attraction and leisure. That is how 10 American executives summed up their three days and two nights at one of the worlds' prime tourist resorts. They came, th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
My last days with Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo
I knew Jason ZIYAPHAPHA MOYO, when I joined the National Democratic Party (NDP) in 1960, after my agricultural course at Tsholotsho Breeding and Experimental Station.The relationship between t...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 21:06hrs | 8 | by Phelekezela Mphoko (Zimbabwe former Vice President)
Zimbabwe, Zambia struggle to reclaim assets in South Africa
ZIMBABWE and Zambia are struggling to reclaim legacy indivisible assets including vast mineral rights covering close to two million hectares of land in South Africa left to them by the former colonise...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 4 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Zambia bans haulage trucks from crossing Victoria Falls Border Post
Zambia has announced restrictions on exports which will see commercial trucks being banned from using the Victoria Falls Border Post with effect from the first of March, amid an outcry from citizens w...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 20:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No man's land Mnangagwa plaque set to attract tourists
THE tourism industry in Victoria Falls is planning to erect a plaque in honour of President Mnangagwa at the Zambezi bridge's "No man's land" between Zimbabwe and Zambia border for tourist attraction ...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs urgent facelift for Victoria Falls Border
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said that the Victoria Falls Border is in a sorry state and requires urgent facelift to meet modern standards expected from a port of entry into a world destination.The...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs urgent facelift for Victoria Falls Border
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said that the Victoria Falls Border is in a sorry state and requires urgent facelift to meet modern standards expected from a port of entry into a world destination. Th...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for city status conferment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday evening and will today officially confer the prestigious city status to the resort town, in another milestone achievement for Matabeleland North...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to incorporate yoga into schools sport
THE Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation is mulling adding yoga to the school sporting calendar as a mandatory activity. The United Nations declared June 21 the International Day of Yoga in 2...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Major Matabeleland roads under reconstruction
THE multi-million dollar road infrastructure development programme undertaken by the Government has moved a gear up with work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road now underway, amon...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Jet boat launch shuts down Victoria Falls Border Post
THE Victoria Falls Border Post will be closed for two hours this morning between 6AM and 8AM to cater for the launch of a majestic jet boat on the Zambezi River. Shearwater Adventures is re-introducin...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Israeli tourist drowns while swimming in the Zambezi River
Victoria Falls: Police's sub-aqua unit and rafting guides on Wednesday retrieved the body of an Israeli tourist who is suspected to have drowned in the Zambezi River while swimming in Victoria Falls....Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Man drowns along Victoria Falls gorges
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is attempting to retrieve the body of a white man discovered along Victoria Falls gorges with the sub-aqua team expected to lead the process.The body was discovere...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road rehabilitation to start in 2020
THE rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway to be funded by the Infrastructural Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) and the Government at an estimated cost of $350 million is expected to...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 07:43hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Retracing the life and death of Dr Sithole
This is the third and final contribution on the life, abduction, disappearance and subsequent death of Dr Edson Sithole - a veteran nationalist, barrister and national hero whose heroic life remains s...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:42hrs | 21 | by Isaya Muriwo Sithole
Chinese firm seeks to build new state-of-the-art Victoria Falls Bridge
Chinese construction giant, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has submitted a proposal to Government for the construction of a new state-of-the-art bridge in the resort town of Victoria...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 15:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile captured on top of Victoria Falls Bridge
THE iconic Victoria Falls Bridge, spanning the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday - a two-metre-long crocodile.The crocodile brought adventure activi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
New tour activity a hit in Victoria Falls
A NEWLY introduced tour activity, abseiling, has become a hit in Victoria Falls with scores of local tourists flocking to sample it to view the majestic waterfall during the just ended Easter holidays...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia introduce toll fees at Victoria Falls Bridge
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have introduced toll fees and heavy vehicles will pay between $5 and $30 to cross the Victoria Falls Bridge shared by the two neighbouring countries.Light vehicles with a g...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangangwa's early days, political career
BORN on 15 September 1942 in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe in a farmer family that was aggressively anti establishment, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's family had an abrasive...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo mentored Mugabe'
OPPOSITION Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa has claimed that President Robert Mugabe would have remained an ordinary teacher and political nonentity had he not been recruited and catapulted into the limeli...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
AC Milan star at Victoria Falls
ITALIAN and AC Milan midfield star Andrea Poli has become the latest in a long list of world-famous celebrities who have succumbed to the allure of the Victoria Falls.He reportedly sampled the...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Refuse truck used to smuggle 'Bronco'
FIVE municipal employees were arrested at the Victoria Falls Border Post last week after being caught attempting to smuggle a consignment of sweets and a cough mixture popularly known as "Bronco" from...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls white water rafting suspended
WHITE water rafting activities have been suspended in Victoria Falls as the Rafting Association of Zimbabwe (RAZ) closed for the season owing to rising water levels in the Zambezi River.RA...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Will Smith thrilled to be in Zimbabwe
WHEN a tourist destination continues to attract the who is who in the world, then it is time the whole world starts seeing how Zimbabwe is lucky to be blessed with one of the Seven Wonders of the ...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Will Smith brings Victoria Falls to a standstill
It was a one hour spectacle, but Victoria Falls is still abuzz with news about Hollywood star Will Smith's surprise visit to the resort town last week.Smith visited the world famous Victor...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Will Smith bungee jumps off the Victoria Falls Bridge
Will Smith made a surprise visit to Zimbabwe's majestic Victoria Falls as part of his African tour and he couldn't resist bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls Bridge.https://www.youtube.com/w...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Smith spotted in Victoria Falls
Hollywood movie superstar Will Smith made a surprise visit to Zimbabwe's resort town of Victoria Falls on Thursday....Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 15:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Shearwater builds 150-bed lodge in Victoria Falls
SHEARWATER Adventures, one of leading tour operators in the country, has built a new look 150-bed lodge in Victoria Falls at a cost of $1.2 million.Construction of the Victoria Falls Explo...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe double-crossed Joseph Kabila
"Way before Marange, Mugabe and his military men had already started rampant racketeering, illegal mafia-style smuggling, double-crossing, double dealing, as well as illegal arms peddling with Congole...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Ken Yamamoto
Sexual abuse of women in the struggle, it must be told and give closure to it!
Taken from eBook "Meme no cry"I thank the author Mangosuthu Mbele for his very moving article of today in Bulawayo24 " In response to Cde Rutanhire'...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 18:27hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Extreme adventurers set Victoria Falls bungee record
For some people bungee jumping is most definitely a bucket list item. And as South Africans we're certainly have a few epic ones to choose from, from Bloukrans to Soweto.However, two...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man survives Victoria Falls bridge fall
A NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe employee almost plunged into the Zambezi River after he fell off the Victoria Falls Bridge.Tafi Shava was painting the bridge's railings when he slipped. He suf...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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