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DJ Ollah 07 has divided opinion
The man about town DJ Ollah 07 has divided opinion with his latest podcast on the St Mary's accident which killed 17 people. This soon after his ground-breaking interview with Mai Jeremaya who had cla...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 14:24hrs | 228 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Zimbabwe's emergency response under scrutiny after deadly Manyame crash
Zimbabwe's road accident preparedness has come under intense scrutiny following a horrific crash on Tuesday that claimed 17 lives at Manyame River Bridge along the busy Seke Road.The fatal col...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:06hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers dump vehicle, contraband after ZRP chase
MUTARE - An anti-smuggling crack team deployed in Zimbabwe's Manicaland peripheral borders intercepted and foil an attempt by unknown assailants to smuggle second-hand clothing bales from Mozambique i...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 08:01hrs | 352 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Sobukhazi student dies in commuter omnibus crash
A pall of grief hangs over Sobukhazi High School after a tragic road accident claimed the life of a 16-year-old student and left her schoolmate seriously injured.The two girls were struck by a...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
4 dead, 40 injured in bus-tractor collision near Masvingo
Four people lost their lives and 40 others were injured on Monday following a serious road accident involving a bus and a tractor approximately 34 kilometers from Masvingo on the highway to Mbalabala,...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:31hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
ZRP chief kills senior prison officer trying to save trapped CIO boss
A tragic accident on May 21 has claimed the lives of two senior Zimbabwean security officials, turning an act of heroism into a devastating loss. Principal Correctional Officer Masimba Mandimutsira di...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:00hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Another Inter-Africa side swipes Makwenda bus
HARARE - Rush for early passengers, ungovernable speed limits and quest to surpass daily targets has this Monday witnessed a none-casualty or fatality accident involving another Inter-Africa bus which...Published: 12 May 2025 at 22:14hrs | 1259 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Significant rise in accidents during holidays
Zimbabwe recorded a significant rise in road traffic accidents during the 2025 Independence and Easter holidays, although the number of fatalities declined, according to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:32hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's govt avoid potholes, flies Rovos Rail tourists to Victoria Falls
The Zimbabwean government was forced to abandon what critics described as a "disastrous" plan to drive stranded Rovos Rail tourists to Victoria Falls, instead opting to fly them to the iconic resort t...Published: 20 Apr 2025 at 19:18hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Crumbling Roads: Where is the money going?
Zimbabwe's roads are in a state of disrepair, and people are dying because of it. Potholes large enough to swallow cars, faded markings that turn highways into death traps at night, and crumbling brid...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 21:48hrs | 1041 | by Vusani Magwala
4 cops accused of stealing US$57,000 and 2kg of gold at accident scene
Four police officers have been accused of stealing US$57,000 and 2kg of pure gold at an accident scene near Selous, along the Harare-Bulawayo highway, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The incid...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 19:22hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Police investigate hit-and-run involving donkey cart in Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident involving a donkey-drawn scotch cart that occurred on Sunday, February 9, in the Mazibulala Line area.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 15:27hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
17 arrested for photographing accident scene in Zimbabwe
Seventeen individuals were arrested in Harare's central business district for taking photographs with their smartphones at the scene of a road traffic accident. The incident occurred at the corner of ...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 19:12hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Police warn looting at accident scenes
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to the public against looting goods from accident scenes, describing it as a serious criminal offence.National police spokesperson...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 12:54hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Inter Africa bus accident kills 7 in Harare-Bulawayo road crash
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed a fatal road accident that occurred in the early hours of December 8, 2024, along the Harare-Bulawayo Road.The crash happened around 3:30 AM at...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 14:45hrs | 3312 | by Staff reporter
Mark Ngwazi survives freak car accident
Popular Sungura musician Mark Ngwazi is fortunate to be alive after surviving a car accident early Sunday morning. Details surrounding the incident remain unclear, but the musician took to his Faceboo...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 15:28hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to cover costs of repatriating SA bus accident victims
Zimbabwe's Consul-General in South Africa, Eria Phiri, says that the government of Zimbabwe will carry the costs of repatriating the bodies of the people that died in a bus accident in Louis Trichardt...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:14hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Bus conductor steals phone at accident scene
Terence Mavheneke, a 24-year-old commuter omnibus conductor, has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing a Samsung Note 20 Ultra, valued at $550, from a victim of a fatal accident on Seke Ro...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Reckless driver denied bail
Mbare magistrate Ms. Rufaro Panavanhu denied bail to Tinashe Regice Ngandu, who faces charges of reckless driving, failure to stop after a serious accident, and failure to report an accident within 24...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:47hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mourns 15 SA crash victims
The Government yesterday extended its condolences to families of the 15 Zimbabweans who died in a road accident when a Simlex Transport and Logistics (Pvt) Limited cross-border bus collided with a hau...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Embassy deploys to aid SA crash victims
THE Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town has sent a team to the scene of an accident where 13 Zimbabweans were killed and others injured, including 12 still in hospital, when their coach collided with a ha...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Free emergency health services for one month
PRIVATE healthcare institution, Corporate 24, has pledged to provide free emergency health services this month targeting members of the public in Bulawayo and Harare in a bid to reduce costs and compl...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hit and run traffic accidents on the rise
The rising number of hit and run traffic accidents has become a cause for concern for the police as a 41-year-old man was killed by a vehicle at the 53km peg along the Rusape-Nyanga road on Christmas ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
6 family members perish in car crash
A pregnant mother, her husband and four of their children travelling from Marymount in Rushinga to Chinhoyi, were among the nine people killed early Monday morning in the head-on collision between two...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Scotch-cart injury, Bindura man in a critical condition
A Bindura man is battling for his life at Bindura Hospital after a Toyota Allion rammed into an ox-drawn scotch cart he was driving.Two cows died at the spot while the driver of the Toyota Allion disa...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 17:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
2 CIO agents charged with kidnapping, armed robbery
Two Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents abducted, assaulted and robbed a motorist and a police officer in Harare following an accident involving one of the agents' wife, a court heard....Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists' trial further deferred
The trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Chirumanzu South official, Patrick Cheza, and four party activists accused of assaulting Tourism minister, Barbara Rwodzi, has been further postponed t...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
70 arrested for blocking traffic to perform rituals at hit-and-run accident scene
A TOTAL of 70 people were arrested for obstructing free movement of traffic as they performed rituals at a hit-and-run accident scene.In a statement, police said a man died after an unknown mo...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists' trial in false start
The trial of Patrick Cheza, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Chirumanzu South, and four CCC activists facing charges of assaulting Zanu-PF MP and Tourism Minister Barbara Rwodzi, ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 arrested over accident scene theft
FOUR individuals from the village have been brought to court on charges of stealing fruit from a truck that had overturned near Nyamakate along the Harare-Chirundu Highway.The accused, namely ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi's assault case takes new twist
Lawyers representing Citizens Coalition for Change (Chirumanzu South losing candidate, Patrick Chez and four others, who are accused of assaulting Tourism deputy minister Barbara Rwodzi have que...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
7 passengers in Honda Fit perish in road crash
SEVEN people died while four others were injured when a Honda Fit illegally transporting passengers on the Marondera-Harare route, collided head-on with a VW Touareg at the 60km peg along the Harare-M...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi assaulted by losing CCC candidate
POLICE have confirmed a group of Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activists led by losing parliamentary candidate, Patrick Cheza, beat up Tourism Deputy Minister Barbara Rwodzi following an alterc...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
30 cheat death along Bulawayo, Victoria Falls Road
Thirty passengers traveling on a Kakono bus company cheated death by a whisker this afternoon after the bus developed a mechanical fault that resulted in the steering wheel locking up and the bus...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 16:23hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Crash blocks SA - Zimbabwe Highway
TRAFFIC between Johannesburg and Beitbridge was on Sunday halted temporarily following an accident involving two vehicles that blocked the N1 Highway which links Zimbabwe and South Africa.The ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bitumen World starts work on Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road
CONSTRUCTION giant, Bitumen World (Private) Limited, has deployed three well-equipped teams to undertake intense road maintenance and rehabilitation works along the dilapidated Bulawayo-Victoria Falls...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Police share horror details of Diva Mafunga crash
Deceased veteran gospel musician Davies ‘Diva' Mafunga crashed his head on some roadside rocks after being thrown out of a vehicle he was using to tow another car, police revealed Wednesday....Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 20:21hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi claims politics at play at Mutonhora Rwodzi fatal accident
A BROTHER to Christopher Mutonhora Rwodzi, the late Gutu West aspiring independent Member of Parliament (MP) who was killed in a road accident Thursday, has claimed foul play in his sibling's death....Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mutonhori Rwodzi's family suspects foul play
Independent candidate for Gutu West Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi (53), who died in a car accident last night, will be buried on Sunday at the family's rural homestead at Aarons' Village, formerly Mush...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:49hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Minister's husband running as independent after Zanu PF snub dies in accident
A candidate who was barred from standing in Zanu PF primaries in Gutu West before deciding to stand as an independent has died after his vehicle fell off a bridge.Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi,...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits accident scene
Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga this morning visited the accident scene where four children died in a road traffic accident which occurred along the Harare-Masvingo Road on Wednesday....Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Many feared dead in Zimbabwe horror crash
Four vehicles, including two haulage trucks, were involved in a pile-up before bursting into flames along the Masvingo-Beitbridge HighwaySEVERAL people are believed to have died yesterday afte...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
4 vehicles burnt to shells in accident
Four vehicles were yesterday reduced to shells after they caught fire in a pile up caused by a head-on collision of two haulage trucks along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.The accident occurr...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tops global road carnage
LATEST world statistics on road accidents have ranked Zimbabwe as one of the world's two countries with the most unsafe road networks.According to the World of Statistics, 41 per every 100 000...Published: 02 May 2023 at 08:59hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Bus crash toll rises to 14
Another passenger has died from injuries sustained when a Timboon bus crashed at the 5km peg along Chivhu-Murambinda Road, taking the death toll to 14.Mr Cephas Muringani (46) succumbed to his...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Speed freaks turn Zimbabwe highways into racecourses
WITH a cigarette stuck between his shaking fingers, Moses Nerutanga (37) puffs up clouds of smoke into the air as he relives how he escaped death by a whisker in a recent bus accident.As he sa...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe accident declared national disaster
Government has declared the Chivhu bus accident a national disaster.This follows a fatal road accident at the 5-kilometre peg along the Chivhu-Murambinda Road where a Timboom bus crashed, kill...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 21:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans feared dead in South Africa road crash
EIGHT people some of them believed to be Zimbabweans were killed when a Toyota Quantum they were travelling inn was involved in a road accident near Musina town on 1 April, 2023.The incident o...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 19:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Unclaimed accident body at Bindura hospital
Bindura hospital is in possession of an unclaimed body of an unknown female adult since last year.The now deceased was a pede...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 18:09hrs | 10 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
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
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