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Soldiers salvage goods from burning bus
A Harare-bound bus was yesterday reduced to a shell after it caught fire near Tree Tops Tollgate, about 20km from Gweru along the Bulawayo Road. No one was injured as the more than 40 passengers disem...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash, 2 dead on the spot
TWO Safeguard Security employees died on the spot yesterday after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tree while trying to avoid a head-on collision on a curve in Bulawayo's Suburbs subu...Published: 13 hrs ago | 716 | by Staff reporter
City Bus catches fire
Property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed in an inferno when a cross boarder bus, City Bus, caught fire near the Gweru-Somabula toll gate.The bus was travelling from Botswana to Harare...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:22hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
MDC issues statement on boycotting Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Movement for Democratic Change has issued a statement clarifying their absence at the budget presentation held at parliament building on Thursday. The absence of MDC Parliamentarians irked...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:11hrs | 3692 | by Mandla Ndlovu
8 Beitbridge bodies face pauper's burial
GOVERNMENT officials in Beitbridge, who are grappling with a mortuary crisis following the suspension of morgue services at the 160-bed Beitbridge District Hospital last week, are seeking authority to...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
MDC snubs Mnangagwa to bury cadres
THE opposition MDC yesterday continued with its protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and snubbed the 2020 national budget presentation over his presence in Parliament.All...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
MDC mourns with the Takawira and Chikuni Families
The MDC family expresses its heartfelt sorrow and deepest condolences to both the Takawira and Chikuni families following the death ofAdmire Takawira and Paul Chikuni in a road accident near Ruwa ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 2728 | by Daniel Molokele, MDC Spokesperson
Chiredzi plunged into mourning
Chiredzi Town is in mourning after residents lost six of their own in a head-on collision involving a commuter omnibus and a haulage truck at Maranda turn off at the 166km peg along the Masvingo-Beitb...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 16:58hrs | 6199 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters in fatal crash
Two MDC activists in Mashonaland East died in a road accident on Sunday night when their vehicle collided head-on with another near Ruwa while on their way from Harare, where they had gone for a rally...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
NSSA increases pension payouts
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has more than doubled its minimum pensions from $80 to $200 a month, while workers' compensation scheme minimum pensions have been tripled from $80 to $24...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
6 killed as truck, kombi collide
Six people are said to have died on the spot when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in collided with a haulage truck this morning along Beitbridge road in Mwenezi. The accident occurred ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:17hrs | 2495 | by Staff reporter
Tragedy of the doctors' crippling strike
It is simple: The tragedy of the over two-months doctors' strike is that Zimbabwe has two finely distinct groups; those who feel (the majority) the impact of the strike and those who talk (the minorit...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1736 | by Learnmore Zuze
3 die in Matabeleland South car accidents
THREE people died in separate road accidents in Matabeleland South Province on Friday and Saturday, provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said yesterday. He s...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:13hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans uninspired by new money
MOST Zimbabweans feel the new currency which will start circulating today will not change anything as long as government has not implemented economic and political reforms to generate market confidenc...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:50hrs | 2178 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a rebel: Cde Chipoyera
In a riveting account never before made public, Parker Chipoyera (PC) opens up on events leading to the arrest of the ZIPA leadership and how he ended up in captivity with his fellow comrades. ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:28hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
CAPS United's luxury coach lands in SA
IT has been a trying few weeks for CAPS United but the Green Machine are set to smile in the next few weeks.The Harare giants have stumbled in their bid to move clear of the chasing pack in th...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:39hrs | 2324 | by Sports Reporter
Rushwaya escapes fatal crash
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Ms Henrieta Rushwaya was involved in an accident just outside Kwekwe on her way from the organisation's Annual General Meeting in Gweru last night. O...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1928 | by Staff reporter
Accident victim's body unclaimed at Mpilo mortuary
THE body of a 23-year-old man has been stuck at Mpilo Central Hospital mortuary for more than two months after police failed to locate his relatives. Mr Hilton Nkiwane was hit by a car in Mpop...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:37hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zupco increases Bulawayo fleet
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has increased its fleet of kombis in Bulawayo from 46 to 80 and expanded its services to cater for residents living in the eastern suburbs. Last m...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to respect rights of prisoners
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says that all prisoners, even those incarcerated for the most heinous crimes, have constitutional rights to be treated by a medical practitioner of their choice as well as rig...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Gold is purified by fire
Eish!!! It seems the past couple of weeks have been swelteringly hot, both figuratively and literally, for everyone.The maddeningly galloping prices have been making most people hot under the ...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 155 | by Bishop Lazi
Woman slaps driver with $520k lawsuit for fuel queue accident
A BULAWAYO woman who sustained injuries after her car was hit by another vehicle while in a fuel queue is suing the driver of the offending car for $520 000 in damages. Ms Heather Hikwa of Pum...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
MSU student attempts to burn bus at accident scene
A MIDLANDS State University (MSU) student was this week spared jail time for smashing a Trip Trans bus' windows with burning logs in a fit of rage at an accident scene in Chipinge.Denford Semw...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Khami Road crash kills 3
THREE people died, two of them relatives to the late national hero Sikhanyiso Ndlovu when the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned along Khami Road. Brother to th...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Zera to regulate LPG prices
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says modalities are being worked out to regulate LP gas prices to protect consumers from errant industry players. Despite rising demand on the b...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
3 die in car crash
THREE people died on the spot, while two others were seriously injured when a pirate taxi they were travelling in overturned several times along Khami Road near Delta Beverages in Bulawayo early Sunda...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
2 killed, 6 injured in road accident
TWO people died, one of them on the spot, and the other on admission to Kwekwe General Hospital following a fatal road accident involving a Ford Ranger along Kwekwe-Gokwe Road, which left six others i...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:55hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Former minister's wife files for divorce
FORMER Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr Edwin Muguti's wife has filed for divorce at the High Court accusing him of adultery. Tapiwa Mercy Muguti (nee Mukandi) claims that their marriage has i...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:52hrs | 2508 | by Staff reporter
The Country's biggest Fraud
"Who can ever forget that a whole Mugabe and his government were shaken by a lone and few Dzamara followers sitting in Africa unity gardens vowing not to eat until Mugabe finds time off his busy sched...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 11:33hrs | 2891 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Russia to invest in nuclear energy in Africa
Russia said that it wants to invest in nuclear energy in many African countries, the resolution was recently reached at the just ended Russia-Africa summit in Sochi, Russia.A Centre for Nuclea...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1216 | by Daniel Itai
Decentralisation of Registry offices call gets loud
PARTICIPANTS at an inquiry on access to national documentation conducted by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) in Bulawayo on Tuesday made impassioned pleas for the government to decentralise...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:50hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP booed for Mnangagwa praise during funeral
ZANU-PF Tsholotsho North MP, Sibangumuzi Khumalo was Sunday booed at a funeral in Mswigana village in Tsholotsho when he tried to praise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership.According to ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:38hrs | 3676 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Zanu-PF activist killed
A Zanu-PF activist and former chairperson of an informal traders group at Glen View complex in Harare died in a suspected hit and run road accident in the high density suburb last Thursday, NewZimbabw...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 2106 | by Staff reporter
Cyrene High old boys rescue destroyed school
CYRENE High School has received a donation of roofing sheets from former pupils to repair two hostels whose roofs were destroyed by a whirlwind last month. Speaking at the handover ceremony at...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:24hrs | 440 | by Agencies
The day Oskido cried for Sikhonjwa
KALAWA Jazmee supremo Oskido yesterday revealed how he cried when he saw comedian Babongile Sikhonjwa lying banged up at Bulawayo's Mpilo Central Hospital after his near fatal accident in 2014. ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Spilt beer sends man to early grave
Two men from Shurugwi under Chief Nhema allegedly murdered a fellow patron after he accidentally spilt their beer.Godknows Dondiwa and Tafadzwa Jairos Moyo, appeared before Shurugwi magistrate...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
RBZ wins accident lawsuit
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling ordering the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to pay accident damages amounting to US$33 552 to a local company.The judgment, nullifying the ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe obstinate in death as in life
Although the deposed late former President Robert Mugabe was finally buried at his rural home in Zvimba, tongues will continue waging. As I see it, his snubbing the National Heroes Acre, a shrine he i...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:53hrs | 13 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwean family killed in SA car crash
FOUR Zimbabwean family members were killed when their car, a Toyota Fortuner, was involved in a head-on collision with a Porsche Cayenne on the N11 highway near Modelkloof in South Africa's KwaZulu Na...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:47hrs | 27 | by Staff rpeorter
3 die in Kwekwe - Gokwe road accident
Three people died on the spot while six others were injured, some of them seriously, in road accidents involving two haulage trucks and a Ford Ranger truck that occurred at the same spot along Kwekwe-...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:46hrs | 55 | by Staff rpeorter
Botswana to repatriate 620 Zimbabweans
ABOUT 620 victims of Gukurahundi and post-independence political violence who are sheltered at Dukwe Refugee Camp in Botswana will be repatriated back home at the end of the month, the Southern Eye on...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 2430 | by Staff reporter
Cop shoots colleague
A police officer mistakenly shot and injured his colleague who had accompanied him on a raid on a licensed firearm owner in Rujeko C on Tuesday, October 08.Police in Masvingo referred all ques...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:22hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Bus accident: Passengers blame drunk driver
PASSENGERS who survived Saturday's Smart Express Vumba bus accident have blamed the driver for causing the mishap as they accused him of drinking beer before the journey to Mutare.However, the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:33hrs | 2075 | by Chenai Mutasa
The foot bridge (Murato) across Chiraire River in Chiweshe is a tragedy waiting to happen
School children some as young as seven years use the footbridge daily going to Chinehasha Schools on the other side. They dart and dash with amazing dexterity and agility that would shame a mo...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1462 | by Tondo Murisa
Zimbabwe hospitals turn into horrific hellholes
NURSING a swollen face, with eyes blinded by the soreness, Clayton Banda (35) lay helplessly on the hospital bed, his lower body covered by a threadbare orange blanket.Banda was involved in an...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health crisis deepens
OPERATIONS at Parirenyatwa and Harare Central hospitals yesterday ground to a halt after nurses joined the strike by doctors, with most wards at Zimbabwe's two largest referral hospitals closed, incre...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
More accident victims named
Police have released more names of victims of the Kwekwe accident involving Govasberg and Mandeep buses on Sunday morning. Twelve people perished in the horror crash. In a statement ye...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
45 year old man found dead in Borrowdale
Details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on 5 October at about 2145hrs retrieved a the body of a male adult approximately 45yrs along Borrowdale road, Harare with injuries consistent with a hit a...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 16:31hrs | 2731 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bus crash death toll rises to 12
The death toll in the Kwekwe bus accident involving a Gokwe-bound cross-border bus, Mandeep, which collided head-on with a Govasberg bus near Kwekwe River on Sunday morning, has risen to 12 after two ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
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