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'Recalls a result of serious factional fights in MDC'
FORMER top MDC-T official, now staunch Zanu-PF supporter, Obert Gutu says the opposition MDC remains in denial that the party is structured along deep-seated factional lines, and that arrangement is l...Published: 5 hrs ago | 777 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu's posh Mercedes-Benz burnt to ashes
FORMER Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, yesterday alleged foul play after his posh Mercedes-Benz vehicle was burnt to ashes by yet unknown assailants.Zivhu was fired...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1770 | by Staff reporter
Police outrider's death: Family wants answers
YOUNGER brother to the late police outrider Sergeant Freddy Chipato, who died last week while on VIP traffic clearance duties for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's convoy, has expressed dismay over the ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
Govt to 'demolish, repave' Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway, says Chiwenga
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga says the government is very concerned about the deplorable state of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway, which is the gateway to the country's prime tourism desti...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Hit-and-run driver nabbed
A HARARE man, who seriously injured a seven-year-old girl in a hit-and-run accident has been arrested after a recording of the incident went viral on social media.Police spokesperson Assistant...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Croco Motors founder jailed for killing pedestrian
CROCO Motors boss Moses Tonderai Chingwena was yesterday convicted on his own plea for killing a pedestrian in Harare while driving at night on July 11 last year.Chingwena appeared before magi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Police stall investigation into 2018 crash involving Chief Justice Malaba's vehicle
Police have been accused of a cover-up over a December 2018 road traffic accident in which a cyclist was badly injured after being run-over by Chief Justice Luke Malaba's vehicle in Matopo, Matabelela...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:30hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Blanket completes Zimbabwe's deepest gold shaft
RESOURCES firm Caledonia Mining Corporation has blasted off its first gold ore at the US$67 million Central Shaft at Blanket Mine in Gwanda, marking the beginning of a new era following six years of p...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
COVID:19: Bars, beerhalls to lose licences
GOVERNMENT has threatened to cancel liquor licences for beerhalls, bars and nightclubs found in violation of the CoVID-19 lockdown regulations.Under the current CoVID-19 regulations, bars, nig...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
9 killed in car crash
Nine people were killed and several others injured in a road accident between Rusape and Mutare late yesterday afternoon. Chief police spokesperson, Assistant Commisoner Paul Nyathi last night confirm...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife convoy biker's death linked to juju
SOCIAL media in Chinhoyi is abuzz with claims the sudden death of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) executive escort motorbike outrider, Sergeant Freddy Chipato, was a result of witchcraft by a motorist ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | 4856 | by Staff reporter
2 die in accident
TWO people, one of them a driver who was trying to avoid a pothole, died on the spot while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after two vehicles collided head on in Insuza along the Bulaw...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Police outrider buried
SERGEANT Freddy Chipato of ZRP Chinhoyi who died last Friday on VIP Traffic clearance duties riding a police motorbike while the First Lady's convoy was on its way from Mhangura, has been laid to rest...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Used car import rules clarified
Imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old from the date of manufacture on the day they enter Zimbabwe on or after April 2 are no longer automatic and now need specific import licences for...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
9 killed in Easter holiday road accidents
Nine people have died in road accidents during this year's Easter holiday compared to five who died in the same period last year. The rise in the number of deaths this year has been attributed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:50hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Easter accidents death toll rises
POLICE have reported nine deaths from 127 traffic accidents that left 75 people injured during this year's Easter holiday, compared to five deaths from 96 accidents and eight injuries last year....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:51hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Polad member faces homicide charge
DEMOCRATIC Opposition Party (DOP) leader Peter Harry Wilson is facing a culpable homicide charge after he was involved in a car accident along the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway which claimed the life of a...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO driver kills minor
A Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) driver Tapfumanei Muchenji allegedly knocked down an eight-year-old minor killing him on the spot on Friday at Nzvimbo growth point, Chiweshe....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 08:28hrs | 830 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa wife's convoy not involved, says police
THE First Lady's convoy was not involved in yesterday's accident that claimed a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) member on VIP duty, police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has clarified...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 15:18hrs | 2083 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's biker killed while clearing traffic
A Zimbabwe Republic Police ZRP biker who was part of the First lady Auxilia Mnangagwa' VIP traffic clearance team was allegedly knocked down and died on t...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 15:14hrs | 2170 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Shelton Muchena
Cop in trouble for killing colleague in Mnangagwa wife's convoy
A HARARE police officer is in trouble with the same law he administers daily after he allegedly caused the road accident that claimed the life of a colleague who was escorting First Lady, Auxillia Mna...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:51hrs | 3622 | by Staff reporter
Police on high alert
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned that it will descend heavily on traffic offenders and violators of Covid-19 regulations during the Easter Holiday.This comes after President Emmer...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's convoy in an another fatal road crash
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) executive escort motorbike outrider (name withheld), who was leading First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's motorcade, died on the spot this afternoon after colliding head-on...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:47hrs | 602 | by Sytaff reporter
Zimra blocks importation of used cars without deadline notice
Without any warning, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Good Friday in the middle of the day blocked all imported cars that were manufactured before 2011 from leaving the border posts.C...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:08hrs | 4880 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 4303 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Businessman caught bedding wife's younger sister
IT was the worst kind of betrayal for a Bulawayo woman when she busted her husband in bed with her younger sister.Bekithemba Ndlovu from Selbourne Park, whose company is situated at Cumberland...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:27hrs | 4126 | by Staff reporter
Police warn lockdown violators
POLICE have warned the public, including visitors to the country, to comply with COVID-19 safety and health measures during the Easter holidays or face arrest.In a statement, national police s...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:24hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Ex-referee killed in crash
PREMIER Soccer League match commissioner, Lovemore Marange, has died. He was involved in a car accident in Harare yesterday. ZIFA board member, Bryton Malandule, said the association the death...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:13hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
One die, 20 injured in horrific kombi crash
One person died on the spot while twenty other passengers were injured in a horrific accident involving a Nissan Caravan, Toyota pick up and Honda Fit yes...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 15:58hrs | 3481 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Let's be responsible during Easter holidays
EASTER holidays afford Christians an opportunity to commemorate the capture, trial, persecution, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.This also is the time when families gather for various a...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
One person dies in horror accident
One person died after a head-on collision that occurred this afternoon along the Harare-Bindura highway. A Honda Fit encroached in the lane of an oncoming haulage truck resulting in the collis...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Two die in hit, run accident
POLICE are hunting for a motorist who killed two pedestrians in a hit and run incident along Lomagundi Road in Harare yesterday morning. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pau...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
'VID to allow automatic cars during road tests'
GOVERNMENT says it is considering allowing the use of automatic cars for Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) road tests after the country recorded an increase in the importation of used Japanese veh...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:53hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Granny dies in freak accident
AN 84-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin woman died on the spot when a Nissan lorry she was travelling in hit a pothole and veered off the road before falling into a ditch yesterday.Mashonaland Central pol...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:53hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe airports need refurbishment'
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development has revealed that the country's airports needed urgent refurbishment as they are in a bad state.Zimbabwe has e...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:04hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
University students die in road accident
Two Bindura University of Science and Education students were among six people killed in two separate road accidents on Tuesday evening along the Harare-Mukumbura Highway.The students were ide...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:01hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Two Bindura University students die in road accident
TWO Bindura University of Science Education students died on Wednesday after a Mark X vehicle they were travelling in encroached into an oncoming lane and was hit by a Securico Nissan NP 300 at the 62...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 09:30hrs | 2508 | by Simbarashe Sithole
4 die in Harare car collision
FOUR people died Thursday when the vehicles they were travelling in collided head-on in Glendale, some 60 km north of Harare.According to media reports, one of the vehicles exploded.Po...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:14hrs | 3093 | by Staff reporter
Missing taxi driver found dead near Falcon College
A TAXI driver from Esigodini who went missing on March 15 after being hired by an unknown client has been found dead in the Falcon area. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspe...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:46hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
One dies in car crash
One person died on the spot after a Toyota Mark X she was travelling in was hit by a Securico Nissan vehicle today at Vignia farm, Glendale.Mazowe ward 18 councillor Canaan Malingamoyo confirm...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 18:04hrs | 2523 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Pothole kills 84-year-old woman
An 84-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin woman died on the spot when a Nissan lorry she was travelling in hit a pothole and veered off the road before falling in a ditch yesterday.Mashonaland Central polic...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 12:55hrs | 2154 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dabengwa, Tongogara, Nkomo, Chitepo why did you leave us - as Zimbabwe's hijackers even more determined to crush our country?
In life we always have individuals whom we wished could have had the marvellous opportunity to have met, and even got to know on a personal level - and, certainly I am not to be left out, since I am a...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:27hrs | 1376 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Can Mnangagwa declare a war against potholes' - Mzembi
Former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with potholes which are now a menace in the country's various roads.Mzembi said it takes the leadershi...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 15:22hrs | 2837 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Reckless drivers to lose licences
RECKLESS drivers who routinely violate road regulations will have their driver's licences revoked under a new system set to be introduced by the Government soon.Authorities are preparing to ro...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 12:23hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Old Joe Biden trips and falls 3 times boarding Air Force One
President Joe Biden stumbled three times and fell on the steps of Air Force One on Friday, prompting fresh questions about his health.The 78-year-old - the oldest president in US history - app...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 19:16hrs | 4815 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle shortages crippling police operations
PARLIAMENT has been told how a serious shortage of patrol vehicles is crippling the operations of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), which has a deficit of close to 450 cars. This comes as mo...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 16:06hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mom kills toddler son while reversing vehicle
A Mutare mother shall ever regret reversing her car without first checking her surroundings after she ran over and killed her two-year-old son.The tragic incident, which has been confirmed by ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:55hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
2 die, 15 injured enroute to funeral
TWO people died on the spot and 15 others were seriously injured when a Toyota Hiace omnibus they were travelling in that was towing a body for burial, burst a rear tyre and overturned. The ac...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
Why does Zimbabwe have such a high road death toll?
Road safety in Zimbabwe is such a major issue that it has attracted the attention of the United Nations. According to Zimbabwe's own nu...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 19:46hrs | 1249 | by Staff writer
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