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Marc Cayeux gives everyone hope after top ten finish in Cape Town
Marc Cayeux's story is one that stays with you for the rest of your life once you are aware of it. For anyone unaware of the Zimbabwean's journey so far, observing the final leaderboard of the Vodacom...Published: 6 hrs ago | 269 | by Agencies
BREAKING: Harare - Johannesburg Intercape bus in accident, 10 people dead
At least 10 people were killed in a bus crash on the N1 in Limpopo on Friday morning, police said. There are reports that the InterCape bus, a Volvo bus reg no: ICG 077 GP, travelling from Har...Published: 7 hrs ago | 8414 | by Staff reporter
Six feared dead in kombi crash
Six people are feared dead after a Guruve bound Mhofu Kombi overturned this morning around 8am.Eye witness allege five passengers were injured and rushed to concession hospital.More to...Published: 9 hrs ago | 4907 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Friend killer faints in court
A 17-YEAR-OLD pupil from Bulawayo who accidentally hit his friend with a stone leading to his death during a rival teenage gang fight, yesterday fainted in court soon after his warned and cautioned st...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Kombi ploughs into vendors
A KOMBI driver suspected to be unlicensed yesterday lost control of his vehicle, rammed into and seriously injured four vendors in the Bulawayo Central Business District. The incident occurred...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Cops launch countrywide roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a countrywide operation targeting unregistered vehicles and motorists who are flouting traffic regulations and endangering the lives of other road users...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 4089 | by Staff reporter
11 killed, 9 critical after bus travelling from Zambia to SA
Eleven people were killed when a bus travelling from Zambia crashed in Polokwane on Monday morning."Eleven people are confirmed to be deceased," Limpopo Department of Transport spokesperson Ma...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:46hrs | 2268 | by Staff reporter
Fake Magaya on the loose
A NUMBER of Zimbabweans may have fallen victim to a Facebook scam, where a suspected Nigerian scammer has been impersonating Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Prophet Walter Magaya....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1931 | by Staff Reporter
Bride and groom die on way to marriage ceremony
Three family members died in a road traffic accident at the 49km peg along Mazowe-Centenary highway this afternoon when a Toyota Wish driver lost control of the vehicle.One of the victims who ...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 17972 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo's oldest public transport driver
HE could possibly be Bulawayo or the country's oldest "mageza" (slang for kombi driver) but George Marambakuyana (94) believes he is a Michael Schumacher of sorts.The old man is popular on the...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 3513 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat launches innovative billboard campaign
Zimnat has launched an innovative advertising campaign to let people know some of the ways in which it can make their life better, through the customer friendly insurance and finance services it offer...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 13:09hrs | 942 | by Agencies
Sex vendor takes client to court as condom bursts during sex
A 34-year-old man has been dragged to court by a city hooker over allegations he deliberately tore a condom during sex.Godfrey Muteswa was hauled before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa fa...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 4236 | by Staff reporter
2 die in 'veld fire' accident
Two people died on the spot when a haulage truck was involved in a head-on collision with a Toyota Rav after both vehicles drove through thick smoke caused by a veld fire in Dema on Monday.Mas...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Silo blast exposes GMB can of worms
The recent explosion which killed six people at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) Lions Den silos along the Harare-Chirundu Highway has exposed favouritism in the parastatal's employment policy and fail...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1968 | by Staff reporter
Harare councillor proposes pay hike
A HARARE City councillor, Jacob Mafume (MDC Alliance), has proposed a pay hike for city employees as a way to retain skilled and experienced staff at a time service delivery is at its lowest.O...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Firefighters crash on way to attend accident
THREE Marondera Municipality firefighters were on Sunday night seriously injured after their fire tender veered off the road and rammed into a precast wall while on their way to attend to an incident....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1676 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe transport management system to improve efficiency
Zimbabwe has signed an integrated transport management system, which seeks to bring together five key elements of road policing, efficient use of national infrastructure and coordination of informatio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:25hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Too much roadblocks is not a solutiom
Even if we put 50 roadblocks within 100km, the unlicensed drivers will still pass from one roadblock to another. There is too much corruption being practiced by your boys Matanga. You are fail...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 2955 | by Isaac Nkomah
Police roadblocks return
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will from tomorrow launch a massive crackdown targeting unlicensed drivers and unregistered vehicles in a nationwide blitz that will signal the return of roadblocks,...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:46hrs | 3446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to hold Thank you rallies
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Masvingo, will this week hold rallies across the province to thank its members for resoundingly voting for the party during the 30 July harmonised elections.Zanu-PF...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:40hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to hold 'Thank You' rallies
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Masvingo, will this week hold rallies across the province to thank its members for resoundingly voting for the party during the 30 July harmonised elections.Zanu-PF...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:13hrs | 151 | by Staff Reporter
Simba Mhere 'killer driver' tries to get off hook
AFTER being slapped with a 10-year sentence for his role in the car accident that claimed the life of Zimbabwean television personality Simba Mhere, Preshalin Naidoo has still not given up the fight t...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:10hrs | 470 | by Staff Reporter
Sex worker found with murdered man's cellphone
Tafadzwa Dhinga (32), a prominent sex worker at Murambinda Growth Point in Buhera has been remanded in prison after being found with a murdered teacher's cellphone.She is being charged with mu...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 12:11hrs | 3254 | by Staff reporter
'Jail all unlicensed drivers'
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has started lobbying government to impose mandatory custodial sentences to people who drive without licences among other stiffer penalties on errant drive...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:36hrs | 2424 | by Staff reporter
Driver hits child at zebra crossing, fined
A 49-YEAR-OLD Gwanda driver has been fined $200 after he knocked down a four-year-old child at a pedestrian crossing leaving him injured. Hlalani Tshabangu of Freda Mine was convicted on...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:25hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Shurugwi road accident claims 4
Four people died on the spot when a maize-laden T35 truck they were travelling in overturned at Boterekwa in Shurugwi on Thursday night.The truck, which was carrying bags of maize, was reporte...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 838 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans in limbo after giving SA home affairs asylum papers
In 2009, the South African government introduced the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) to legalise the many Zimbabweans already inside the country because of the political and socio-economic s...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | 3825 | by Staff reporter
Keep Harare clean
Fallen pylons are found all over in our towns and cities especially Harare. Most were brought down as a results of road traffic accidents but surprisingly these now useless power poles are left to rus...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 20:27hrs | 675 | by Thomas Murisa
Prisoner congratulates Mnangagwa
A prisoner at Chikurubi Maximum Prison has congratulated President ED Mnangagwa for winning the Presidential elections.Forty two-year-old Jacob Harineki has been in prison since 1998 and was s...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:17hrs | 2453 | by Staff reporter
Police tell schools to deposit monies in banks
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday urged schools to deposit their money in banks, saying keeping it on their premises could result in the institutions being targeted by robbers. Schools opened for t...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Cop sues Matanga over dismissal
A POLICE officer based in Bulawayo, who was dismissed for allegedly failing to arrest a motorist involved in a hit-and-run accident, but instead arrested the mechanic who was repairing the vehicle, ha...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Border accident exposes smuggling racket
TRAVELLERS at Beitbridge Border Post were on Sunday treated to a free movie when dozens of bottles of smuggled Broncleer cough syrup, with a street value of $500, fell off the front fenders of a Botsw...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Two people die in road accident
TWO people were killed while two others were seriously injured when the right rear tyre of a Honda Fit they were travelling in burst, resulting in it veering off the road and hitting a tree in Athlone...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:25hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Four die, 9 injured in road accident
Four people died while nine others were seriously injured when a Toyota Granvia they were travelling in side-swiped with a Ford Ranger before colliding head-on with a Mazda B1800 along the Kwekwe-Gokw...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:13hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
SA's murky world of pension funds exposed by death of Zimbabwean businessman
The death of South African based Zimbabwean businessman Abraham Ndoro has opened a can of worms, shedding light on the murky pension industry in the Southern Africa powerful economy.Exactly 16...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 19:38hrs | 3526 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businessman's death exposes South Africa's murky world of pension funds
HARARE - The death of South African based Zimbabwean businessman Abraham Ndoro has opened a can of worms, shedding light on the murky pension industry in the Southern Africa powerful economy.E...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:10hrs | 2976 | by Staff Reporter
Senior CIO operative buried
THE senior officer in the President's Department and former freedom fighter Austin Peter Moyo who died in a road accident last week was laid to rest at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre in Nkulumane...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Power to the people!
PEOPLE will always support the underdog.In Zimbabwe today, the people have no trust in the government and all its institutions. They think that their town councils are, for want of a better wo...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:04hrs | 116 | by Winston Siwela
Police probe Chawasarira accident
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has started investigating the accident in which 13 people died on the spot, while 23 others were injured on Thursday when a Chawasarira bus collided head-on with a commute...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Punish reckless drivers, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday directed the police to descend heavily on reckless drivers as he consoled families that lost relatives when a Chawasarira bus collided head-on with a commuter omnibus at ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:47hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Chinese company to mount road surveillance cameras in Zimbabwe
ARTIFICIAL Intelligence (AI) technology will soon be applied on local roads after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday gave a nod to a Chinese company, Hikvision, and a local start-up to mount high...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:44hrs | 4633 | by Staff reporter
13 die in bus crash
THIRTEEN people died on the spot, while 23 others were injured yesterday when a Chawasarira bus collided head-on with a commuter omnibus near the 152km peg just after Kadoma tollgate along the Harare-...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:38hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Judith Makwanya in accident
LONG-SERVING ZBC senior reporter, Judith Makwanya, dragged an alleged errant driver to court after a collision in the Central Business District.Theophilus Damba pleaded not guilty when he appe...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 16:17hrs | 9764 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 13 die in accident
At least 13 people died while several others were injured in a road accident involving a Chawasarira bus and a commuter omnibus near Kadoma tollgate along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway today.Som...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 11:59hrs | 4707 | by Staff reporter
Govt abandons search for trapped miners
MINES and Mining Development ministry officials have abandoned the rescue mission at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi, where a dozen artisanal miners were reportedly trapped last week when a shaft collapsed....Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 111 motorists
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested 111 motorists for driving unregistered vehicles in an ongoing operation.Motorists driving vehicles without licence plates have been blamed for an increase in c...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:18hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
War vets recommend hero status for late CIO
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Bulawayo province has recommended that the late senior officer in the President's Office and freedom fighter Austin Peter Moyo be dec...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:15hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's motorcade in accident
An unlicensed kombi driver is in a fix after reportedly hitting a car that was part of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's motorcade last Friday.Silent Hungwe appeared before Harare magistra...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:16hrs | 5939 | by Staff reporter
Three dead as car rams tree
THREE people died while one was injured in a road accident that occurred at the 70km peg along the Bulawayo–Tsholotsho Road near the St James High school turn-off.Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Top CIO operative Moyo dies
A senior officer in the President's Office and war veteran Austin Peter Moyo has died.He was 62.Moyo, whose war name was Madayiza, was involved in an accident last Tuesday and succumbe...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
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