Search / Accident
3 die in Gokwe accident
THREE people died on the spot, while six others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in, an Isuzu truck burst a front tyre and overturned along the Gokwe-Kwekwe Road on Sunday morning....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
SA traffic signs to be adopted as SADC signs?
SADC has agreed on a common set of traffic signs and signals, so drivers in the region will be able to instantly recognise warning signs and the signs that order stopping, giving way, speed limits and...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Gas explosion leaves five injured
A party ended tragically in Bindura on Saturday evening after five people sustained burns following a gas explosion on Saturday evening. ...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 18:14hrs | 1187 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
'Zimbabwe politics remains toxic'
HUMAN rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says the country's political environment has remained toxic with Zanu-PF cited as the worst culprits.In its latest monthly report titled Tox...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Mnangagwa ally's mining operations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Scott Sakupwanya's company Better Brands (Private) Limited's operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga is under the spotlight amid concerns over gold leakages and po...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 1287 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visited Mutami at school?
A FORMER boyfriend of Susan Mutami and her school friends at Loreto High School in Silobela, Midlands, have validated claims that a man believed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa she now accuses of r...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:42hrs | 5465 | by Staff reporter
73 passengers escape death
SEVENTY-THREE passengers aboard a K and M bus cheated death yesterday morning after it overturned and landed on its side at the 238-kilometre peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway, police confirme...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners threaten railway tracks
SMALL-scale chrome miners have invaded Mapanzure area in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, where they are conducting illegal mining activities along the Gweru-Zvishavane railway line, amid growing fears ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs minister petitioned over police conduct
THE Zimbabwe Passengers Association (ZPA) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over police officers' laxity...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:49hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha: Matebeleland's unsung heroes
OMALAYITSHA (cross border transporters) are among the unsung heroes to most communities particularly in Matabeleland region where most families have relatives based in South Africa who send them money...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
2 500 hit-and-run accidents recorded in Zimbabwe
The numbers of motorists who hit pedestrians or other vehicles on the roads and speed off without rendering assistance is now on the increase with the police recording about 2 500 hit-and-run accident...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:44hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Toyota Wish kills one, injures two
One person died, while two others were seriously injured in a Toyota Wish accident along Acardia dam road in Bindura today.Sources said...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 20:33hrs | 575 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Zanu-PF MP survives road accident
Zanu-PF Mutasa South legislator Misheck Mugadza survived a road accident on Wednesday afternoon after his vehicle was involved in a head on collision with a haulage truck in Macheke, Mashonaland East ...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 3011 | by Staff reporter
Shona, Ndebele Highway Code launched, beware of Ndebele mistakes
The Highway Code has now been translated into Shona and Ndebele, and printed copies are available at a subsidised cost of US$5 each or the equivalent in local currency while Government is working on t...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Driver killed as bus overturns, burns
A BUS driver died on the spot while two passengers sustained serious injuries when a Gokwe-bound bus there were travelling in veered off the road, overturned and rolled several times before it caught ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
6 family members die in crash
Six family members were killed when their South African-registered Land Rover Discovery collided head-on with an Iveco truck 22km from Beitbridge in the Tshapfutshe area along the Beitbridge-Harare Hi...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
5 drown after haulage truck, excavator collide on bridge and plunge into river in Zimbabwe
Five people drowned on Friday after a haulage truck and an excavator collided on a bridge in Beatrice, before both vehicles plunged into the Mupfure river below.Police said one survivor, a man...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:06hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Security guard killed in road accident
A CHINHOYI NMB bank branch security guard was this morning killed by a speeding vehicle outside the banking hall as he knocked off from work.The man met his fate at around 7am, when a driver o...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:04hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Martin Dinha shoots self on the thigh fighting off armed robbers
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board chairperson and Zanu PF acolyte, Martin Dinha, is nursing injuries after he reportedly shot himself on the thigh fighting off armed robbers who attacked...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 20:33hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party's logo irked the West because of the ISIS index-finger symbol, says Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwean health workers receive Chinese Medicine trainingXinhuaThe Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Centre at the Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3686 | by Staff reporter
Touts terrorise passengers
TRAVELLERS in the Midlands province have complained over harassment by touts at bus termini, where they are forced to board buses against their will.The commuters also protested over pushcart ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC fires 'warning shots'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was on cloud nine yesterday after thumping the ruling Zanu-PF party in weekend council by-elections, prompting it to declare that this was a harbinger fo...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:46hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami spills beans in tell-all sexual abuse scandal
A CONTROVERSIAL young Zimbabwean woman Susan Mutami, based in Australia, with high-level Zanu-PF and government links, has dropped a bombshell: she has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping a...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 9424 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF to contest Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-election
IT is going to be a two-party race for the Gokwe- Kabuyuni constituency by-election following the successful filing of papers by Zanu-PF and CCC candidates during a Nomination court sitting at Gweru m...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:28hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Tenda bus accident 1 dead, 32 injured
ONE passenger perished while 32 others were injured after a Tenda bus which was traveling from Harare to Mutare overturned on Thursday in Rusape.The fatal accident occurred around 4pm at...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
150 Zimbabweans to be deported from the UK
Human rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger.The flight, scheduled for July ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:46hrs | 26598 | by Staff reporter
Baron Dube sent back to prison
ESIGODINI gold dealer Baron Dube is back in prison after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against conviction and sentence for lack of merit.Dube (46) of Habane Extension Township was in ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Tshabalala head-on accident
A FUEL attendant who witnessed a head-on collision involving a Honda Fit and a Nissan Elgrand where Nketa Drive and Imhlotshana Road intersect near Tshabalala suburb rushed to the scene and was greete...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop' granted bail
ONE of the Highglen police officers charged with causing the death of a pedestrian, Trymore Chinyamakobvu as they wrestled with a commuter omnibus driver has been granted $40 000 bail.Job Mapf...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop in hot soup
A 30-YEAR-OLD Bindura man who purported to be a traffic cop before demanding a bribe from an accident victim has been arrested.Ke...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 00:14hrs | 771 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mliswa survives car accident
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka is lucky to be alive after a speeding commuter omnibus rammed into her official off-roader, a maroon Toyota Land Cruiser Prado VX....Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:40hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shows mobilisation power in Gokwe?
Zanu-PF's mass mobilisation muscle and grip even at the grassroots level was again at show in Gokwe at the weekend after over 8 000 voters turned out for the Gokwe-Kabuyuni primary elections.F...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:09hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
New details of 'Passion Java accident' emerge
FIFTY-seven-year-old Tangai Tandi gazes into the sky with tear-filled eyes as if to ask the heavens why."Nature has it that children bury their parents. It's painful and difficult for a parent...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Pedestrian crushed to death by haulage truck
A 52-year-old man died on the spot after his head was crushed by a haulage truck in Gweru on Sunday.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the fatal accide...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Passion Java pleads innocence, says he was out of the country when accident occurred
SELF proclaimed prophet Passion Java has said he was out of the country when one of his vehicles hit and killed a pedestrian along Seke road, near Jongwe corner Tuesday.The BMW vehicle, which ...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:11hrs | 1660 | by Staff reporter
Two perish in a Honda Fit crash
Two people died while 7 were injured on Tuesday morning at Harmony farm in Glendale along the Harare Bindura highway when two Honda Fit vehicl...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 22:14hrs | 2668 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police investigating alleged Passion Java accident
POLICE are investigating an accident in which a Harare woman was Tuesday allegedly hit by one of Zanu-PF sympathiser and self-styled prophet Passion Java's cars, dying on the spot as he sped off....Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:06hrs | 2980 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-election date
President Mnangagwa has fixed Saturday 27 August 2022 as the date on which Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-election will be held to fill in the vacancy created by the death of Leornard Chikomba.In a Statuto...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:01hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man shot dead in front of wife and son
A Dambuza family is struggling to pick up the pieces after witnessing the murder of their breadwinner.It is alleged that four unknown men, two of whom had their faces covered, stormed into Mat...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:25hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Cameras can bring sanity on Zimbabwe's Road
It is a fact most Zimbabwe's lack civil sense, when it comes to road usage, on our roads we go by our self-concocted guidelines. Many make their own lanes or try to squeeze through congestion due to s...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 22:01hrs | 515 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Car hits five students, 1 killed, 4 injured
ONE pupil died on the spot while four others escaped with injuries after they were hit by a car while waiting for transport at Zhombe East turnoff.The incident happened at a bus stop on Friday...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
21-cattle loss: 8 family members on suicide watch
MALE and female members of a Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province, who lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant, have been sleeping in the same room since the fatal accid...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zambia-bound truck spills 35 tonnes of sulphur
A Zambia-bound truck laden with 35 tonnes of sulphur overturned and caught fire at the 311km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway, near Tsetse checkpoint in Hurungwe District with preliminary investi...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:32hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Cop crashes into Chief Zvimba's car
AN un-licenced police officer has been convicted for negligent driving after he lost control of his speeding vehicle and rammed into a traditional leader's car.Nomatter Enock (35), who is at Z...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family accidentally poisons 21 cattle
A Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province has been left distraught after losing 21 cattle valued at over US$8 500 following a breakdown in communication which resulted in a dangerous grain protect...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo linked to inflated Belarus fire tenders scandal
LOCAL government minister July Moyo was this Monday the subject of another corruption allegation storm over the procurement of fire-fighting vehicles from Belarus.Moyo is reportedly under inve...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills cop at roadblock
A 46-year-old Chitungwiza woman is facing culpable homicide charges after she ran over a policeman last Tuesday who was manning a roadblock along the Kadoma-Patchway Road in Kadoma.Serge...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics remains a two-horse race
THE Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) on Wednesday released the Afrobarometer round nine survey on Zimbabwe.The survey shows the incipient decline of the ruling Zanu-PF's leader, Emmerson M...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
New Beitbridge fire station complete
GOVERNMENT in partnership with the Zimborders Consortium has completed constructing a new fire station in Beitbridge to address the perennial fire and emergency rescue services deficiencies in the bor...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF support waning, says Zimbabwe police
A LEAKED internal police memorandum has exposed that the ruling Zanu-PF party's popularity is waning at the grassroots, especially in its rural strongholds.Over the weekend, Zanu-PF conducted ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2278 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
