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Two pilots die as aircraft crashes in Gweru
Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) trainer aircraft crashed in Gweru, killing two pilots today.AFZ Wing Commander Donovan Muroyiwa said the AFZ SF260 trainer aircraft crashed in the Mlezu college gen...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 15:13hrs | 880 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Etiquette module for Zimbabwe drivers
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce "etiquette" as a new module in the Highway Code, as part of a raft of measures to restore sanity on the country's roads.Zimbabwe is grappling with road traffic a...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 22:55hrs | 1345 | by Staff Reporter
Killer driver sues Prosecutor General for delaying his trial
A Zaka motorist, who allegedly caused a fatal road traffic accident which claimed three lives in 2019, has sued Prosecutor General (PG) Nelson Mutsonziwa for delaying his trial.Brian Chiwara, ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:40hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Police spokesperson subpoenaed to testify in Mahere police 'baby murder' tweet
Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has been subpoenaed to court February 17 to give his testimony in a case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Maher...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
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 | 593 | by Staff reporter
Overloaded Honda Fits kill 2, 15 injured
Two people died while 15 others were injured when two overloaded Honda Fit vehicles collided at the four-kilometre peg along Ruwazi-Igava road in Marondera on Monday.The police confirmed the a...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 10:22hrs | 1758 | by Simbarashe Sithole
9 arrested for stealing maize at accident scene
NINE people have been arrested on allegations of stealing maize following a recent accident involving a haulage truck and a goods train at a rail crossing along Solomon Mujuru Drive (Kirkman Drive) in...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 14:28hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Harare council, Zinara trade barbs
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened to take the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to court saying its model for road construction is not working, adding that since 2009, Zinara has n...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:34hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally haunted by mine deaths
Zanu-PF benefactor and prominent gold dealer Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's gold operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, have been closed by the Environmental Management Agency (Em...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 2385 | by Staff reporter
Car crash ends 10-day marriage
PAINFUL wails and heart-wrenching sobs filled a local mortuary hall in Bulawayo yesterday as two families that were brought together through marriage 10 days ago said their goodbyes to the couple that...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:44hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for making a false report to the Police
A 41 year old man has been arrested in Bulawayo on allegations of making a false report after he was involved in an accident last month before reporting that the vehicle had been stolen.Invest...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:36hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Buses ban hailed
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has hailed the ban of rimbi and Zebra Kiss buses which were involved in a fatal accident last week due to negligent driving.PAZ president Tafadzwa ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:09hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Man steals car from church
A 22-year-old Bulawayo man has been arrested after he stole a vehicle that was parked in front of a church before being involved in an accident.The suspect identified as Tatenda Mudonhi allege...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:03hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 533 | by Jamwanda
Suspended bus operators fire reckless drivers
Suspended bus companies Zebra Kiss and Rimbi Tours have apologised and further revealed they were firing drivers who got involved in a fierce road race along the Harare-Nyamapanda road earlier in the ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop hit with another charge
MURDER suspect, Jaison Muvevi who made headlines last week after he shooting and killing three people, including a police officer in Wedza has been hit with another murder charge.Muvevi ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:24hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Rimbi, Zebra Kiss buses lose operators' licenses after fatal accident
Following the Rimbi bus accident that claimed a life and left several passengers injured on Tuesday, the Ministry of Tran...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 18:36hrs | 2839 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe police warn drivers over speeding
ONE person died while seven others were seriously injured after a bus rammed into a tipper truck at the 160 km peg along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road.The accident happened on Tuesday at around 4...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:26hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Speeding Rimbi Travel and Tours bus crash caught on camera
A video of a speeding Rimbi Travel and Tours bus has surfaced on the socials. Watch the video below to the endhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u-iQvH41PoA source familiar with the situ...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 10:29hrs | 22992 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police arrest hit and run driver
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a motorist who fatally struck two pedestrians along Nketa drive and sped off.The victims died on the spot.The incident occurred last Tuesday at around ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:31hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
Writing's on the bright yellow wall
The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifest...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 166 | by Bishop Lazi
Police hunt for Bulawayo hit-and-run driver
Police have launched a manhunt for a motorist who was involved in a hit-and-run road traffic accident before speeding off from the scene without rendering assistance to the pedestrians s/he ran over....Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 19:13hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP appeals to Transport ministry
Zanu-PF Mutasa South constituency legislator Misheck Mugadza has engaged the Transport ministry over increasing traffic accidents involving haulage trucks at Mutare city's mountainous Christmas Pass r...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Air Commodore Maketo
President Mnangagwa has mourned the death of decorated Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) general air officer and pilot, Air Commodore Pio Pasipamire Maketo who died in on Saturday describing him as an excep...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed cop rams into pedestrians
A POLICE officer appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure answering to charges of reckless driving after he caused an accident that led to two people being admitted in hospital.God...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Tanker bursts into flames outside Beitbridge
A ROAD haulage tanker carrying sulphate oil burst into flames some 20 kilometres outside Beitbridge along the Bietbridge-Bulawayo highway on Tuesday.Sulphate oil is used in the creation of per...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:25hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
Air Commodore dies in lnter Africa bus accident
Air Commodore Pio Maketo died on the spot in the horror road accident when Inter Africa bus collided with a Toyota Hilux on Saturday....Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:40hrs | 5274 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
8 die in Zimbabwe's weekend road accidents
EIGHT people died and several others were injured in three fatal road accidents in Harare, Beitbridge and Chegutu over the weekend.Some of the injured are still receiving treatment, while bodi...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:57hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in Beitbridge head-on
THREE people were killed while several others were injured when two vehicles they were travelling in were involved in a head-on collision along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road near Malala Village yesterd...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Three perish in car crash along Bulawayo-Vic falls road
Three people died while six others were injured when a Toyota Hilux double cab they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned before landing on it's wheels on Thursday at the 59-kilometer ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 23:24hrs | 1000 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe police wish it had speed trap machines and breathalyzers
Zimbabwe Police have expressed concern over an increase in road accidents countrywide caused by speeding and unlicensed drivers.Traffic police in the country is facing various challenges to mo...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 12:55hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in Mukumba bus head-on collision
Two people were killed on the spot in a head-on collision 10 kilometres from Chegutu along the Harare-Bulawayo road around 5 pm yesterday.The accident which involved a Toyota Hilux vehicle and...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 11:17hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe festive road traffic accidents kills 127 people
AT least 127 people died while 489 others were injured in nearly 2 000 road traffic accidents recorded over the festive season.During the same time between December 15, 2021 and January 5 last...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:05hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo City owed $31 billion' Mayor says
Bulawayo Mayor, Solomon Mguni has announced that the City of Bulawayo is being owed dentitled to ZW$31 Billion which unfortunately lies in the hands of the City's debtors.In his end of year re...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | 1320 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Inter Africa bus accident, three die
Speeding lnter Africa bus allegedly hit three people thereby killing them on spot at Madondo village along Zaka-Makuwaza road on New Year’s Eve....Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 08:21hrs | 3848 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Blood banks in need of donations
The local blood bank might struggle to meet its demand due to high traffic accidents during this festive season.National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has called for more blood donations to...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 187 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
WATCH: Transport Minister joins in fight to curb road carnage
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Felix Tapiwa Mhona has appeared in a video putting up a speed limit road sign together with his work party.This follows a shocking total ...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:15hrs | 692 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
4 Zimbabweans die in Joburg tanker explosion
Four Zimbabweans have been confirmed to be among the 18 people killed when a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded in Boksburg, in South Africa's Gauteng province on Saturday morning....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:32hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Key tips for getting the most out of your medications
As we get older, many of us learn that we need to take at least one prescription to treat a long-term health concern. This happens all the time. Even though it becomes second nature after a while, som...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 12:57hrs | 397 | by Staff Writer
PHOTO: Tongogara and Mujuru daughters meet
A rare photo of Maidei Mujuru daughter to the late General Mujuru and Nyaradzo Rahz Tongogara Hamphill daughter to the late General TJosiah Magama Tongogara has gone viral on the internet after being ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 21:38hrs | 21927 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's bloody festive holiday claims 92
At least 92 people were killed in a total 1,285 road traffic accidents recorded in Zimbabwe between 15 and 26 December 2022, according to police Tuesday.Of the deaths recorded, 13 occurred on ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 18:54hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
6 more Zimbabweans die in SA Christmas holiday accident
SIX more Zimbabweans were killed yesterday when a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a road accident in Musina area, South Africa.The incident occurred around Dorothy Farm, a few ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 18:54hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Toyota Hilux driver kills three, injures 13
A speeding Toyota Hilux driver killed three people on the spot while injuring 13 at the 300-kilometre peg along Bulawayo-Victoria falls road on Christmas day.According to police the driver had...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 10:18hrs | 2571 | by Simbarashe Sithole
General Josiah Magama Tongogara foresaw his death, says Chiwenga
The legacy of the late iconic National Hero and Zanla commander General Josiah Magama Tongogara continues to live on with the nation yesterday commemorating the top Zanla military commander of the lib...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
'Drunk' man crushed by train while sleeping on railway line
A man suspected to have been drunk was crushed by a train in Mount Darwin recently while sleeping on the railways line.This bizarre incident was revealed Friday by the National Railways of Zim...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:10hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Johannesburg gas tanker explosion kills 8
A gas tanker apparently stuck under a bridge exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday, killing eight people, injuring scores more and damaging nearby buildings, emergency services said.The blast b...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:10hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Pothole causes head-on collision
A Harare-bound Nissan vehicle encroached into the oncoming lane at Mazowe while trying to avoid a pothole and crashed into an oncoming Toyota vehicle this afternoon.Witnesses said the accident...Published: 23 Dec 2022 at 12:36hrs | 2715 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Three perish along Harare-Masvingo highway
Three people died and three others were injured yesterday after a Toyota Hilux they were travelling in veered off the road at the 235-kilometre peg along the Harare-Masvingo highway.The vehicl...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 09:53hrs | 1086 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe road carnage kills 20 in 3 days
MORE than 20 people have died in road accidents since Saturday, as accidents spiked ahead of the festive season, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said yesterday."The buil...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Five perish along Harare- Bulawayo highway
Five people died at the 379-kilometre peg along Harare -Bulawayo highway yesterday when a Toyota Hilux vehicle crashed with a Nissan Magnìte.The police said the Hilux had one passenger on boa...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 19:03hrs | 1203 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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