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BCC requires US$700m for roads rehab
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires about US$700 to rehabilitate its road network, which is in a sorry state following heavy rains that pounded the city in the past weeks.Most of the ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies after Zupco bus ploughs into crowd
A Zupco bus yesterday ploughed into a crowd at a popular pickup spot in Bulawayo, TM Hyper, killing one person and injuring two.The accident occurred just outside the Government Dental Clinic,...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bus kills 1 injures 5 at Pick 'n' Pay Hyper
Veteran journalist Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has reported that a driver of a Zupco bus lost and drove over people queueing to board buses next to Pick & Pay Hyper in Bulawayo. According to Siban...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 19:00hrs | 2406 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Blitz nets 784 unlicenced vehicles
Police yesterday arrested almost 1 000 drivers of unregistered, plate-less and unlicensed vehicles, and impounded 784 vehicles, on the first of a nationwide operation aimed at getting rid of criminal ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:32hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Sisulu tko Ronald Lamola in an open letter
I ask you, why are some so irritated with my opinion piece? Until all daggers, some agonizingly blunt, are drawn, and some have already assumed my head must go to the guillotine in the narrowness of m...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 17:52hrs | 634 | by Lindiwe Sisulu.
Zimbabwe records worst road accidents mortality rate in the Sadc region
AT least five people die in road traffic accidents every 24 hours in Zimbabwe, giving the country the worst mortality rate in the Sadc region, with the Plumtree highway as one of the hotspots....Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
'5 people die in accidents every day'
ZIMBABWE records a road traffic accident every 15 minutes with at least five fatalities daily, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) yesterday said.The TSCZ, in a Road Safety Performan...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:14hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
2 NRZ wagons up in flames
TWO disused National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) wagons caught fire in Bulawayo on Monday.Bulawayo Fire Brigade acting chief fire officer Linos Phiri confirmed the incident yesterday."W...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:30hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains destroy 300 homes
More than 300 homes have been destroyed by heavy rains experienced in most parts of the country since the beginning of the rainy season, latest figures show.Most of the destruction was caused ...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
It's Chamisa time!
The long awaited by-elections which were recently proclaimed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa are going to put to test Zimbabwe's main opposition parties, with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance havin...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:11hrs | 4613 | by Brighton Chiseva
Govt clamps down on uninsured buses to reduce accidents
The ruling Zanu-PF party has urged government to impound all uninsured buses in a bid to reduce road traffic accidents in the country.The issue was discussed during the Zanu-PF politburo meeti...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Speeding bus overturns
Eight people were injured and are currently admitted at Bindura hospital after speeding Mtenzi hashtag bus they were traveling in overturned yesterd...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 20:40hrs | 1901 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Major road projects continue
Work on major road projects under the Second Republic is continuing, even during the rains, as the Government modernises road infrastructure, with construction of an additional Norton tollgate now und...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Brother kills sister over pap
A 27-year-old man suspected to be mentally ill, has been arrested on allegations of killing his sister after he was denied a third plate of sadza on Sunday night in Chiredzi.Jonathan Chiyitani...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for hit and run driver
Police have launched a manhunt for an unknown motorist who was driving a silver BMW vehicle who sped away from a police patrol car before running over and killing a person suspected to have been drunk...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Regional bus accident update: 3 dead, 70 injured
Three people were killed and 70 others injured after a Regional Premium Clas bus they were travelling in rolled on the N1 highway in the Matoks area, approximately 40km outside Polokwane in Limpopo on...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:11hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
'Divisions stifling Bosso's growth'
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Judith Ncube yesterday challenged Highlanders to unite and work for the good of the club to save the institution from collapsing.Speaking at...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Regional bus involved in fatal accident in South Africa
A Regional Premium Class bus coming from Zimbabwe to South Africa was involved in a fatal accident in the early hours of Monday morning. ...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 08:53hrs | 7422 | by Mandla Ndlovu
690 arrested on New Year's Eve
WHILE the world was ushering in the New Year, grateful for the gift of life, Josphat Sibanda from Pumula allegedly drowned his girlfriend in a sewer pond over an undisclosed dispute.He was spo...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
7 killed in Masvingo road accident
SEVEN people were killed in Masvingo on New Year's Day in a road accident while four others have been hospitalised, police have confirmed.The accident happened along Masvingo-Topora Road with ...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 18:55hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Nssa pensioners get 20% increment in January
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima has authorised the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) to increase benefits pay-outs by up to 21 percent to meet its targ...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:09hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver arrested over fatal accident
The Beta Bus driver who had fled the scene of a fatal road accident in which six people were killed when the bus burst into flames after colliding with a fuel tanker at the 242 km peg along the Harare...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 2269 | by Staff writer
Haulage truck spills toxic acid in Esigodini
A BULAWAYO-BOUND South African-registered haulage truck overturned near Esigodini business centre along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Road on Monday and spilled tonnes of hydrogen peroxide gas.Fog fumes...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:07hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Police warns public against illegal use of firecrackers
POLICE have warned the public against the illegal use of fire crackers on New Year's Eve and afterwards as they will be arrested.It has always been a norm to blow fire crackers on December 31,...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:52hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Rail-road level crossing accidents, suicides worry NRZ
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increase in rail-road level crossing accidents and suicides.This comes after 47 rail suicide cases and 56 road rail cross...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:47hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
77 killed in festive season accidents
A total of 77 people were killed countrywide between December 15 and 27 this year, a significant increase on the 66 who died during the same period last year when intercity travel was suspended under ...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:22hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Beta bus 'killer' driver
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Beta bus driver who fled the accident scene where the lives of five passengers were lost along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2726 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans honour Butau
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday hailed as a hero Sirizani Butau, who risked his life to save at least eight people from a bus that caught fire along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.Batau, who...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Dry Xmas for Beitbridge residents
BEITBRIDGE residents have gone for days without water, including Christmas Day and Boxing Day, following an electrical fault at a pump station.The busy Beitbridge Border Post and Beitbridge Di...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:15hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, Chamisa's MDC trying to gain mileage using Mutare bus disaster hero
THE MDC Alliance Mashonaland West leadership Monday paid a visit to Sirizani Butau, the man who has made headlines last week after saving eight people trapped in a burning bus following an accident al...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Zinara neglects highway fence
THE highway fencing funded by the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) to prevent livestock from straying onto the highway between Gweru and Ntabazinduna has been vandalised.The same situatio...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
2 robbers pose as cops
TWO men have been brought to court for allegedly masquerading as police officers and robbing unsuspecting people on five occasions.Nelson Madhevere (23) of Chibara Farm and Edwin Muchagwa (42)...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns accident victims
President Mnangagwa yesterday paid condolences to the families of the five people who died in an accident involving a Mutare-bound bus and a fuel tanker and prayed for a quick recovery to those who ha...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:02hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Accident hero to be honoured
President Mnangagwa has hailed Mr Sirizani Butau for heroically saving lives at an accident scene in Mutare on Friday, saying the Government will honour him for the sacrifice.Mr Butau, a truck...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Of a Civilian who rescued 8 people from the burning bus and of a soldier who shot and killed 4 civilians
On the 24 of December a very unfortunate thing happened along Harare Mutare Highway at Matongo, just 20 km away from Mutare when a Beta Bus and a fuel tanker involved into a head on collision....Published: 27 Dec 2021 at 19:01hrs | 1007 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa to honour Sirizani Butau
President Emmerson Mnangagwa saluted the hero and sacrifice by Sirizani Butau who saved the lives of eight people to escape from a death trap ...Published: 27 Dec 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3174 | by Shelton Muchena
Drunk pedestrian blamed after 4 die in fiery collision between bus and fuel tanker
A drunk pedestrian is being blamed after a fiery bus collision with a fuel tanker which killed four people near Mutare on Christmas Eve.Police say the driver of a Beta bus was avoiding running...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 19:09hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
Bus collides with fuel tanker, passengers burnt to death
A significant number of passengers were burnt to death in an accident after a bus they were traveling in collided with a fuel tanker on Friday near Mutare tollgate.The bus, owned by Beta bus c...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:25hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
'Don't drink & drive'
POLICE in Midlands have warned members of the public against drinking and driving, speeding and committing violent acts during the festive season.In a statement, Midlands police spokesperson, ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:22hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Public warned against street drugs
Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) has warned the public against buying pharmaceutical products from unregistered institutions and dealers as they will be risking their lives .The stree...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:21hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
4 perish in horror crash
FOUR people were killed when a Beta bus burst into flames after colliding with a fuel tanker at the 242km peg along the Harare-Mutare highway yesterday.The deceased included two passengers on ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:21hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
1 dead, 15 injured in Beitbridge accident
One person died while 15 others were injured — eight of them seriously when a Harare-bound Munhenzva cross-border bus they were travelling in burst its tyre and landed on its roof near the Matshilon...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:19hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Munenzwa bus in fatal accident
A Johannesburg bound Munenzwa luxury coach was on Thursday involved in a fatal accident near Bubi. According to a F...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 18:22hrs | 9413 | by Moyo Roy
Police stuck with corpse for 2 months
POLICE in Kwekwe have for been stuck with the corpse of an unidentified man who died in a car accident over two months ago.Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko said police a...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Police deploy crack teams for festive season
Police crack and traffic teams have been deployed countrywide to deal with any criminal activities and traffic offenders during this festive season.In his 2021 festive season statement yesterd...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:42hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off moving vehicle, dies
A 33-year-old man from Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province died after jumping off a moving vehicle and was hit by its trailer, police have confirmed.Matabeleland North provincial spo...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:41hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Man falls from Bulawayo's Pioneer House
AN unidentified Bulawayo man is in a critical condition at Mpilo Central Hospital after he fell from the Mezzanine floor of Pioneer House in the city on Saturday.It is not yet clear if he jump...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Man fondles woman in kombi, taken to court
A 35-year-old man has appeared in court for allegedly fondling a woman's breast in a commuter omnibus.Liberty Phiri (35) who resides in Shurugwi appeared before Shurugwi magistrate Mrs Pretty Muku...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Power Station re-powering set for Q1 2022
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is expected to conclude financing arrangements with an Indian contractor this month to facilitate commencement of the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station re-powering projec...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Driver killed as car flies off Nguboyenja fly-over
A 59-year-old man died on the spot when he lost control of his car on the Nguboyenja flyover along Luveve Road in Bulawayo yesterday morning.Mr Dumisani Sibanda was driving a Mercedes Benz hea...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
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