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Person burnt beyond recognition in inferno
Police in Masvingo Province have launched an investigation following a tragic incident in which an unidentified person was burnt beyond recognition in a house fire in Chiredzi.The incident occ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 09:36hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver burnt beyond recognition
A haulage truck driver tragically lost his life in a fiery accident along the Harare-Chirundu Highway at the 227-kilometre peg on Thursday last week. The incident occurred after a head-on collision wi...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - Victoria Falls Highway now a death trap
Tragedy struck on Wednesday night when two people died, and their bodies were burnt beyond recognition following a head-on collision between two South African-registered haulage trucks on the Bulawayo...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:57hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Teenager burns former employer's car over salary
A Buhera man was left counting losses after his vehicle was burnt to ashes by his former employee in a salary dispute.The matter came to light at Chipinge magistrates courts today where Raymon...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 16:52hrs | 1675 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beitbridge accident toll now at seven
The death toll from a head-on collision in Bubi involving a commercial truck and a South African-registered Ford Ranger has risen to seven after police discovered three more bodies at the scene. The t...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:45hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Drunk man dies in inferno
In a disturbing incident that happened at Nyika Growth Point in Bikita, a man died after his house caught fire while he was drunk on the night of August 17.A charcoal heater found in the house...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:49hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Granny burnt alive, child smashed to death
MANYAYA Village under Chief Mutema in Chipinge was last Sunday plunged into deep mourning following a spine-chilling and mind-boggling incident in which a man burnt a defenceless granny beyond recogni...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
8 bus inferno victims named
The Anglican Diocese of Manicaland has released the names of eight congregants who tragically lost their lives in a bus fire on the Nyabandza-Gandanzara Road in Rusape over the weekend. The bu...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mix up at South African mortuary, 2-year body swap resolved
IN September 2021, then-31-year-old Bongani Ngwendu was attacked by a vigilante group in a suspected xenophobic attack at an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa, where he was burnt to death ...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
6 family members perish in car crash
A pregnant mother, her husband and four of their children travelling from Marymount in Rushinga to Chinhoyi, were among the nine people killed early Monday morning in the head-on collision between two...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
9 killed in head-on collision
Two Honda Fit vehicles collided head-on in Mazowe early yesterday killing nine people, with Acting Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa expressing concern over the h...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
SADC countries to link digital fingerprint system with population registers?
The Gauteng government and regional bloc SADC [Southern African Development Community] representatives have agreed to link immigrants to the Digital Fingerprint System so that undocumented migrants ca...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 14:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sex-crazed uncle takes own life after killing four children in shock arson attack
A 43-year-ol Muzarabani man went berserk on Saturday, killing his niece's four children in a shock arson attack after the woman had turned down his sexual advances.In a statement, police confi...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 21:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in inferno
AN unidentified man died when a makeshift shelter he was sleeping in caught fire at Rangemore squatter camp in Bulawayo.The incident happened last week but the victim, Solomon Moyo's remains w...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1 dies in Masvingo-Beitbridge road accident
ONE person died while seven others were injured in an accident which occurred at Chivi turn-off along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway on Monday, police have said.Initially there were fears tha...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nandipha left Merc at Zimbabwe border, returned on foot
As South African law enforcement continues the search for fugitive murderer-rapist Thabo Bester - known as the "Facebook rapist" - and his accomplice girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana, more informatio...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Trio burnt beyond recognition
Three people were burnt beyond recognition in a road accident that occurred at the 108 kilometre peg along Harare-Chirundu road yesterday....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
2 sisters die in house inferno
TWO sisters were burnt to death when a house they were sleeping in caught fire in the Vhembe-view suburb yesterday.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and police are investigating t...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally offers State assistance
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to families of 10 men who died in a veld fire in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, and directed that assistance, including funeral expenses b...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
4th Zimbabwean die from anti-immigrant violence in South Africa
The death toll from violent attacks on immigrants last month in Chavani village outside Elim in Limpopo has risen to four.Zimbabwe Consul General Melody Chaurura confirmed Monday that Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo, after 3 are burnt beyond recognition
Zim government has sent a consular team to Limpopo to investigate and help repatriate the deadThe Zimbabwean government has expressed its dismay after three of its nationals were burnt beyond ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SA mob burns three Zimbabwean men in Limpopo
Three Zimbabwean men were on Saturday burnt to death by a mob in Mashamba area under the Makhado policing area in South Africa's Limpopo Province.It is reported that the men who had bought a s...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: 5 people burnt to death at Mbalabala-Masvingo road
Five people were burnt beyond recognition after being involved in a road accident along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, a Toyota Mark X from Masvingo collide...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High Court throws out Ginimbi will
RELATIVES of the late socialite and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure will now share his wealth to the exclusion of friends and other outsiders after the High Court nullified the dubious will tha...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe family can't bury victim of SA serial killer
The brother of one of the victims of the alleged Limpopo serial killer is frustrated and struggling to survive in South Africa since leaving his country to retrieve the body of his sister allegedly ki...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Woman burnt in mysterious inferno
POLICE in Marondera, Mashonaland East province, have launched investigations into a case where a woman was mysteriously burnt beyond recognition in her room in Dombotombo high-density suburb on Friday...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | 9 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi nominates Chief Murinye for person of the year award
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has nominated Chief Murinye of Masvingo as Zimbabwe's Person of the Year for standing up to President Emmerson Mnangagwa over corruption and telling his de...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Petrol blast kills mother, child
A shopkeeper and informal petrol dealer from Chiwundura communal area died in hospital while her 5-year-old son was burnt beyond recognition after petrol and gas containers she kept in her shop at Muc...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
16-year-old kills three
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over a spate of murder cases involving minors after a 16-year-old boy from Beitbridge ran amok and killed his relative and her two children....Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farmer kills self in an inferno
A 59-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe based female farmer died yesterday after she was overwhelmed by a veld fire she had started in land clearing.The woman who was identified by the police as Borna died on ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 18:52hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Villagers celebrate deaths of 6 Chinese at Zimbabwe mine
VILLAGERS from around SAS Mine in Mazowe where two gas explosions claimed eight lives have expressed joy following the death of six Chinese nationals who were managers at the site.SAS Mine is ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 children killed as fire guts school
TWO children were burnt beyond recognition when a veld fire swept through Mitchel Primary School in Hurungwe East on Thursday with the Civil Protection Unit on the ground to assess the damage and help...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nyamandlovu couple burnt to death
A couple was burnt to death on Friday night after a hut they were sleeping in caught fire in Bhafodi, Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province.The deceased were identified as Adelaide Tshuma (...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nust to manufacture Covid-19 testing kits
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has procured a US$87 000 Covid-19 reagents manufacturing machine and it is expected to be delivered in the next two months. The new mac...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs in messy sugar tender storm
A group of transporters linked to Zanu PF bigwigs have allegedly threatened sugar-producing giant Tongaat Hullet with unspecified action if it fails to award them tenders. In May, the sugar producer f...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:24hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Honda Fit catches fire two burnt beyond recognition
Two people were burnt beyond recognition on Monday after a Honda Fit they were travelling in hit a tree at three-kilometre peg along Mazowe -Jumbo highway.Mashonaland Central deputy police spo...Published: 12 May 2021 at 20:09hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | | by Staff reporter
Row over Ginimbi's Lamborghini
There is a growing row in sorting out the estate of late businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure with his family reluctant to surrender the top-of-the range Lamborgini vehicle bequeathed to someone...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Killer truck' owner identified
ONE of the trucks that was involved in a pile-up accident in Zambia in August last year resulting in more than six people being burnt beyond recognition belongs to Ephias Munodawafa, the current chief...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Son arrested for brutal Mangwe elderly couple killing
POLICE have arrested a son of a late prominent elderly couple from Empandeni in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South, for allegedly killing his parents. Lisani Nleya (45) was allegedly arrested...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree businessman shot dead by an injiva
A PROMINENT Plumtree-based Zanu-PF businessman was shot dead in cold blood by a Zimbabwean based in South Africa while resisting a robbery at his shop at Ntoli business centre in Bulilima East....Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi family accepts unsigned will
RELATIVES of the late socialite and businessman Genius Ginimbi Kadungure and other possible beneficiaries of his estate, yesterday unanimously accepted an unsigned will recently filed at the Master of...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moana's burial suspended indefinitely
The dispute over how and where Michelle "Moana" Amuli will be buried looks set to establish a legal precedent in Zimbabwe to govern how such conflicts among relatives belonging to different faiths can...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moana ‘ghost' haunts family
HIGH drama, confusion and controversy have become the hallmarks of the late socialite and fitness trainer Michelle "Moana" Amuli's burial with the feud surrounding her interment dividing opinion among...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi estate fraught with complications
There may be complications and delays in winding up the estate of late businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure as the will submitted this week is unsigned, with the Master's Office at the High Court no...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 05:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi buried with a fortune
LIVING in a multimillion-dollar mansion, driving expensive cars and flashing money, the late socialite and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure went on to be buried with a fortune in Nyamande villag...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
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