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+20 injured in another Seke Road commuter omnibus crash
More than 20 people were injured on Tuesday morning when a commuter omnibus travelling from Ziko to Harare's central business district veered off Seke Road and crashed near Chinhamo Service Station af...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 18:22hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mzansi Express bus crash in Musina claims lives
A devastating road accident early Tuesday morning has claimed multiple lives after a Mzansi Express bus traveling from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe was involved in a horrific crash in Musina, Limpopo Prov...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 07:58hrs | 3547 | by Staff reporter
Stallion Cruise bus crash kill3, injures 18
Three people lost their lives and 18 others sustained injuries in a serious road accident involving a passenger bus and two haulage trucks on the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway on Wednesday evening...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:05hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Sobukhazi student dies in commuter omnibus crash
A pall of grief hangs over Sobukhazi High School after a tragic road accident claimed the life of a 16-year-old student and left her schoolmate seriously injured.The two girls were struck by a...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Bus rank chaos and reckless competition plague Zimbabwe's public transport sector
A disturbing video recently surfaced showing two buses dangerously tailgating and jostling for a loading bay at a terminus, rekindling painful memories of the tragic 2023 Rimbi-Zebra Kiss fatal bus cr...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Zebra Kiss bus crashes near Chirundu
A Zebra Kiss bus traveling from Harare to Lusaka was involved in a serious accident late Wednesday night, just a few kilometers before reaching Marongora near Chirundu. The bus reportedly veered off t...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:23hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
17 Malawians to spend over two weeks in Zimbabwe jail
Seventeen Malawian nationals arrested on Sunday for entering Zimbabwe without valid travel documents have been remanded in custody until April 16 as authorities seek a Chewa interpreter to assist with...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
2 dead in Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway bus crash
Two people have been confirmed dead following a tragic accident involving three buses along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway on Sunday morning. The crash occurred at the 197km peg and involved buses fr...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:53hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Bus crash survivors speak
What was meant to be a joyful journey home after Christmas shopping turned into a nightmare for Ms. Sibonokuhle Nkomo, a 36-year-old mother from Pumula South, Bulawayo. She narrowly survived a horrifi...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Inter Africa bus crash kills 2
Two people lost their lives, and several others sustained injuries when an Inter Africa bus overturned at Umguza Bridge along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway on Saturday. The accident occurred as the bus,...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:56hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
3 family members buried together
In a heart-wrenching scene at Umvutsha Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday, a family of three - Lorenzo Palu (36), his wife Forgive (31), and their three-year-old son Lwandile - were laid to rest side by s...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
5 killed as Zimbabwe-bound bus crashes in South Africa
Five people reportedly lost their lives, and an unspecified number were injured when a Tamuka Luxury coach crashed in Mokopane, Limpopo province, South Africa, on Sunday evening.Media reports ...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:37hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to cover costs of repatriating SA bus accident victims
Zimbabwe's Consul-General in South Africa, Eria Phiri, says that the government of Zimbabwe will carry the costs of repatriating the bodies of the people that died in a bus accident in Louis Trichardt...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:14hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
10 Zimbabweans die in SA bus crash
At least 10 passengers have died in an Mzansi Express bus accident which took place at 3 Miles, on the N1 freeway around Makhado (previously Louis Trichardt) in Limpopo province.The bus was tr...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 13:00hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Pavillion bus in head-on collision with Nissan truck
Rushinga bound bus crashed with a Nissan pick up at Avonda Farm Glendale on Saturday afternoon....Published: 28 Jan 2024 at 09:46hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
5 die in Karoi bus crash
Five people have died, three of them on the spot, in a head-on collision involving a Magunje-bound CAG bus and a Mazda pick-up truck along the Karoi-Binga Highway this afternoon.Police confirm...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
40 injured in bus crash
A TOTAL of 40 people were injured after a long distance bus registered under CAG bus services veered off the road, overturned and landed on its side.The accident occurred Last Friday at around...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
7 perish in CAG bus crash
SEVEN people died and 45 others were injured after a Harare-bound CAG bus veered off the road and overturned in Dotito, Mt Darwin, on Saturday morning.Police confirmed the accident saying it w...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bus crash toll rises to 14
Another passenger has died from injuries sustained when a Timboon bus crashed at the 5km peg along Chivhu-Murambinda Road, taking the death toll to 14.Mr Cephas Muringani (46) succumbed to his...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe accident declared national disaster
Government has declared the Chivhu bus accident a national disaster.This follows a fatal road accident at the 5-kilometre peg along the Chivhu-Murambinda Road where a Timboom bus crashed, kill...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 21:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
2 die in Binga bus crash
TWO people died and 22 others were injured after a Binga-bound bus crashed in Kamativi on 14 April.Without giving much detail, Police tweeted that the accident occurred around 1pm at the 50 ki...Published: 15 Apr 2023 at 20:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans man survives SA horror bus crash that claimed 21 lives
One of the survivors of the bus crash that claimed at least 21 lives and left more than 60 people injured has described the accident as the "worst event" he has seen in his 59 years of life.Ja...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:32hrs | 3 | 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 | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole
4 family members die in Beitbridge minibus crash
FOUR people, including two 13-year-old girls died on the spot and several others seriously injured when a minibus veered off the road and hit a tree near Lion and Elephant Motel in Mwenezi along the B...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 dead in bus crash with private vehicle
Three people died while one was seriously injured when an Inter Africa bus carrying some 50 passengers was involved in a fatal road traffic accident with a private vehicle Friday.The tragedy, ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 16:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara owned bus crash victims rise to 7
The number of people who died in a road accident in South Africa when a Harare-bound bus overturned near Makhado in Limpopo Province last week has risen from five to seven after two more people succum...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 17:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in truck crash
Four people died and 32 others were injured when a Nissan UD70 truck belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) they were travelling in veered off the road and...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 Mugodhi congregants die, 14 injured in crash
Four Mugodhi church members died on the spot while 14 others were injured after a Nissan Caravan kombi they were travelling on veered off the road when the driver lost control on curves along the Nyan...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 4 | 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 | 12 | by Staff reporter
2 injured in school bus crash
Two people a driver and a pupil were injured yesterday afternoon when an Inter Africa bus ferrying pupils back to school rammed into the back of a haulage truck at Boterekwa, a few kilometres from Shu...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
13 Zimbabweans perish in SA bus crash
THIRTEEN Zimbabweans, including four children, died and 36 others were injured when a Marsmery bus they were travelling in overturned just outside Makhado town in South Africa's Limpopo province. ...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Another Gatsheni bus crashes
THREE people were injured while 18 others escaped unhurt when a wheel came off a Plumtree-bound bus while it was in motion, police confirmed. The second accident involving a Gatsheni Express bus withi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru crash victims named, death toll rises to 11
The death toll in the kombi and bus crash that occurred about 25 kilometres outside Gweru on Wednesday evening has risen to 11 after one more person died at Gweru Provincial Hospital yesterday. ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mzanzi bus crashes
A Chipinge bound Mzansi Bus which is reported to have been travelling from South Africa has been involved in an accident near Bubi. Sources say there are no fatalities so far although scores w...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 21:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rusape bus crash declared a national disaster
Government has declared a state of national disaster an accident in which 46 people were killed when two buses side-swapped at the 166-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway on Wednesday evening. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC mourns bus disaster victims
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change has issued a condolence message to the victims of the bus crash that occurred on Tuesday evening.Forty seven people, 45 adults and two children, were ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Killer bus driver denied bail
The 41-year-old Zimbabwean Intercape driver, who was arrested by South African authorities while attempting to flee that country through Beitbridge Border Post, was yesterday denied bail at Polokwane ...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Intercape bus driver arrested trying to skip border to Zimbabwe
South African police this morning arrested the driver of an Intercape bus which killed nine Zimbabweans, among them a toddler, in a road accident near Polokwane on Friday last week.The bus was...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
9 Zimbabweans die in SA bus crash
Nine Zimbabweans, including a baby, died on the spot while dozens were injured after an Intercape bus they were travelling on veered off the road and overturned before landing on its side along the N1...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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: 21 Sep 2018 at 09:47hrs | 12 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
75 survive bus crash
At least 75 people, including children, survived a horrific accident after the bus they were travelling in burst two tyres before overturning along the Nkayi-Bulawayo road yesterday afternoon....Published: 02 May 2018 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bravo bus aborts Joburg trip after crash
A JOHANNESBURG-bound Bravo Tours bus aborted its journey to South Africa following a collision with a Mazda B1600 pick-up truck in Bulawayo yesterday.The accident occurred near the Selborne Pa...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Kombis crash, one feared dead
One person is feared dead when two commuter omnibus crashed in a head on collision this afternoon in Guruve .Eye witnesses allege a Harare bound commuter omnibus crashed with a Mus...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 15:28hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Court orders $60,000 bus crash death compensation
THE High Court has ordered a Bulawayo bus company to pay $60 000 in damages to a family of a Gwanda teacher who was killed in an accident.Mr Rejoice Bhebhe and four other passengers died when ...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Five die on the spot as bus crashes into U-turning vehicle
Five people allegedly died on the spot when a bus crashed into a vehicle they were travelling in along the Zvishavane-Bulawayo highway this afternoon.Eyewitnesses allege that the Elgrant vehic...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 21:14hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa ingested potent, non-radioactive poison
FRESH details have emerged that South African doctors - who performed a minor surgery on Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) last Wednesday - reportedly detected traces of palladium poison wh...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students survive mini-bus crash
TWENTY-TWO Clearwater Secondary School students and their two teachers escaped death by a whisker last Friday when a mini bus they were travelling in overturned along the Birchenough–Mutare road, in...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 13:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lion King bus crash blamed on speeding
Preliminary investigations into the King Lion bus accident, which killed 43 passengers and injured 33 others along the Harare-Chirundu Highway recently, was caused by a tyre burst and speeding, Transp...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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