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Liverpool's Diogo Jota dies in car crash
LIVERPOOL star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash alongside his brother just days after he got married.The 28-year-old Portuguese winger was involved in the accident in Zamora, Spain, alongsid...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 10:54hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Tenant's sons burn landlord's house
Mutare Magistrate Poterai Gwezhira will preside over the trial of two men, Solomon (21) and God'swill Tafara Takaendesa (23), who are facing charges of negligently causing serious damage to property u...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:44hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
NRZ goods train catches fire
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train ferrying coal from Hwange to Zambia caught fire earlier today at the Pandamatenga siding site, triggering an emergency response from local authorities...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 17:27hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Johannesburg to Harare bus catches fire along Masvingo-Harare highway
A Harare-bound bus caught fire about 5km before Mvuma along the Masvingo-Harare highway today. No injuries were recorded but goods worth thousands of dollars were destroyed. The bus wa...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 17:34hrs | 1088 | 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
Tsholotsho boy killed by lightning
A boy from Mabhandeni Line in Mlangisa Village, Tsholotsho, lost his life after being struck by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm on Sunday evening.The tragic incident occurred as the boy ...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Belarus fire engine malfunction, Gwanda Fire Brigade struggles
A Toyota Runx was completely gutted by fire this afternoon outside Gwanda city centre, near the NSSA complex along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, after the Gwanda Fire Brigade faced challenges in extin...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:45hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
ZIM condemns Mnangagwa's US$3 billion white farmers compensation plan
The Zimbabwe Independent Movement (ZIM) has condemned Mnangagwa's US$3 billion compensation package for white farmers, describing the act as reversal for the liberation struggle gains.In a sta...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 11:28hrs | 931 | by Staff Reporters
WATCH: Council official's kombi burns
Mvurwi Town Council official's commuter omnibus went up in flames at Redan Service station, Mvurwi on Saturday afternoon.Witnesses said the commuter omnibus caught up fire at the service stati...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 11:25hrs | 320 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Passengers escape death as CAG bus burns to ashes
Dozens of passengers narrowly escaped death on Wednesday afternoon when a CAG bus travelling from Harare to Kariba caught fire in Hurungwe.Several passengers sustained minor injuries in a stam...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 14:37hrs | 634 | 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
Second fire in 5 days guts Matopo High School
A FIRE has gutted another building at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South, barely a week after a dormitory was razed to a shell by an inferno on Friday morning.In a message to parents, th...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:50hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Inter Africa bus catches fire on Mutare-Masvingo road
Forty people are fortunate to be alive after escaping unharmed when an Inter Africa Bus caught fire along the Mutare-Masvingo highway early Tuesday morning.Miraculously, the pre-dawn fire resu...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
8 Anglicans perish in bus blaze
The government has cancelled the operating licence of Passion Link Coaches after a fire in an unroadworthy bus killed eight Anglican Diocese of Manicaland pilgrims returning from Bernard Mzeki shrine....Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZESA technicians arrested in stand-off with top prosecutor Reza
Two ZESA technicians were arrested and later released on Sunday after they were blocked from accessing a house in Harare's Kambuzuma suburb where faulty underground cables have left a shopping centre ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | 2 | 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
4 petrol tankers, bus reduced to shells
FOUR petrol tankers and a bus were reduced to shells at a garage in the Willowvale area of Harare after they caught fire while suspected fuel dealers were siphoning fuel from one of the tankers....Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bata offloads 106 workers
Gweru, one of Zimbabwe's heavy industrial hubs continues with its tailspin after Bata Shoe Company retrenched 106 workers on Monday this week.Except for Bata, most of Gweru's industrial area i...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:48hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
43 passengers escape bus fire
On Friday, a cross-border bus transporting 43 passengers from South Africa to Mutare narrowly avoided a tragic accident when it suddenly caught fire around 4 am near the Tshapfutshe area, approximatel...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates US$1000 each to families of Stallion bus accident victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has donated a bereavement contribution of US$1000 each to families of the Binga Stallion bus accident victims.The assistance was handed over through Forever Associ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Police release names of Stallion Cruise bus accident victims
POLICE have released the names of the five people who died in an accident when a Stallion Cruise bus overturned at the five kilometre peg along Binga-Siabuwa Road, near Masumu Bridge, Samende area on ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T, CCC make pledge for peaceful election campaigns
5 people killed after speeding Stallion Cruise bus overturnsA bus overturned in Binga on Sunday morning killing five passengers, police said.The Stallion Cruise bus, travelling to Bulawayo...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
3 die in head-on collision
THREE people died while one was injured after a Toyota Wish and an Isuzu vehicle were involved in a head-on collision.The accident occurred along Ngundu-Tanganda RoadBodies of the dece...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo named dogs after Ian Smith and his wife
WHAT Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Government had not anticipated was the resilience of the country's nationalists.They remained courageous and refused to regard the hardships and strenuous chal...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | | 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
Garbage truck catches fire
A fire tender extinguishes a Karoi Town Council refuse truck that caught fire in the Central business districtTHERE was drama in Karoi town's central business district when a Karoi Town Counci...Published: 05 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
Many feared dead in Zimbabwe horror crash
Four vehicles, including two haulage trucks, were involved in a pile-up before bursting into flames along the Masvingo-Beitbridge HighwaySEVERAL people are believed to have died yesterday afte...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
4 vehicles burnt to shells in accident
Four vehicles were yesterday reduced to shells after they caught fire in a pile up caused by a head-on collision of two haulage trucks along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.The accident occurr...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bus catches fire
Forty-three passengers including learners on their way to school, yesterday escaped death by a whisker after an Inter Africa bus caught fire near Battlefields between Kwekwe and Kadoma. Most of the ba...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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
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 | 11 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy
"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa brings rival Chiwenga to his knees
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has brought his bitter rival Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to his knees - literally and metaphorically - at the crucial Zanu-PF congress which ended in Harare yester...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets US$310m for Hwange power upgrades
Zimbabwe has secured US$310 million from the Export-Import Bank of India to rehabilitate six units at the Hwange Power Station in a bid to restore its capacity to 920 megawatts, Energy and Power Devel...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
18 passengers cheat death as Harare-bound bus catches fire
Eighteen passengers early today cheated death after a Harare-bound BM Transport bus they were travelling on caught fire on the outskirts of Masvingo city along the Harare-Masvingo highway.All ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residential flat goes up in smoke
FOUR families in Bulawayo were last night left stranded after a block of flats in the city centre caught fire.The fire, which erupted at Ringwood Flats located at corner Second Avenue and George S...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead after break-in at CIO deputy chief's Harare home
A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela, ZimLive can reveal.The incident took place at around 2AM on Th...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fire breaks out at Bulawayo service station
A SWIFT reaction by the Bulawayo Fire and Emergency Services coupled with bravery by a driver of a fuel-tanker helped to avert disaster when a fire broke out at a city service station during a decanti...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car highjaker dies in an inferno
A 22-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin suspected car highjaker died on Sunday after the alleged car that he stole at a bar caught fire.According &n...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 8 | 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 | 12 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Property worth $120m goes up in flames
Property worth $120 million was destroyed on Sunday when a house in Luveve 5 in Bulawayo caught fire.Council's acting chief fire officer Lynos Phiri confirmed the incident yesterday, add...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA offices catch fire
There was pandemonium at a building housing the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) offices in the Harare central business district after some of the offices caught fire.When The Herald arrived...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 5 | 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
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
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