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10 die in early festive road accidents
As the Christmas and New Year holidays approach, ten people have lost their lives, while several others sustained injuries, some seriously, in three separate road accidents reported this week....Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:03hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Girl dies from scald wounds following home accident with grandmother
A tragic accident in Matiashe Village, Chimanimani, has claimed the life of a 6-year-old girl who sustained severe scalds after accidentally colliding with her grandmother, who was carrying a bucket o...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:28hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
2 die and five injured in Gwanda accident
Tragedy struck on Sunday evening as two people were killed and five others were injured in a road accident involving a bus and a kombi. The incident occurred 16 kilometers outside Gwanda along the Bul...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 15:45hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Hwange goalie dies after colliding with opponent
Lusumbami FC goalkeeper Johnson Shumba tragically passed away on Wednesday morning at Mpilo Hospital. He was believed to be in his 20s.The team, which competes in the Matabeleland North Provin...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 10:09hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Swiss Express bus kills 1 in Beitbridge border post incident
A tragic incident occurred at the Beitbridge border post on Wednesday night, resulting in the death of a woman who was struck by a Swiss Express bus. The bus, traveling from Bulawayo to Johann...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 13:20hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Politics of sympathetic pregnancies
Politics of mimesis Opposition in Zimbabwe - not the Zimbabwean opposition - is in a deep mess. It is vainly looking for causes, models and examples. Our politics, it would appear, has entered a p...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:27hrs | 88 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Police hunt for driver who crashed into School wall
Police in Bulawayo are searching for an unidentified Tshova Mubaiwa kombi driver who fled after crashing his vehicle into the precast wall of Mpopoma High School and a fowl run. The accident occurred ...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Introduce highway patrols to curb accidents'
THE Manicaland Transport Association (MTA) has called on authorities to introduce police highway patrols in a move meant to curb road traffic accidents along the Harare-Mutare Highway.The call...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa failed war veterans
FIRED War Veterans and Liberation Struggle Affairs minister Chris Mutsvangwa was at loggerheads with war veterans, who believe he did little to improve their welfare and incorporation into the develop...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo traffic lawlessness continues unabated
DRIVING on Bulawayo's roads in the Central Business District is now a nightmare as rowdy push-cart operators, pirate taxi drivers, kombi and bus crews flout traffic rules and regulations as the city f...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fortunate escape in Cross Dete-Binga Road Collision
In a recent incident along the Cross Dete-Binga road, a 41-year-old man, Justine Chunzu, narrowly avoided a fatal accident while driving a truck for Dinson Quarry Company in Hwange. The incide...Published: 21 Nov 2023 at 20:56hrs | 4 | by Peter Matuka
8 pupils injured in Bulawayo car accident
Eight students from Moray Primary School in Bulawayo were reportedly injured in a car accident today. The accident occurred at the intersection of 28th Avenue and Matopos Road, adjacent to the school....Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 19:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dembare cast 5 demons
Dynamos 5 - 1 Yadah DYNAMOS' fairy tale at Barbourfields Stadium continued after they clobbered hapless Yadah in a tepid Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match yesterday.DeMbare have not...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bosso: 'It's not inside, it's on top!'
Highlanders 1-0 HwangeGOD favours hard workers, people who want to play and respect fans, these words were uttered by Highlanders Football Club coach Baltemar Brito following his team's late w...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Trains collide head-on in Zimbabwe
THREE National Railways of Zimbabwe crew members suffered injuries when two goods trains were last Saturday involved in a head-on collision at Rutenga in Masvingo Province, leading to one of the train...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 youths die in accident
A tragic accident that occurred last night claimed the lives of four Banket youths a few kilometres from Chinhoyi.The accident which occurred near Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) field...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus driver, conductor die on the spot after colliding with haulage truck
A STALLION Cruise bus driver and conductor died on the spot while 14 people were seriously injured after the bus rammed into a stationary haulage truck in Lupane along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | | 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 | 7 | by Staff writer
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 | 8 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum end Bosso title defence hopes
FC Platinum 1 - 0 HighlandersFC PLATINUM's teenage winger Panashe Mutimbanyoka stole the show as his classic goal propelled the miners into the Chibuku Super Cup semi-finals at Baobab Stadiu...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Foreign clubs delay Warriors squad announcement for World Cup qualifiers
THE Zimbabwe senior national football team's technical department headed by coach Zdravko Logarusic is expected to announce the squad for the two Fifa World Cup qualifier fixtures in the next few days...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer potholes in Bulawayo
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo have called for urgent action on pothole-riddled roads that continue to cause fatal accidents in the city. Motorists approaching potholes are sometimes forced to swerve i...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Road accident claims 3
Three Lobels Limited employees died in a road accident that occurred today along Harare-Chirundu highway when their delivery truck collided with a haulage truck.The accident occurred 15 kilome...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:16hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa wife convoy biker's death linked to juju
SOCIAL media in Chinhoyi is abuzz with claims the sudden death of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) executive escort motorbike outrider, Sergeant Freddy Chipato, was a result of witchcraft by a motorist ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's convoy in an another fatal road crash
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) executive escort motorbike outrider (name withheld), who was leading First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's motorcade, died on the spot this afternoon after colliding head-on...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:47hrs | 2 | by Sytaff reporter
Zimbabwe in quandary due to a leadership that has no idea what leadership entails
If ever there is one sure thing to expect from Zimbabwe's leadership, it is that they will never accept any responsibility for anything that goes wrong in the country, nor will they apologize and allo...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:28hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fighting HIV and AIDS in times of COVID-19
The World AIDS Day is marked every on 1st December every year to raise awareness about the disease. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is the UN entity tasked with fighting HIV in...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:37hrs | | by Zipporah Musau
5 injured as car ploughs into bank queue
FIVE people were injured yesterday when they were hit by a double-cab Nissan Navara that had veered off the road and climbed onto the pavement after colliding with a Nissan Tilda at the robot-controll...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Green Machine primed for tough Platinum smelters
Caps United coach Lloyd Chitembwe is expecting a tough, but entertaining match when his side meets with champions FC Platinum in tomorrow's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Mandava Stadium....Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimnat launches another innovative billboard campaign
Motorists driving towards Harare's city centre along Borrowdale Road are likely to be surprised to see just before the racecourse what appears to be boulders falling from a container on a billboard an...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 18:07hrs | | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's life in danger
AMID an edgy political situation, government has warned the public against blocking or interfering with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade.The Ministry of Information, Thursday said in t...Published: 31 May 2019 at 09:52hrs | 19 | by newzimbabwe
10 Zimbabweans killed in head-on collision in South Africa
Ten people have been killed in a head-on collision on the N1 in Limpopo, while another is in a critical condition in a Modimolle hospital.Limpopo Department of Transport spokesperson Matome Ta...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders fan dies, 5 others injured in car crash
A HIGHLANDERS Football Club supporter coming from watching the Bosso and Caps United match at Barbourfields Stadium died on the spot while five other people were injured after the vehicles they were t...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Understanding Cyclone Idai, associated geomorphological processes
Global pressure patterns are a function of spatial temperature variations. We use weather maps to show spatial pressure variations and through analysing atmospheric variables such as wind speed, wind ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Energy Mutodi
A Vacation Guide to Water Sports on Hawaii
Hawaii is one of the most idyllic vacation destinations in the world. Millions of people fly to Hawaii to enjoy the arresting volcanic landscape, hospitable locals, and fascinating culture. There are ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 11:20hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Head-on road crash kills 12
TWELVE people died on the spot yesterday near Checheche Growth Point in Chipinge when a Green Fuel sugarcane haulage truck collided with a commuter omnibus. Chairman of the Chipinge District Civil Pro...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge - Masvingo highway closed
THE highway between Beitbridge and Masvingo will be temporarily closed today to allow for repairs on the railway line following an accident likely to cost Beitbridge-Bulawayo Railway (BBR) millions of...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Central Committee member dies in car crash
ZANU-PF Midlands Province deputy chairperson and Central Committee member Godwin Shiri has died. Shiri died after the party vehicle he was driving was involved in a head on collision with a bu...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money changers die in horror crash
TWO brothers from Bulawayo's Nketa 6 suburb who were popular illegal money changers (osiphatheleni) and taxi operators died yesterday after being involved in a head-on road accident near Gweru. ...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Four die, 9 injured in road accident
Four people died while nine others were seriously injured when a Toyota Granvia they were travelling in side-swiped with a Ford Ranger before colliding head-on with a Mazda B1800 along the Kwekwe-Gokw...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:13hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop hit by lorry at roadblock
Unconfirmed reports say a Guruve police officer was hit by a lorry while manning a roadblock at Shinje turn off Guruve resulting in him getting seriously injured this morning.Eye witnesses all...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Andy Muridzo 'freed'
MUSICIAN Andy Muridzo has been removed from remand as the police attending detail was reportedly not being found.The musician is being charged with two counts of contravening the Road and Traf...Published: 11 May 2018 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso's Nyoni out with head injury
HIGHLANDERS have been hit by another injury headache after news that speedy winger Gabriel Nyoni is set for sometime on the sidelines due to a concussion sustained in Bosso's 1-0 win over Mutare City ...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 road accident victims named
Police have named six accident victims who died in two separate road accidents in Mbembesi and Glen Norah B earlier this week. In a statement, chief police spokeswoman Senior Assistant Commissioner Ch...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police name accident victims
POLICE have released the names of the four people who died after a vehicle they were travelling in sideswiped a haulage truck before colliding head-on with another truck along the Harare-Bulawayo near...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jostling to see Mnangagwa's 'dhomocracy'?
What's wrong with Emmerson Mnangagwa's 'democracy', that it fails to elicit even the most suspended of curiosities from Diasporans, that it commands the most reprimanding rejection from the ever-suffe...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:39hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
SA police identify 3 kombi accident victims
POLICE in South Africa yesterday said they had positively identified a Zimbabwean woman, an Ethiopian man (38) and a South African woman (44), among the 12 people who perished in last Thursday's traff...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schoolgirl collapses, dies during netball training session
A FORM FOUR pupil at Loreto High School in Silobela, described as one of the school's best netball players, collapsed and died after colliding with an opponent during a netball training session at the...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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