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17 die in Harare road accident
Seventeen people have been confirmed dead following a horrific road accident involving a haulage truck and a commuter omnibus along Seke Road in Harare on Tuesday morning. The fatal collision occurred...Published: 15 hrs ago | 459 | by Staff reporter
Chatunga Mugabe arrested over brutal assault
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, has been arrested in connection with a violent assault on mine workers near the Mugabe family estate...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:16hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Man sets girlfriend's house ablaze
Police have launched a manhunt for a 29-year-old man from Zhombe who is on the run after allegedly attempting to murder his girlfriend by setting her house on fire while she was asleep.Nyasha ...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 18:20hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Lover bashed after break-up chat goes south
A "peaceful conversation" between former lovers took a horrifying turn when a Matopo man allegedly turned violent, brutally attacking his ex-girlfriend with a metal bar after a heated argument....Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:03hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Chombo is not dead
Former Minister of Finance Ignatius Chombo is alive and in good health, contrary to widespread rumours circulating on social media claiming he had died of prostate cancer. The clarification came from ...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 15:48hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Man left for dead for refusing to buy beer
A casual beer outing in Chiredzi turned into a nightmare after a simple request for alcohol escalated into a vicious assault that left one man hospitalised in critical condition and another facing att...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 12:37hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Woman poisons hubby, drinks same poison
A 34-year-old woman from Waterfalls was arrested on Monday after allegedly poisoning the food she prepared for her husband, before swallowing the same poison herself.Abigail Mukono Rusape is a...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:59hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Woman stabs man, makes false police report
A debt dispute turned violent on Tuesday evening when a 23-year-old woman allegedly stabbed a man who had confronted her about money she owed him. The suspect, Mouldy Chinhengo Takaidza of Hobhouse, M...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:03hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Mid-Level managers are Destroying Zimbabwe's Health Sector
Zimbabwe's health sector is in critical condition, unfortunately no amount of propaganda or spin can change the facts on the ground. The problem with our health care system is not because of lack of f...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:51hrs | 890 | by Hector Madzima
Old Gwanda Road rehabilitation begins
Preparations for the much-anticipated rehabilitation of the Old Gwanda Road have officially begun, marking a significant move towards improving the region's road network. The project, which is expecte...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:36hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo Mirror journalists injured in horrific road accident
A serious road accident involving 16 journalists and support staff from The Masvingo Mirror has left several injured, including three senior bureau chiefs, following a devastating crash near Mutimuref...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:23hrs | 567 | 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
South Africa-bound Malawi bus involved in fatal accident in Zimbabwe
At least three Malawian nationals lost their lives, while 15 others were injured in a tragic bus accident on Saturday evening at Kingsview, about 30 kilometers east of Karoi. The Achisi Bus, which was...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 16:41hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Buyanga in critical condition
Lawyers representing incarcerated businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi have raised concerns over the impact of his continued detention on his health. Reports from South Africa indicate that Buyanga has fa...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:03hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
State-assisted burial for Beitbridge crash victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the tragic head-on collision in Beitbridge, which claimed 25 lives yesterday, a national disaster. Victims of the accident will be accorded State-assisted bur...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:04hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala details arrest drama in Penhalonga
National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) chairman Job Sikhala, a prominent activist and former MP, has recounted the events surrounding his arrest alongside 39 others during a meeting in Penhalonga, M...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 16:34hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds hubby's face with boiling oil in infidelity row
A Norton man is fighting for his life in hospital after his wife allegedly scalded him with boiling cooking oil in a violent dispute over infidelity.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:30hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mine shooter denied bail, victim remains in critical condition
A Chinese miner who shot a Zimbabwean who was allegedly stealing gold dump has been denied bail by a Gwanda magistrate.Xu Guoqing, 60, was arrested on January 22 after shooting 22-year-old Mth...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 21:35hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Crossover murders irk Bulawayo police
Bulawayo police have urged liquor outlet operators to enhance security measures following a surge in violent incidents, including fatal stabbings, during New Year celebrations. The authorities are par...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 08:42hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truck driver dies in horrific crash in South Africa
A tragic accident occurred on Friday at the Marrianhill Toll Plaza on the N3 Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, when a Zimbabwean truck driver lost his life after crashing into six trucks and five...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:04hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
3 pupils hospitalized after mistaking chemical for spice
Three pupils from Robert Sinyoka Primary School in Bulawayo are in critical condition at Mpilo Central Hospital after ingesting potassium permanganate, a chemical compound they mistook for a spice....Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 06:59hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Hit & run accident victim battles for life
A Bulawayo woman is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident on Monday at the intersection of Khami and West Hand roads, near Khami Café. The motorist involved ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Soldier sent to prison for killing five juveniles
Zimbabwe National Army official Washington Timburwa from the ZNA's Two Brigade, Cranborne, Harare was dragged to Bindura magistrates courts yesterday after allegedly knocking down a number of minor gi...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 19:50hrs | 1890 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
5 girls from one family perish in horror crash
Five girls aged between 10 and 14, all from the same family, tragically lost their lives on Saturday after being struck by a vehicle that veered off the road near Bindura, along the Harare-Mukumbura R...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:17hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Love triangle leaves woman battling for life
A woman is in critical condition in hospital after being attacked with a machete by her husband's ex-wife on August 31, 2024. The incident occurred around 2:00 PM at Kobodo village under Chief Nhema i...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 14:45hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's army, police 'burn' foreign miners
South African security forces, including the police and army, have been accused of setting fire to an area where illegal miners, known as zama zamas, had taken refuge to avoid arrest. This incident re...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:10hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's air ambulance services take off
The government-sponsored air ambulance service in Zimbabwe, using Russian helicopters, successfully completed its first mission by transporting a cardiac arrest patient from Chegutu to Harare free of ...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:03hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Woman airlifted to Bulawayo hospital after being trampled by elephant
A Hwange woman in her 40s, identified as Loveness Ncube from Number 3 Makwika Village, was airlifted to Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after being trampled by an elephant. Ncube was reportedly col...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 12:40hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Woman poisons self, 4 kids
In Kuwadzana Extension, Harare, a woman is suspected of poisoning her family's food, resulting in the deaths of two of her four children, while she and her remaining children are in critical condition...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 12:34hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Chinese shoots 3 Gokwe miners, kills 1 in Zimbabwe
Kwekwe Magistrate Cheryl Tembo has remanded Chinese national Cai Yulong (58) in custody for allegedly murdering an artisanal miner and severely injuring two others who trespassed into his mine....Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 08:20hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
1 killed, 6 injured in Harare building collapse
ONE person died and six others were injured yesterday afternoon when a building collapsed in Harare's central business district (CBD) yesterday afternoon.Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confir...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 Zimbabweans die in Cape Town crash
THIRTEEN Zimbabweans were killed and 26 others injured when their coach belonging to Simplex Bus Company collided with a haulage truck on the N1 Highway near Hex River Pass in Western Cape, South Afri...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe donates US$35,000 to Embassy of Palestine
Zimbabwe has donated US$35 000 to the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Zimbabwe to support its operations in the country.The donation complements a donation sent to the State of Palestine ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Scotch-cart injury, Bindura man in a critical condition
A Bindura man is battling for his life at Bindura Hospital after a Toyota Allion rammed into an ox-drawn scotch cart he was driving.Two cows died at the spot while the driver of the Toyota Allion disa...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 17:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Suspected donkey thief axed to death
A 47-year-old resident from Gokwe narrowly escaped death when he was attacked by four individuals who accused him of stealing their donkey.Witness Sibanda is currently fighting for his life at...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
CID boss 'attackers' remanded in custody
FOUR individuals accused of assaulting Alexander Jachi, the head of the Criminal Investigations Department's Harare Homicide section, and robbing him of US$140 and a pistol, were remanded in custody p...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Child marriage victim succumbs to labour complications
Zandile Sibanda clung desperately to her 14-year-old daughter, Sikhulile Sibanda, who had fallen victim to an early child marriage, as she took her final breath after suffering from a severe illness f...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Insimbi ZeZhwane lead vocalist, MaEli, drummer Mavhiri die
Insimbi ZeZhwane lead vocalist and lead guitarist Elvis "MaEli" Mathe has succumbed to injuries of an accident the band was involved in along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road (Fatima High School turn ...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 18:33hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Six people perish in a bus accident
CAG bus was involved in a road accident yesterday in Dotito claiming six lives and other 47 were injured.The bus was traveling from Muk...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Bus driver on the run after fatal crash
A bus driver who was cautioned by Chief Siansali for racing against fellow bus crews, competing for passengers is on the run after he was involved in a fatal accident while speeding in Binga last Frid...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Killers must be amputated'
SOME citizens feel that the death penalty should be revoked, but are proposing a gory punishment of having murderers amputated.This came out during public consultations on the death penalty by...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:19hrs | 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
Pastor dies attempting 40-day Jesus fast
A pastor in Mozambique has died after trying to fast for 40 days, emulating what Christ is said to have done in the Bible.Francisco Barajah, founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church, d...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 18:57hrs | 33 | by Staff Reporter
Crashed Zimbabwe plane was carrying diamonds
THE light plane owned by mining giant, Murowa (Private) Limited, which force-landed near Beatrice on Monday afternoon, had a parcel of diamonds which were being transported under armed guard by police...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Police dispatched helicopter in hunt for killer cop
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday dispatched an army helicopter to Hwedza district's Chiduku area as the hunt for killer ex-police officer Jaison Muvhevhi intensified.Muvhevhi, who is a f...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster dies after tree fell on car
Bare Primary School Head was yesterday crashed to death by a tree that fell on the car in which she was sitting while preparing to leave for a funeral.She was in the company of a fellow teache...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 killed as bus headed to Zimbabwe in head on collision
A head-on collision Friday near Ventersburg claimed five lives while five others were admitted to hospital in a critical condition.Motorists were advised to use alternative routes as the polic...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (10) brutally attacked over father's love 'affair'
A 34-year-old Zvishavane man allegedly waylaid his neighbour's 10-year-old boy on his way to school and attacked him with a machete to spite the schoolboy's father whom he suspected to be cheating wit...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
2 men chased in vehicle and shot for parking near prisons training school
Two men were chased in their vehicle and shot by prison officers - allegedly for trespassing at a training facility for prison officers in Harare.Police and prisons said Tavonga Mashange and T...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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