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4 artisanal miners die in mine collapse

Four artisanal miners died last Thursday after a disused shaft collapsed at Chengxi Gold Mine in Shurugwi, police confirmed on Wednesday."The ZRP confirms a mine accident which occurred at Chengxi Gold Mine, Shurugwi, on 04/09/25 where fou…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:47hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter

Businessman, five others die in road accident

Six people, including well-known Mutare transport operator Mr. Godfrey Chikosi, lost their lives in a devastating road accident that occurred last night at the Himalaya Turn-Off along the Mutare-Chimanimani Road. The accident, which took p…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 08:52hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe insurers urged to adapt or perish

The Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) has called on Zimbabwean insurers to adapt to digital transformation while expanding into untapped sectors to boost resilience and competitiveness.Speaking at the Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:57hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter

6 ZCC members die in road crash

Six members of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) lost their lives early Monday morning when the Toyota Quantum they were travelling in overturned along the Mutare - Masvingo Road, police have confirmed.The accident occurred at the 283-kilome…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 08:24hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter

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 at Hunyani Bridge near the Water Works…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 15:10hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter

2 Zimbabweans die in horrific accident in Canada

Two Zimbabweans living in Canada, Anotida Maziriri and Edmore Mafuwe, tragically died in a car crash on Saturday night in Edmonton while on their way to the â€˜Ndini Mukudzeyi' concert.Reports indicate that the fatal accident occurred when…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:44hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter

4 family members die In horror crash

Four members of the Matonde family, including a three-year-old girl, died instantly in a tragic road accident along the Karoi-Binga Road on Sunday evening.The crash occurred around 6:30pm near the 25km peg, involving a Ford Ranger carrying…

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:33hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter

2 die after collapsing at Beitbridge Border post

Two individuals died in separate incidents at the Beitbridge Border Post between Friday and Saturday after collapsing while undergoing customs and immigration formalities, authorities confirmed.The first incident occurred on Friday morning…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:36hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter

Toddler dies after falling into dish of hot porridge

A heartbreaking tragedy has struck a family in Nzovunde Village, Binga District, after a two-year-old child died from severe burns sustained when the toddler fell into a container of boiling porridge.According to a statement released by th…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 14:20hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter

Silicosis kills 15 in Kwekwe

Kwekwe General Hospital has reported a troubling rise in silicosis-related deaths, with at least 15 people succumbing to the incurable lung disease since the beginning of 2025.Dr. Bruce Mhondiwa, Acting Medical Superintendent at Kwekwe Dis…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:48hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter

Man dies in revenge mission

A 33-year-old man from Silobela has been arrested after a revenge attack he orchestrated led to the fatal stabbing of a fellow villager at Msilahobe Business Centre last week.Midlands Provincial Police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Maho…

Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 13:05hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter

5 family members die after eating treated maize

A tragedy has struck Dombodema Village in Mazetese communal lands, Mwenezi, where five people, believed to be members of the same family, have died after allegedly consuming mealie-meal made from treated maize seed.The shocking incident ha…

Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:10hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter

77 die, 401 injured in Zimbabwe road accidents

The festive season has turned tragic for many families as 77 lives have been lost and 401 people injured in 1,211 road traffic accidents recorded across the country between December 15 and December 28, 2024. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (Z…

Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:42hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter

BCC urged to leverage on its properties

Bulawayo residents have called on the local authority to leverage its numerous properties across the city to generate revenue, which could improve service delivery. Representatives from the Bulawayo United Progressive Residents Association…

Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:22hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter

Triple bus accident claims 2

Two people lost their lives while two others were injured in a tragic road accident involving three buses along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway on Sunday. The collision involved Tombs Motorways, Mbokoto, and Rimbi buses.National police spo…

Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:21hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter

4 Rhinos die at Lake Chivero

Lake Chivero Recreational Park has been rocked by the deaths of four rhinos, along with several other species, due to contamination from cyanobacteria in the water sources of the park. Despite intervention from veterinarians from the Unive…

Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 11:24hrs | 1717 | by Staff reporter

3 accidents kill 6 in a day in Matebeland South

Six people lost their lives in three separate road accidents that took place on Sunday in Matabeleland South, police have confirmed. The fatal incidents occurred in Filabusi, Gwanda, and Mbalabala, with Matabeleland South provincial police…

Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:12hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter

4 men die after drinking aloe vera 'aphrodisiac'

Four men from Manicaland province have tragically lost their lives after consuming a suspected aphrodisiac made from aloe vera plants, while two others remain hospitalized following the incident. The event occurred on Sunday at the Gonoren…

Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter

4 die in Roy-Chiredzi road accident

In a heartbreaking incident, four people lost their lives on September 14, 2024, when a Nissan Serena veered off the road and overturned along the Roy-Chiredzi road. The police confirmed the details of the accident on their official X acco…

Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:14hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter

89 cattle die daily in Matebeleland South

The Department of Veterinary Services has sounded the alarm over a drastic surge in cattle deaths in Matebeleland South, attributing the sharp increase to the deadly January disease. Daily mortality rates have skyrocketed, with as many as …

Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:55hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter

I am suffocating and sick of crying

I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of classic hypocrisy, elective rage and Stalini…

Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 32 | by Tafi Mhaka

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 Africa, on Saturday evening.There are fears…

Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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 confirmed the accident which occurred in the Marongora…

Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe elephants die as water sources dry up

THE ongoing dry spell has taken a heavy toll on wildlife with reports that several animals have succumbed to dehydration as water holes have dried up.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo,…

Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

2 die in InterAfrica bus accident

TWO people died on the spot while several others were injured after an InterAfrica bus burst a tyre and overturned along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road.Bulawayo acting fire brigade officer Lynos Phiri confirmed the accident. "(An) I…

Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Two minors die in a car boot

Two  Shamva based minors suffocated in their grandmother's vehicle after they were left playing near the vehicle by their mothers who are sisters on Sunday.Kudakwashe Magombo (4) and Kuzivakwashe Koffi (3) died as a result of lack of …

Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 11:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

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 off) earlier today.The accident also cl…

Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 18:33hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter

9 die in horror crash

Nine people died, while 12 others were injured in a head-on collision involving a Nissan Caravan and Honda Hit vehicle that occurred along the Harare-Chirundu Highway on Monday evening.The injured are receiving medical treatment at Sally M…

Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:48hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Die cast in Zanu-PF primaries

THE stage has been set in what promises to be a tough contest in the much-awaited Zanu-PF primary elections to choose the candidates that will represent the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised elections as an array of interested can…

Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

6 die of diarrhoea in Harare

The diarrhoea cases come after typhoid wreaked havoc in Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded early this week.SIX people died while over 6 000 diarrhoeal cases were recorded countrywide inside one week last month, with h…

Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

4 die of suspected poisoning

POLICE has confirmed the death of four family members due to suspected poisoning after complaining of severe stomach pains at Musisinyani village in Mwenezi."The ZRP reports a sad incident which occurred on November 27, 2022 at Musisinyani…

Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

'1 500 Zimbabwe women die giving birth'

AT least four women are dying every day while giving birth in Zimbabwe and the country has recorded a staggering 121 078 deaths in the last 12 months, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat).The data is based on surv…

Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo man loses life over used diapers

AN argument over the illegal dumping of diapers cost a 31-year-old Trenance man his life after he was stabbed to death on Friday by a fellow resident following a heated exchange.The deceased, Peter Wilson Asher, was fatally stabbed with a …

Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Three die in a road accident

THREE people died while three others are battling for life after a Toyota Allion they were travelling in hit a hump at 30 kilometer peg along Mazowe Centenary highway yesterday.Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Assistant Inspe…

Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 20:39hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole

4 die after vehicle stalls and overturns several times

FOUR members of an apostolic church - coming from an all-night prayer - died after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled backwards and overturned several times in Buchwa mountain in Mberengwa. Midlands provincial police spokesperson I…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Scores willing to die for Zuma

Scores of amabutho (regiments), politicians and ordinary citizens vowed that they are willing to die rather than endure watching former president Jacob Zuma being arrested.Zuma has until tomorrow to hand himself over to authorities failing…

Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

2 die in horrific city centre accident

TWO people died on the spot in a horrific accident that occurred in Bulawayo's city centre after their car veered off the road, hit and uprooted a tree that crushed the vehicle, causing extensive damages. Another person they were travellin…

Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

378 Zimbabwean women die during child birth

A TOTAL of 378 women died while giving birth in Zimbabwe since January this year which translates to a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of about 127 per 100 000 births. Of these women, 66 died at home while 312 lost their lives at health ins…

Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

14 die at apostolic sect shrine

FOURTEEN members of the Mugodhi Apostolic Sect died, while several others were injured after a lorry loaded with bags of maize veered off the road and ploughed into worshippers at a roadside shrine in Wedza yesterday morning.Six people die…

Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

3 die in kombi, truck collision

THREE people died when a kombi and a truck collided as they tried to avoid a broken down truck and stray donkeys about 40 kilometres from Gokwe centre along the Kwekweâ€“Gokwe road. Four donkeys were also killed in the accident. Zanu-PF Mi…

Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Polygamist ALMOST DIES during sex with churchmate

SEX took me to the ER! (Emergency Room).That's what happened to a polygamous Bulawayo man who is also a member of a popular Apostolic sect was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after he reportedly fainted during sex with his lover-c…

Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter

CIOs die in car crash

TWO top Marondera Central Intelligence Organisation officers on Saturday morning died on the spot after their vehicle reportedly veered off the road and hit a tree before landing on its roof.The accident occurred around 2am along Ruzawi Ro…

Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

6 die in kombi crash

Six people were killed, while three others were seriously injured near Juru Growth Point when the driver of the commuter omnibus lost control of the vehicle following a tyre burst, resulting in it veering off the road and rolling several t…

Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 23:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF having a field day in mock primary election taking place in Chiredzi West Constituency

Did Morgan Tsvangirai die with his MDC-T? Is the MDC-T leadership aware of the shambolic primary elections taking place in Chiredz West. Where is the Intelligence department of the MDC-T. Its high time Chamisa runs the MDC-T party with an …

Published: 23 May 2018 at 16:04hrs | 2 | by Tongogara Nkomo

5 000 BVR voters die

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will open the country's Provisional Voters' Roll for inspection by the public from May 19 to 29 in preparation for the forthcoming 2018 elections amid reports that about 5 000 voters registered under…

Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Neglected patients die

RICHARD Ndlovu watched helplessly as his little niece suffered for a week before eventually succumbing to mushroom poisoning at Mpilo Central Hospital last Wednesday.The child, Rutendo, was the fifth from the same family from Bulawayo's Ma…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

4 die in 'murder & poisoning'

A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Emthunzini suburb in Bulawayo died in his sleep following a beer drinking spree after going to bed having said he had been involved in a fight while three family members died and eight others are battling for their l…

Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

7 men die from sex with same woman

IT'S nice but deadly!A Bulawayo woman revealed that men like her so much and want to bed her but seven that tasted her cookie are six feet under.Rejoice Mukorima (40) made these startling revelations at a Johane Masowe weChishanu Church in…

Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:34hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

60-year-old dies dancing to Ngamnank'SamaMo

THE Zimbabwe Boxing Federation (ZBF) National Championship Tournament prematurely ended on Sunday at Sizinda South Beer Garden in Bulawayo after a patron collapsed and died on the spot.Mangangi Mathe (60), who is said to have been diabetic…

Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Kombi conductor dies due to drug abuse

A Kombi conductor in Rimuka Town has reportedly died after extreme abuse of drugs.Berina Community Radio Station reported that reliable sources say that a Rimuka-Town Kombi conductor who died at the weekend passed on as a result of Drug Ab…

Published: 03 Sep 2015 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes

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