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Mysterious car fires destroy 4 vehicles
A wave of mysterious vehicle fires has struck the Chiwaridzo suburb of Bindura again, leaving four cars destroyed on Thursday morning and raising alarm among residents who fear they are being targeted...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:56hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor bemoans state of council buildings
Harare Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating state of council buildings, urging acting town clerk Engineer Phakamile Mabhena Moyo to take swift action to addr...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:21hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Churchill High hostel fire displaces 54 pupils
Churchill High School is reeling from a devastating fire that gutted one of its junior hostels on Monday afternoon, leaving 54 boarding students counting heavy losses.The tragedy compounds an ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:32hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Alert over electrical fault in Mercedes-Benz GLE (167)
The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) of Zimbabwe has issued an urgent public warning regarding a vehicle recall for the Mercedes-Benz GLE (167) model due to significant safety concerns raised by a...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:51hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP blames opposition for loss of livelihoods
Parliament has urged the government to conduct a comprehensive investigation into a spate of fires that have recently devastated informal trading spaces and buildings in Harare. The call for inquiry f...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:33hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fire brigade lets family down, as US$350 000 home goes up in smoke
The Vella family from Bulawayo's Suburbs area will never forget July 28, 2024, when a fire ravaged their home, reducing nearly all their possessions to ashes. The blaze, suspected to have been caused ...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 17:33hrs | 1743 | by Staff reporter
Fire engulfs Zimbabwe Police Station, guts 12 vehicles
A HUGE fire yesterday extensively damaged at least 12 vehicles at the Southerton Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) in Harare, with preliminary investigations suggesting an electrical fault was the likely caus...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Conductive polymers for heated seats in outdoor stadiums
Wouldn’t it be nice to watch an exciting game and remain warm even if it is freezing outside? This concept of heated seats in outdoor stadiums has made this a possibility. Heated seats, just like ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 10:57hrs | 126 | by Staff Reporter
Fire incident disrupts flights at Victoria Falls airport
A fire incident on Wednesday night disrupted flight operations at Victoria Falls International Airport earlier today. In a statement, Elijah Chingosho, the Director General of the Civil Aviati...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane boy dies in house fire
An eight-year-old boy, Blessing Muzenda, a Grade Three student at Mgoqo Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb, tragically died on Monday night after a house fire. The incident occurred around ...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
20 passengers cheat death as bus bursts into flames
TWENTY passengers aboard a Timboon bus cheated death on Wednesday when their bus developed a suspected electrical fault and burst into flames at the 180km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway....Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:58hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Huge fire consumes Harare shopping mall
A devastating fire broke out last night at a shopping mall located at the corner of Julius Nyerere and Speke Avenue, opposite Joina City, leaving many people counting losses after goods worth thousand...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | 1 | 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 cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Thieving' cops back in court
Stanley Musekiwa (46), Takaidza Mugwisi (36) and Masimba Stanely Gwasunda (43), all from CID Stores, were facing theft and malicious damage to property charges when they appeared before magistrate Mar...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Detectives up for stage-managing break-in
THREE Harare-based detectives appeared in court yesterday charged with stage-managing a break-in at Harare Central Police Station stores office before stealing an undisclosed amount of money kept as e...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs dry, amid cholera fears
THE Bulawayo City Council has prolonged the disruption of water supplies to most city suburbs due to an electrical fault that happened at the Criterion water works.In a statement the City Coun...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fire breaks out at Mpilo, contained
A QUICK reaction by Mpilo Central Hospital staff saved the day when they put out a fire following an electrical fault.Mpilo Central Hospital Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Narcisius Dzvanga ...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zesa workers in bribes storm
BULAWAYO residents have accused the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) staff of demanding bribes for them to repair electrical faults.ZETDC, a subsidiary of Zes...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Electrical fault at NUST graduation ceremony
An electrical fault briefly interrupted proceedings during a graduation ceremony at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo on Friday.According to sources, this ti...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Miner dies as locomotive plunges 100m
A 36 YEAR OLD MINER from Matabeleland South died on the spot after a locomotive he was driving underground at Blanket mine developed an electrical fault resulting from a power cut forcing the machine ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 14:14hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mysterious Fire Guts PVO Bill Public Hearing Venue
THE Portfolio Committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare was yesterday forced to seek for an alternative venue for a public hearing on the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill in...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dry Xmas for Beitbridge residents
BEITBRIDGE residents have gone for days without water, including Christmas Day and Boxing Day, following an electrical fault at a pump station.The busy Beitbridge Border Post and Beitbridge Di...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mystery deaths deepen in Zimbabwe
DEATH is never easy and, whenever it strikes, the grief it causes is traumatic for family and friends who would have lost a loved one.This encounter with mortality always leaves the surviving ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thieves leave suburb in darkness for a month
SOME Luvuve suburb residents in Bulawayo have gone for a month without electricity due to theft of copper cables.Bulawayo has of late witnessed an increase in theft of copper cables which has resu...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
$100m boost for Mpilo hospital from Govt
MPILO Central Hospital has received an additional $100 million from the Government for the ongoing refurbishment exercise meant to provide healthcare workers with decent accommodation at the public ho...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's home gutted by fire
A fire tore through the Borrowdale home of former finance minister Patrick Chinamasa on Friday, causing extensive damage.The Zanu-PF secretary for finance and acting political commissar said h...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to develop load-shedding schedules
POWER utility Zesa Holdings is developing load-shedding schedules which will be availed to all customers through different media platforms.Responding to questions from Sunday News, Zesa acting...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fire erupts in the bedroom
Mactavish Ngwenya (30) was watching TV in the living room when he saw a ball of smoke from his bedroom. Upon checking he noticed that his bedroom had caught fire and all the property was burnt....Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
CBZ Bank introduces payday loans
CBZ Bank has introduced an instant loan facility called Payday loan. The facility is open to CBZ clients and is disbursed within 24 hours. CBZ Bank introduced the product after realisation that client...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane post office gutted by fire
PROPERTY worth $3 million was reduced to ashes when Nkulumane Post Office in Bulawayo was gutted by fire. It is suspected that the fire was caused by an electrical fault. The incident occurred between...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police residential flat on fire
A FIRE broke out at police residential flat in the Bulawayo city centre yesterday destroying household property. Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing but tenants said they sus...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Kwekwe Hospital staff quarters
Kwekwe General Hospital doctors and staff members escaped unharmed after their quarters caught fire in the early hours of today.Nine families, including doctors, physiotherapist, nurses and an...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
OK rescues distressed Mpilo Hospital doctors
LEADING retailer OK Zimbabwe has donated grocery vouchers worth $50 000 to each of the over 30 Mpilo Central Hospital doctors whose property was destroyed when their block of flats recently went up in...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa rush to assist stranded Mpilo doctors
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has committed $287 million towards the construction of new accommodation for doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after their living quarters wer...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa battles to restore power in Bulawayo CBD
ZESA is still working on restoring power in the Bulawayo city centre following a fault caused by a power surge on Monday evening.The fault has also affected residential areas such as North End...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo CBD in power blackout again
BULAWAYO city centre and some suburbs have suffered yet another power blackout following a fault caused by a power surge on Monday evening.The fault has also affected residential areas such as...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa restores power to parts of Bulawayo
Zesa has partially fixed a fault that led to a power blackout in parts of Bulawayo since Monday. Some sections of Bulawayo city centre spent the rest of the working week without power following the de...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power cut closes Bulawayo businesses
BUSINESSES in Bulawayo are counting losses following a five-day blackout in parts of the city centre due to an electrical fault at a Zesa substation in Belmont industrial area. The fault has a...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo power outage due to technical fault
PARTS of the Bulawayo city centre and some suburbs have suffered a power blackout following an electrical fault at a Zesa substation at the Belmont industrial area on Monday evening. Zesa acti...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP ignores calls for electricity by electorate
People in Jengamvura, Chiweshe have accused their Member of Parliament for Mazowe North Campion Mugweni of ignoring their calls for electricity after their Zimbabwe Electricty Transmission Distributio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Trio steals US$50 000 from doctor
INVESTIGATIONS into the case of a Ruwa medical doctor whose double storey mansion was gutted by fire last week, losing property worth US$130 000 have led to the arrest of his nephew, driver and garden...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Faults overwhelm Zesa's capacity
Zesa is not load-shedding, but is having to stretch manpower and resources to cope with the growing number of faults seen in rainy seasons, mainly falling poles, trees falling on overhead cables, wate...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Emakhandeni community church
EMAKHANDENI Community Church in Bulawayo was gutted by a fire that destroyed property worth about US$5 000 yesterday morning.The fire is suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault in the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Haulage truck burns
A Mvurwi bound charcoal carrying haulage truck burnt last night along Mazowe-Centenary road.Sources familiar with the incident said the fire was caused by electrical fault on the truck....Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:59hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Three shops gutted by fire
Goods worth thousands of dollars were destroyed after three shops caught fire in Mvurwi, early today.The fire is said to have been caused by an electrical fault.One of the shop owners ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Violent storm destroys schools in Plumtree
A HEAVY storm accompanied by strong winds which hit Bulilima district on Tuesday night has left a trail of destruction at six schools and a number of homesteads.It also plunged Plumtree town a...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF not to blame for MDC internal strife
ZANU-PF cannot be blamed for the divisions rocking the MDC, a senior ruling party official has said. The MDC is mired in a vicious internal strife with party leader, Dr Thokozani Khupe recalli...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru's govt-sourced pumps break down
THREE of the four water pumps that were sourced by central government for the City of Gweru have broken down hardly a year after they were delivered by a South African company.Government sourc...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Getaway car catches fire
TWO suspected copper cable thieves were recently arrested after their getaway car caught fire during a high-speed chase along Harare-Nyamapanda Road. The two were fleeing the police after stea...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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