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12 dead in Zimbabwe fuel tanker horror crash
Twelve people died instantly yesterday morning when a fuel tanker collided with two other vehicles near the Sebakwe River on the Harare–Bulawayo Highway in Kwekwe, Midlands Province. The tragic acci...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:55hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Freak accident kills 2
A tragic accident involving three buses on the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway near Bubi claimed two lives and left two others seriously injured early Sunday morning.The incident, which occurred a...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:40hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
CCC losing MP candidate kills cyclist dies in freak accident
A tragic incident occurred in Hwedza South constituency on Wednesday, when Valentine Zinhumwe, a losing candidate from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), was reportedly involved in a car acciden...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 09:47hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Pupil killed in a freak accident
The small community of Godlwayo Village in Umzingwane District has been plunged into mourning following the tragic death of a six-year-old Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupil in a road traffic acc...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 19:37hrs | 1082 | 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
Wicknell Chivayo's US$5 million spending binge
FOR Wicknell Chivayo, money seems to grow on trees.Never the one to be shy to ostentatiously display his wealth, Chivayo, who likes to call himself Sir Wicknell, has of late been on an unrelen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Trailer unhooks and kills 2 pedestrians
Two people died while three were injured after being hit by a trailer that had unhooked from a Ford Ranger. The freak accident occurred on 4 August 2023 along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road. ...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 20:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
DJ Levels survives freak accident
Seasoned music producer DJ Levels, real name Rodger Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, is alive and well despite getting involved in a freak road accident earlier today.The award-winning wheel spinner was inv...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
House crumbles in Kwekwe
A Kwekwe family escaped death by a whisker after their flat at Globe and Phoenix compound caved in due to illegal mining underneath the compound.Family spokesperson, Ms Kimberly Rusike, said t...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kennedy Mandaza exits Zanu-PF SA District politics
INTERIM chairman and spokesperson of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) in South Africa, Kennedy Mapesa Mandaza, is leaving the dual role to contest for a legislative se...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 17:33hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Plot to take out Ramaphosa's deputy David Mabuza?
A number of South Africans are wondering if there is a plot to take out ANC Deputy President David Mabuza, who is also known as the "CAT".Mabuza's convoy was involved in a freak accident in Mi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 12:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
One dies, four injured in Zupco freak accident
One person reportedly died while four others were injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling on crashed on a Nissan Sunny at an intersection along the Bulawayo-Harare Road opposite Parklands...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Farmer dies in freak accident
A HURUNGWE farmer died last week after falling from a truck ferrying tobacco bales to the market.The truck was side-swiped by a haulage truck at the 234km peg along the Chirundu-Harare Highway...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 die in freak accident
Two pupils from Seke 1 High School in Chitungwiza were killed in a freak accident yesterday when they were knocked down by a car after being struck by a bolt of lightning, police have confirmed....Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mechanic plunges client's car into Mazai River
A MECHANIC in Bulawayo, who allegedly took a Mazda Axela vehicle he was repairing for a spin, plunged into the effluent filled Mazai River after misjudging a bend near Amakhosi Cultural Centre in Mako...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Granny dies in freak accident
AN 84-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin woman died on the spot when a Nissan lorry she was travelling in hit a pothole and veered off the road before falling into a ditch yesterday.Mashonaland Central pol...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods that wow the world during their time in the limeligh...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 15 | by Bishop Lazarus
Furore over special road fee
THE monthly Special Road Levy being charged on every property in Mutare has become a charade given potholed roads across the eastern border city which are now an eyesore.The roads are now also...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chegutu hospital in sorry state
A freak accident near Mupfure River on Sunday in which two people died has exposed the shocking condition at Chegutu District Hospital with reports that survivors were left in pain and bleeding as the...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC candidate dies in freak accident
Zanu-PF Makonde District Coordinating Committee (DCC)'s aspiring Secretary for Transport and Welfare candidate, Darlington Chasara fell off his motorcycle in Makonde Constituency on Sunday night and d...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
DNA results delay Moana burial
THE burial of the late fitness trainer-cum-model Michelle "Moana" Amuli could be delayed for about two weeks as the family has to follow a lengthy Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing process to verify...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:48hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Injuries rock Dembare
ARCHFORD Gutu has been ruled out of Dynamos' trip to Hwange on Sunday for the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match as injuries continue to pile up at the Harare giants.The midfielder, who ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares Wedza accident state of disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed the government to declare Monday's accident that claimed 13 lives in Wedza a state of disaster and pave way for the availing of government assistance....Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge woman dies in freak accident
A WOMAN died on the spot while a man was seriously injured when a small sand-laden old truck ploughed into hitch-hikers in a freak accident at Beitbridge on Thursday.The injured man was rushed...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Freak accident mars Heroes Day celebrations
HEROES Day commemorations in Beitbridge town were yesterday marred by a freak traffic accident that left four people, including the driver, seriously injured.The driver identified as Jildah Ml...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crash with donkey cart kills biker
A MOTORCYCLIST from Inyathi, Bubi District died in hospital following a head-on collision with a donkey-drawn scotch cart.Fungai Sibanda (33) died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Mond...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa employees injured in freak accident
FOUR Zesa employees in Bulawayo escaped death by a whisker yesterday when a circuit breaker they were working on caught fire and severely burnt them.The accident happened along a sanitary lane...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in freak accident
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday escaped unhurt after a poorly constructed stage collapsed while he was introducing his party's candidates at a rally in Hwange. ...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
30-tonne truck in freak accident
A HAULAGE truck transporting a 30-tonne Grain Marketing Board (GMB) consignment from Bulawayo to Binga failed to ascend a steep slope and rolled back before landing on its side, blocking the Binga - K...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra officers live in fear
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials countrywide in charge of the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), which curbs transit fraud, are living in fear after weeks of receiving death threats....Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's fancy vehicles in freak accident?
Former first lady Grace Mugabe's once invincible status has waned.This is after her son Russell and his associates were given a torrid time in their bid to enter Botswana with their three fancy cars -...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 11:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's 3 supercars crash in Botswana, badly damaged
Three 'supercars' owned by ousted Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe and her son have been involved in an accident in Botswana, a newspaper says.Mmegi Online said on its Twitter account that t...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 16:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP's driver dies in freak accident
BEITBRIDGE WEST legislator Metrine Mudau (Zanu-PF) suffered a massive blow yesterday morning when she lost one of her drivers in a freak accident involving her two government-issued vehicles.T...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean shoots self to death in freak accident
A ZIMBABWEAN working at a farm in South Africa has died after allegedly shooting himself with a tranquiliser in a freak accident, the South African Police Services (Saps) said yesterday.The ma...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
TRAGEDY: Grinding disc cuts man in half, kills him instantly
A BULAWAYO man died after an unsecured grinding disc cut him in half, almost separating his lower body from the torso.The disc also split his skull open and cut his arm as it flew out of the g...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cde Mnangagwa has recovered, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I must express my displeasure at the manner in which the sad news of Cde Rutanhire's passing was handled. It appeared as if the party does not have ...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by CZ
Just how powerful is Grace Mugabe?
So Grace Mugabe, who is accused of assault in South Africa, is back home in Zimbabwe after she was granted diplomatic immunity by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 08:07hrs | | by Betha Madhomu
Grace Mugabe's alleged criminal conduct dents Zimbabwe's image
Zimbabwe's main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change party and pro-democracy groups have slammed First Lady Grace Mugabe over her alleged bashing of a model that she reportedly saw in the co...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe face arrest in South Africa
Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane has called on President Robert Mugabe's wife to hand herself over to local police after she allegedly assaulted a woman in Johannesburg.It'...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Throw Grace Mugabe in jail for wounding my daughter - Gabrialla's mother
A Johannesburg mother has demanded that Zimbabwwe's first lady Grace Mugabe be thrown into jail for allegedly going berserk and beating up her 20-year-old daughter at a Sandton hotel at the weekend....Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'I saw the hand of God,'says Grace Mugabe
Grace Mugabe says she "saw the hand of God" last week after her leg was run over by her husband's armour-plated limousine.In her first public comments on the "freak accident", the 52-year-old ...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe tells of miraculous recovery after airport accident
FIRST Lady Dr Grace Mugabe has described as a "miracle" that she is walking without any difficulty following a freak accident at the Harare International Airport a week ago in which she suffered an an...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trained elephant kills handler
A 50-year-old man who was employed as an elephant handler by a tour operator in Victoria Falls, was on Saturday trampled to death by one of the elephants.Tour operators in the resort town said...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery shrouds Mugabe accident
Mystery surrounds the car which was involved in a horrific accident with a biker who was leading President Robert Mugabe's motorcade last Saturday.On Saturday, one of the bikers leading the mo...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 14:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe on the mend
Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe is reported to be on the mend following a freak accident at the Harare International Airport on Saturday morning that saw her suffering a minor ankle injury....Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe in freak accident
In a statement, Charamba confirmed that the First Lady, Dr Mugabe suffered some soft tissue bruising on the right ankle as a result of a freak car incident at the Harare International Airport soon aft...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newly appointed high court judge dies in freak accident
Justice Nyakwawa Usiwausiwa, an honourable judge with Malawi’s High Court has died in an accident around 1500hrs this afternoon in the country’s capital Lilongwe, ...Published: 25 May 2017 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Khuluma Africa
UZ Student dies in freak accident
A University of Zimbabwe (UZ) student, Emmanuel Tsuro, who was on attachment at Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) on Friday died from severe burns suffered after a fire erupted when he wa...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 more corpse robbers die in accidents
TWO more people who allegedly robbed Apostle Charles Chiriseri's corpse last year have died in freak accidents.This brings to three the known number of people who have died after looting c...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pothole kills Bulawayo man
A BULAWAYO man died instantly when a vehicle he was driving landed on his head and crushed it after he swerved to avoid a pothole.Blessing Mudekwe (26) from Mzilikazi suburb was thrown out of ...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 01:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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