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Air Ambulance Servicesaves 778 lives nationwide
Zimbabwe's Government-backed Air Ambulance Service has successfully responded to 778 civil emergency cases across the country since its launch in August 2024, a new report has revealed.The ser...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:54hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Khune enjoys scenic Zimbabwe escape with wife
Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper and club legend Itumeleng Khune recently enjoyed a relaxing retreat in Zimbabwe alongside his partner, Siphelele, taking in the stunning beauty of the iconic Victoria Falls....Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 12:43hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
MMA star shreds Mnangagwa, blames 'scarf' for 28 seconds defeat
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Themba "The Answer" Gorimbo has openly criticized President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing his administration of corruption and oppressive governance. Gorimbo's outspoke...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:07hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Russian pilots flying Zimbabwe's air ambulances
Zimbabwe's much-touted free air ambulance service is currently being operated and maintained by Russian pilots and technicians, due to a shortage of local expertise, Health and Child Care Minister Dou...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:12hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
13 year old gives birth mid-air in Helidrive rescue
In a breathtaking display of medical precision and courage, a 13-year-old girl gave birth mid-flight aboard a Helidrive National Air Rescue Service helicopter as she was being airlifted from Maphisa H...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:38hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
29 white rhinos return to Zimbabwe park after 100 years
For the first time in nearly 100 years, 29 white rhinos are once again roaming freely across the wild expanse of Gonarezhou National Park, marking a historic milestone in Zimbabwe's conservation histo...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:22hrs | 4901 | by Staff reporter
Helidrive nears 500 airlifts
HELIDRIVE National Air Rescue Service, a groundbreaking Zimbabwe-Russia emergency air ambulance initiative, has successfully airlifted 485 patients since its launch last year, offering a lifeline to r...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:44hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Air Force crisis exposed
In August 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa experienced a harrowing emergency when his VIP helicopter crash-landed at a farm in Sandringham, approximately 64 kilometres southwest of Harare. The incid...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 16:29hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
Tour operator pumps US$2,1 million into aviation project
In a significant boost to Zimbabwe's tourism industry, the Zambezi Helicopter Company (ZHC), part of Shearwater Adventures, has invested over US$2 million in constructing a state-of-the-art aviation f...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:49hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Helidrive launches National Emergency Call Centre
HELIDRIVE National Air Rescue Services is setting up a national emergency call centre as part of its ambitious drive to streamline Zimbabwe's first publicly operated air ambulance system, with the ult...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:16hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Helidrive service expands operations in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is on track to become the first African country to establish a nationwide public air rescue service following the launch of the Helidrive National Air Rescue Service. Officially inaugurated i...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:23hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
The war of liberation was not a walk in the park, lest we forget
Seized by the prophetic words of the mystic and condemned Mbuya Nehanda, "My bones will rise again", young Jorum left home without telling anyone. School, parents, and siblings did not matter anymore;...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 18:33hrs | 429 | by Tondo Murisa
'We've porous borders, we need India,' Muchinguri discloses
Zimbabwe's Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has sensationally disclosed that the country's borders are too porous hence the need for collabor...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 07:06hrs | 1461 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1752 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa mourns Nujoma
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has joined leaders from across the world in mourning the passing of Namibia's inaugural President, Dr. Sam Nujoma, who tragically died on Sunday in a helicopter crash. Nuj...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 16:45hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimbabwean CIO boss recounts near-fatal helicopter crash
Former Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe has revealed that he narrowly escaped death in a helicopter crash in Manicaland province in May 2007. Bony...Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 10:32hrs | 3030 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is never short of scammers
They came and beguiled nobles and laity by claiming gasoline was oozing out of a sacred rock formations somewhere in rural Chinhoyi. Innocent boulders were soaked in a deluge of diesel and people fell...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 12:07hrs | 1182 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Tourists flock to Victoria Falls despite misleading reports
As the festive season unfolded, Victoria Falls, the heart of Zimbabwe's tourism industry, came alive with an influx of visitors from around the world, despite misleading rumors suggesting that the ico...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:45hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets Russian helicopter ambulance
The Matabeleland region saw a major advancement in its emergency medical services yesterday with the arrival of the first of two dedicated air ambulances from Helidrive Zimbabwe. The state-of-the-art ...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:41hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya makes big pledge
ZIFA presidential aspirant Walter Magaya has pledged to leave a lasting legacy in Zimbabwean football, revealing that he has invested over US$25 million into the development of sport in the country. T...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:39hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
UK ready to fight Russia in Eastern Europe
Britain's armed forces would be ready to fight their Russian counterparts "tonight" if Vladimir Putin invades another Eastern European nation, a top U.K. military chief said Thursday."If the B...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 16:46hrs | 2117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man stabbed to death inside his flat in UK murder
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a Zimbabwean man was fatally stabbed inside his own flat in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Leeds. The victim, identified as 23-y...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:09hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man stabbed to death in Leeds, United Kingdom
A 23-year-old Zimbabwean man, known by friends as Saymore, was fatally stabbed in Leeds, West Yorkshire, around midnight on Tuesday, authorities have confirmed. Emergency services found Saymore at a f...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:25hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes after influencers, tourism players
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has initiated a comprehensive campaign to assess the tax compliance of various tourism stakeholders, including social influencers, as part of efforts to ensure a...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in strategic retreat as Chiwenga faction blocks 2030
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly under intense pressure from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his military-backed faction within Zanu PF to abandon his aspirations for a third term an...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:57hrs | 5872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe air ambulance service saves 67 lives since launch
Since its launch in August 2024, the Government's new air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has saved the lives of 67 patients, including 21 children aged 17 and under. The ser...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:54hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rift exposed
Public Service Minister July Moyo has revealed growing tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, following the latter's conspicuous absence from a significant...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:45hrs | 3904 | by Staff reporter
Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat with Hezbollah in south Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement on Wednesday. Three of those killed are commanders, and seven other soldiers...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga power struggle
The recent helicopter crash at Masvingo Airport, which occurred as a presidential chopper was set to fetch President Emmerson Mnangagwa back to Harare, has ignited serious clashes and heightened mutua...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 08:31hrs | 8948 | by Staff reporter
Speculation swells over Mnangagwa aborted trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden decision to cancel his scheduled trip to the United Nations General Assembly has ignited speculation about growing tensions within the country's leadership. The a...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:38hrs | 2693 | by Staff reporter
ED's self-made prison: Trapped by power and paranoia!!
So, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will not be attending the UN (United Nations) General Assembly to be held at the organization's headquarters in New York on 22-23 September 2024.This ...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 13:05hrs | 3489 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa to skip 2024 UN General Assembly days after helicopter crash
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will not attend this year's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA, due to a dense programme in the last quarter of 2024, according to a statemen...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 13:50hrs | 2644 | by Staff reporter
Editor hounded after 'rest in peace' error in Mnangagwa advert
Armed men claiming to be law and order police raided the home of Daily News editor Guthrie Munyuki at dawn on Friday after sister publication The Financial Gazette made an error in an advert which sug...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 09:20hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth call for probe into helicopter crash
The Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP), affiliated with the ruling Zanu-PF party, is demanding an independent investigation into a recent helicopter crash involving the Airforce of Zimbabwe. The in...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:03hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Kombi loses brakes hits tree, injures 11
A Harare-bound Toyota Hiace allegedly lost brakes and hit a tree at the 52-kilometer peg along Mazowe-Centenary road yesterday.Eleven people were injured one of them seriously injured....Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:21hrs | 839 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa helicopter raises serious political and security concerns
Investigations into the crash landing of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's helicopter at Masvingo Airport on Sunday are ongoing, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and state security services ...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:37hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa was supposed to be in crashed chopper
The Zimbabwean government has confirmed that the helicopter which crash-landed at an airstrip in Masvingo on Sunday was initially meant to transport President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The President, who wa...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:34hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa helicopter crash inquiry begins
The Ministry of Defence and the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) have launched an inquiry into the cause of an Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter accident that occurred at Masvingo Aero...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:20hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Crashed helicopter was meant to transport Mnangagwa
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, has provided clarification on the helicopter accident that took place on Sunday in Masvingo. The incident occurred shortl...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:25hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
CAAZ probes Air Force helicopter incident
CAAZ Launches Investigation into Air Force Helicopter Incident in MasvingoThe Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has initiated an investigation into an aviation incident involving an ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 07:45hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe plane crashes
An Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter crashed during takeoff this afternoon at Masvingo Airport. The incident, which occurred under unclear circumstances, has prompted an ongoing investigation by ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 19:53hrs | 8911 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Air ambulances airlift 19 patients so far
In less than a month since its launch, the government's air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has already airlifted 19 patients. These patients include victims of road accident...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 179 | 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 | 365 | by Staff reporter
Helicopter lands in sewage pond after engine failure
An engine failure on Tuesday evening forced a helicopter to make emergency landing in a sewer pond, near Livingstone's Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park.According to police, two international touris...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:58hrs | 2044 | by Staff reporter
Air ambulances for Bulawayo, Matebeleland North
The Government has allocated Bulawayo and Matabeleland North provinces three helicopters as Zimbabwe begins to roll out its first-ever air ambulance service after taking delivery of 18 helicopters fro...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:33hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Air ambulances training starts
The Russian HeliDrive Air ambulances medical services team has arrived in Zimbabwe to establish an efficient air ambulance service under a public-private partnership. This initiative aims to reduce fa...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:33hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
8 dead as car smashes into bridge pillar
Eight people were confirmed dead Sunday while two others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a bridge pillar and flung passengers outside in a tragic road accident that h...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 2222 | by Staff reporter
Botswana receives military transport aircraft from US
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has taken delivery of a C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft from the United States of America. The aircraft arrived at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:07hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Jubilation as Zimbabwean Health Sector receives boost from World Bank Funding
In a significant development, the Government of Zimbabwe has received funding from the World Bank to support essential health services, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The f...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 13:10hrs | 9 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Mnangagwa to get more air ambulances from Russia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the Government will establish an efficient air ambulance service staffed by highly skilled medical professionals, engineers, dispatchers, and pilots to redu...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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