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Driver, passenger jumped out of truck which rammed train
A truck driver and his passenger jumped out of their vehicle moments before it rammed into a passing train in Kadoma on Wednesday night causing a derailment, the National Railways of Zimbabwe said....Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:41hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
6 injured in Harare train-vehicle collision
Six people were seriously injured early this morning when a Honda Fit vehicle collided with a goods train at the Chiremba Road rail crossing in Harare.According to preliminary reports, the dri...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:51hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Train collides with ZRP vehicle
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) vehicle was severely damaged in Gweru today after it was struck by a train at a level crossing, in an incident that has raised renewed concerns over road safety awaren...Published: 14 May 2025 at 10:15hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
NRZ flags increase in rail-road level crossing accidents
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has raised concerns over a surge in rail-road level crossing accidents, urging motorists to exercise extreme caution when approaching railway intersections....Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:51hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in train accident
A young man was tragically struck and killed by a train in Rusape on Saturday, according to a statement from the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).The parastatal reported that the man, whose...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Elderly man survives train collision while sleeping on tracks
A 62-year-old homeless man from Bulawayo narrowly escaped death after being struck by a moving train while sleeping on railway tracks under the Luveve Flyover on Saturday morning.The man,...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:42hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Train rams into school bus in Zimbabwe
Twelve school children were injured on Wednesday morning at the Wilton Level Crossing in Mutare when their school bus was struck by a train.The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) said initial...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 11:38hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bus, train accident leaves 1 dead
One person died in a train and bus accident on Tuesday morning in Harare. The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) stated that one person died on the spot, while others sustained various injuries....Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kombi hit by train, driver and passenger cheat death
A commuter omnibus with passengers on board was hit by a National Railways locomotive after the driver failed to give way at level crossing.The incident happened at the Paisley Road level cros...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 14:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube partners NRZ to create railway level crossing in Cowdray Park
FOR years, residents of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo have been forced to travel long distances to access cemeteries located right at their doorsteps due to lack of accessibility as the road is clos...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council urges cremation or rural home burials
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) which is fast running out of burial space is calling on residents to either cremate or bury their loved ones at their rural homes.The call also comes amid revel...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses 5 lives everyday in traffic accidents
At least five people die everyday in traffic accidents across the country, Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona has said."Road traffic injuries are a leading cause of...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans must fly Zimbabwe flag high
JOHN Wirimai worked for a railway company. His duties were to give warnings at rail and road crossings. Those days many rail crossings were at a low level so cars had to give way to the trains. ...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Drones help NRZ recover stolen equipment
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has recovered the bulk of its stolen equipment following the massive capacitation of its loss control unit in terms of human resources and acquisition of drones...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
2 dead as train ploughs into Honda Fit at Harare railway crossing
Two people were killed when a train ploughed into a vehicle at a railway crossing in Harare on Tuesday morning.The driver of a Honda Fit vehicle drove into the path of the train at a railway l...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 people hit by trains in one month
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increasing incidences of people being hit by trains, as well as suicidal cases along the railway systems after nine incidents inv...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NRZ records spike in rail-crossing accidents
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increase in the number of accidents occuring at railway crossing points. This month alone, NRZ has recorded 10 fatal accidents in...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rail-road level crossing accidents, suicides worry NRZ
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increase in rail-road level crossing accidents and suicides.This comes after 47 rail suicide cases and 56 road rail cross...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
NRZ solar-powers coaches
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has begun installing solar power on its coaches to ensure uninterrupted power supply and improve safety of passengers.Most of its coaches have been vand...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Commuter train back on track
The journey is not at breakneck speed because of numerous stops along the way before reaching the final destination.The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) on Monday evening officially launche...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mental patient' torches vehicles at carpark
A SUSPECTED mental patient went berserk and allegedly stoned four cars at an overnight carpark in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb before torching two of them, reducing them to shells while security guards w...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NRZ rolls out Bulawayo intra-city commuter rail service
Zupco and the National Railways of Zimbabwe have extended their peak-hour commuter rail services to Bulawayo after the successful launch in Harare and the first extension to Gweru, with commuters find...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo grave diggers overwhelmed
GRAVE diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.According to the latest council m...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
NRZ-Turkish firm ink game-changing deal
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board is convinced that Turkish construction giant, Yapi Merkez, which has agreed to invest in the rehabilitation and modernisation of local railway infrastruct...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NRZ train derails near Bulawayo, 2 dead, 7 injured
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) train derailed in Bulawayo early on Friday killing two employees and injuring seven others.NRZ spokesman Nyasha Maravanyika said the accident happened in ...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi hit by train, 5 dead
An arrest warrant has been issued for a kombi driver charged with causing the death of 5 passengers after he failed to stop at a railway crossing.Simbarashe Gororo, 38, recently failed to turn...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Truck derails goods train
TRAVELLERS, mostly cross border traders using the Harare-Masvingo highway faced long delays at Fairfields rail level crossing in Mvuma on Wednesday evening after a haulage truck rammed into a wagon of...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge - Masvingo highway closed
THE highway between Beitbridge and Masvingo will be temporarily closed today to allow for repairs on the railway line following an accident likely to cost Beitbridge-Bulawayo Railway (BBR) millions of...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goods train rolls back, crashes cars, derails
Two motorist cheated death on Sunday when an overloaded Concession bound goods train rolled back for kilometres before crashing two cars and derailing in the process.Mashonaland Central ac...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Highway robbers arrested after robbing Malawi inyanga
NEVER rob an inyanga, especially from Malawi.This advice rang true for a gang of five armed robbers that has been pouncing on motorists along the Beitbridge-Masvingo and Beitbridge-Bulawayo hi...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Kombi, train accident kills 4
Four people died while 10 others were injured when a Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus they were travelling in was hit by a goods train at a railway level crossing near Windsor Park turnoff in Ruwa on las...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 15:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Motorists stranded as train blocks highway
Scores of motorists were left stranded yesterday morning after a Harare-bound passenger train broke down at the level crossing at Grasslands in Marondera, blocking the road.As a result, motori...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Feast on my corpse!
A 31-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo allegedly hanged himself at Luveve cemetery and left a suicide note inscribed on his shirt alleging that he had been attacked by his girlfriend and two other men whom h...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Railway crossing accident, 6 die on the spot
Six people reportedly died on the spot this morning when a pickup truck they were travelling in was hit by a train at a level crossing.According to eyewitnesses there were no survivors....Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 10:21hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Train crushes, drags woman for 40 metres
A GWERU woman died on Friday after she was crushed by a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train while attempting to cross the rail track.The remains of the woman believed to be around ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hit and run driver arrested
A MOTORIST from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly killing a man in a hit and run car accident last year.Tongai Mativhu (40) allegedly hit the deceased, Thaban...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Policeman assaults woman with handcuffs
A POLICE officer stationed at Luveve Police Station-Lawson Sinothile Makandidze (33) has been arrested for allegedly using a pair of handcuffs to assault a motorist at a roadblock in Cowdray Par...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
4 die in train, car collision
Four people who died on the spot when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a train at a rail level crossing near Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo on Saturday night, were coming from a beer drink...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 05:25hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Zimbabwean dies in Botswana train accident
A 36-year-old Zimbabwean man died in Botswana after the truck he was driving collided with a train at the Kasane level crossing in Broadhurst (Ledumang Gaborone) on Saturday night.Mmegi r...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
High suicides worry NRZ
A total of 147 people have committed suicide by throwing themselves in front of on-coming trains or sat in railway lines from January 2007 to February 2015, National Railways of Zimbabwe has said....Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 10:41hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Suspect hangs self in cell before appearing in court
A suspected armed robber, who was arrested last week and believed to be linked to a syndicate terrorising motorists along the Beitbridge-Harare Highway, committed suicide in police holding cells a fe...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 12:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man jailed for trying to run over a Zanu-PF minister
A Bindura man who tried to run over Mashonaland Central Minister of State for provincial affairs Advocate Martin Dinha with his Toyota Hilux seriously injuring him was yesterday sentenced to four year...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 16:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Truck hit by train at level crossing, 3 die on the spot
An NRZ goods train heading towards Bulawayo from Dabuka hit an Isuzu truck at Kombo rail level crossing near Shangani yesterday morning killing three people on the spot.National Railways ...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Haulage truck collides with train killing two people on the spot
Two people died on the spot while two others were injured when a South African haulage truck they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a goods train at the 6 kilometre peg along the Be...Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mysterious bus talks, drives itself with no one inside
A Leyland DAF commuter omnibus with no registration numbers has been abandoned in Mount Hampden after it "talked." The engine is still intact, keys in the ignition, mobile phone on dashboard and spare...Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 04:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Byo bound bus kills one, injures 28 in accident
One person died and 28 others were injured when a Bulawayo bound Eagle Liner bus was involved in an accident with a goods train yesterday.The accident occurred at the rail level crossing betwe...Published: 22 Apr 2012 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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