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Congestion expected at Beitbridge border to Zimbabwe
As Christmas day draws nearer, traffic authorities in Limpopo on Saturday issued a warning of heavy traffic still expected to hit the N1 freeway northbound towards Polokwane, Makhado, up to Musina....Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 08:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Many feared dead in Zimbabwe horror crash
Four vehicles, including two haulage trucks, were involved in a pile-up before bursting into flames along the Masvingo-Beitbridge HighwaySEVERAL people are believed to have died yesterday afte...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Honada Fit and 10 cars in freak pile-up
A ROAD accident at Coca-Cola intersection, in Harare's Graniteside industrial area, led to an 11-vehicle pile-up yesterday.Witnesses said the accident was caused by the driver of a bus who los...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi accuses Zimbabwe military of aiding illegal border crossings
South Africa's military has accused the Zimbabwe Defence Forces of aiding illegal border crossings at Beitbridge.Tensions have been rising over the porous border, with South Africa's home affa...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs in messy sugar tender storm
A group of transporters linked to Zanu PF bigwigs have allegedly threatened sugar-producing giant Tongaat Hullet with unspecified action if it fails to award them tenders. In May, the sugar producer f...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:24hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Textbook shortages hit Bulilima schools
Benson Dube, a retired primary school teacher, remembers with nostalgia the "good old days" when the student-textbook ratio was 1:1."For me, that is what made teaching exciting," Dube said....Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killer truck' owner identified
ONE of the trucks that was involved in a pile-up accident in Zambia in August last year resulting in more than six people being burnt beyond recognition belongs to Ephias Munodawafa, the current chief...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra to engage ZNA over border post landmines
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will seek the intervention of the Zimbabwe National Army to assess Forbes Border Post for possible landmines to enable authorities to access an are...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge businessman dies in 3-car pile-up
Renowned Beitbridge businessman, Mr Emmanuel Tawanda Chiwa (35) was on Wednesday night killed in an accident when his car was involved in a three vehicles pile up along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
19 injured in Luveve Road pile-up
NINETEEN people were injured in a three- vehicle pile-up accident near Entumbane Shopping Complex in Bulawayo yesterday. The pile-up occurred when a Toyota Quantum headed towards Luveve suburb...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 vehicle pile-up blocks Vic Falls busy road
FOUR people were critically injured following a nine-vehicle pile-up in Victoria Falls yesterday, blocking a busy road in the resort town for almost an hour. The accident, which resulted in in...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'bloody' police station
Featherstone Police Station's backyard is not for the faint-hearted.Accident-damaged vehicles, some blood-stained, can invoke scary images, fear and especially traumatic memories for survivors...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 dead, 31 injured in pile-up
THREE people died and 31 were injured when three vehicles were involved in a pile-up near Umguza River Bridge along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road just before Kensington.The fatal accident occur...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Truck causes pile-up in CBD
TWELVE people were injured in two separate road traffic accidents that occurred on Tuesday in Bulawayo.One of the accidents involved a Nissan UD truck, Toyota Wish and two Honda Fit vehicles t...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drivers, passengers injured in traffic accident
A NUMBER of people were injured in a pile-up after a Landela Masuwe Lodge staff bus rammed into a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company (Zetdc) truck that had hit a donkey-drawn scotc...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
7 pupils injured in police, kombi chase
Seven school pupils escaped death by a whisker in Harare yesterday when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned along Kwame Nkrumah Avenue while police officers on a motorcycle were in h...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Caps United complain over fixture pile-up
SERIOUS friction is brewing between Caps United and the Premier Soccer League with the champions once again expressing outrage at the decision to complicate life for them with a congested fixture prog...Published: 12 May 2017 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 cars in pile-up leaves 10 injured
MORE than 10 people were injured in an accident near Kwekwe after 10 vehicles were involved in a pile-up triggering a three hour blockade of the Bulawayo-Harare highway on Thursday evening.Gwe...Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Homes in Matabeleland South succumb to heavy rains
FLASH floods hit some suburbs in Bulawayo while a number of homes in Matabeleland South succumbed to heavy rains that fell yesterday.Weather experts warned of more rains accompanied by strong ...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kombi crashes into house, kills boy (5)
A GRADE Zero learner was killed when a kombi crashed into a house in Bulawayo's Nkulumane high-density suburb yesterday morning.The boy had been playing outside with friends and when he decide...Published: 29 Sep 2014 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
David Beckham and son in car crash
David Beckham has crashed his car into another vehicle outside his Beverly Hills home.It's reported son Brooklyn, 14, was in the front passenger seat during the accident involving David's blac...Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
No burial for murder victims as forensic pathologist goes for a month-long leave
Murder victims in Zimbabwe cannot be buried until the country's only forensic pathologist returns from a month-long leave in Cuba.This emerged following the murder of a Harare man from Mbare...Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Twenty-four people die in SA pile-up
Durban - Twenty-four people died when a truck crashed into four minibus taxis and a car in Field's Hill, Pinetown, on Thursday night, South African paramedics said.About 80 people were though...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Massive 100-vehicle pile-up on a UK bridge
A 100-vehicle pile-up on a bridge in heavy fog today left eight people seriously injured and 200 with minor wounds in what witnesses called ‘carnage’.The inci...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
At least 640 infant corpses stashed at Zim hospital mortuary
At least 640 bodies of infants are piled up at Harare Central Hospital mortuary, as the institution battles to come up with ways to dispose of them.The news could be cause for heartbreak for m...Published: 28 Oct 2012 at 13:58hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
UK, 26-Vehicle Motorway Pile-Up
Britain - Several people are feared dead and as many as 30 injured in a collision involving 26 vehicles in England, United kingdom.According to BBC up to 40 people have been injured, seven of ...Published: 04 Nov 2011 at 21:26hrs | | by Foreign correspondent
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