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Pirate taxis continue to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe's roads
Zimbabwe's roads remain a death trap as pirate taxis, commonly known as Mushikashika, continue to wreak havoc through reckless driving, causing chaos, traffic congestion, and endangering the lives of ...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:34hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
284 Bulawayo motorists wanted for crossing red robots
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released a list of 284 Bulawayo motorists caught on camera violating traffic regulations by driving through red traffic lights, as the Electronic Traffic Managem...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:09hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to maintain police roadblocks
The Zimbabwean government has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining police roadblocks across the country as part of efforts to preserve peace, promote road safety, and curb lawlessness.Home...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:30hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
CG please bring sanity on our roads
Commissioner General Mutamba Zimbabwe Republic Police Police General Headquarters Harare Zimbabwe Dear Commissioner General Steven Mutamba, I would like ...Published: 06 Jan 2025 at 12:12hrs | 6747 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe police warn against drunk driving
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to drivers to refrain from drinking and driving during the festive season, a period typically associated with a spike in road traffic acci...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:55hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
77 die, 401 injured in Zimbabwe road accidents
The festive season has turned tragic for many families as 77 lives have been lost and 401 people injured in 1,211 road traffic accidents recorded across the country between December 15 and December 28...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:42hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Minister Machakaire captures reckless driving, leading to arrest and bus impoundment
Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Tino Machakaire, took swift action after witnessing a reckless bus driver endangering the lives of passengers. The incident, which occurred on a busy road, prompted Macha...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 13:45hrs | 4168 | by Staff reporter
Reckless driver denied bail
Mbare magistrate Ms. Rufaro Panavanhu denied bail to Tinashe Regice Ngandu, who faces charges of reckless driving, failure to stop after a serious accident, and failure to report an accident within 24...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:47hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Accident victims named
Police have identified the five victims of a fatal road accident that occurred last Thursday night at the 106 km peg along the Karoi-Binga Road. The accident involved a Nissan UD truck carrying 38 pas...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 03:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe adjusts age limit for kombi, bus drivers
Under new plans aimed at curbing the surge in traffic accidents and fatalities, bus and kombi drivers will now need to be aged 30 and above. The Government hopes that by raising the minimum age requir...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:29hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Pedestrian demands US$74K after accident
A PEDESTRIAN, who was hit by a security company's vehicle sustained serious injuries while walking on the edge of the road has approached the court seeking US$74 000 from the reckless driver, his empl...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mzansi Express fails to apologise, only suspends reckless driver after viral video
THE driver of the Mzansi Express bus, which was captured on the widely circulated video while dangerously overtaking a haulage truck carrying highly flammable gas and other motorists, has been suspend...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Reckless Mzansi Express bus driver to be prosecuted
TRAFFIC police are on alert and will ensure reckless drivers that flout traffic rules and regulations are not only prosecuted but are removed from the country's roads, a Cabinet Minister has said....Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police extend traffic operation
The police have announced an indefinite extension of the ongoing operation known as "Tame the Traffic Jungle," which aims to restore order and safety on the nation's roads.So far, a total of 4...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff eporter
Suspended bus operators fire reckless drivers
Suspended bus companies Zebra Kiss and Rimbi Tours have apologised and further revealed they were firing drivers who got involved in a fierce road race along the Harare-Nyamapanda road earlier in the ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police wish it had speed trap machines and breathalyzers
Zimbabwe Police have expressed concern over an increase in road accidents countrywide caused by speeding and unlicensed drivers.Traffic police in the country is facing various challenges to mo...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 12:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's bribe-taking cops warned
Police have warned officers against dabbling in corrupt activities including taking bribes from motorists saying the move was the key driver of road traffic accidents as unroadworthy vehicles were all...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police impound 1 600 pirate taxis
Over 1 600 illegal pirate taxis (popularly known as mushikashika) and unregistered vehicles have been impounded in an operation launched by police on Thursday to bring order to towns and cities....Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 killed as Zimbabwe returnees' bus collides with kombi in SA
Four people were killed while 10 others were injured when a bus transporting Zimbabwean returnees collided head-on with a minibus early this morning between Musina and Makhado (Louis Trichardt) towns ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Displaced Chipinge families flee to Mozambique
SCORES of displaced Chisumbanje and Chinyamukwakwa villagers in Chipinge, are reported to have resettled in neighbouring Mozambique, after losing their ancestral land to Green Fuel Pvt Ltd.Bus...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa, Tongogara, Nkomo, Chitepo why did you leave us - as Zimbabwe's hijackers even more determined to crush our country?
In life we always have individuals whom we wished could have had the marvellous opportunity to have met, and even got to know on a personal level - and, certainly I am not to be left out, since I am a...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Reckless drivers to lose licences
RECKLESS drivers who routinely violate road regulations will have their driver's licences revoked under a new system set to be introduced by the Government soon.Authorities are preparing to ro...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Road CCTVs for reckless drivers
GOVERNMENT is in the process of implementing a policy that will see closed circuit television (CCTV) systems being installed on the streets to help fight reckless driving. Home Affairs and Cul...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Compulsory DDCs could tame Zimbabwe traffic jungle
ROAD accidents continue to kill people on Zimbabwe's highways despite heavy traffic police presence, with the majority of the accidents attributed to human error.In a bid to avoid loss of life...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Availing of buses a good move
As stated by Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube soon the austerity for prosperity mantra is going to bear fruit and every Zimbabwean will see where the economy is head...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Rudo Saungweme
Smart Express owner speaks on juju use
STRONG talk doing rounds in the public sphere via social media claim that the recent spate of accidents involving Smart Express buses was a result of black magic or juju, which has now turned sour....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Can a driver lose a driving license in Zimbabwe
While I applaud the Zimbabwe authorities for trying to bring sanity on the country's roads, I feel more could be done to deter rogue drivers and even take them off the streets. I took a f...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Wezhira Sam
Punish reckless drivers, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday directed the police to descend heavily on reckless drivers as he consoled families that lost relatives when a Chawasarira bus collided head-on with a commuter omnibus at ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo slaps reckless driver with $35k lawsuit
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Simon Khaya Moyo is suing a Bulawayo motorist for more than $35 000 for causing a road traffic accident which resulted in extensive damages to a car belonging to ...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bosso vice chairman cheats death
HIGHLANDERS vice chairman Modern Ngwenya cheated death on Monday evening when he was involved in a road traffic accident just after Chegutu on his way to Harare for a meeting.The car Ngwenya w...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops told to enforce speed limits
Government has challenged traffic police officers to enforce speed limits to bring to book reckless drivers to contain road carnage. Speaking at the launch of the fourth Global Road Safety Week 2017 i...Published: 12 May 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coltart almost run over by a reckless driver
FORMER Education Minister David Coltart was almost run over by a reckless driver who was driving on the wrong side of the road in Bulawayo yesterday.Mr Coltart posted the road rage video o...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indiscipline blamed for road accidents
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has blamed indiscipline on the part of motorists for the majority of road accidents and called for a culture of self policing on the road.TSCZ Man...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police launch probe into tyre bursts
The Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe have started carrying out research into accidents involving tyre bursts, following a series of fatal road accidents that occurre...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 07:44hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Only 87 drunken driving cases reported in 2015 - ZIMSTAT
Zimbabwe only had 87 drunken driving cases recorded last year a situation attributed to police not having breathalysers, Zimstat has said.Zimstat said an influx of cheap Japanese second hand v...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Parly approves US$100 traffic fines
Parliament has approved an increase in fines for various traffic offences from between US$5 and US$20 to a maximum US$100.The new fines become effective this Friday on New Year's day.Motor...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 09:59hrs | 3 | by Levi Mukarati
Police maintain presence in roads
Efforts to ensure an accident free festive season have intensified with the police saying adequate measures are in place to prevent carnage.The new punitive measures recently announced are now...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Commuters bear brunt of cops-kombis' standoff
Bulawayo traffic police yesterday launched a blitz on commuter ominibuses which saw a number of kombis being impounded thereby leaving commuters stranded.Some of the kombis were dropping commu...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 05:37hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Reckless driver ordered to pay $24,000
A RECKLESS Bulawayo motorist has been ordered to pay a family more than $24,000 in compensation for causing injuries and damaging their vehicle.Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Kamocha ordere...Published: 05 Nov 2015 at 23:18hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyclist knocked down along Luveve Road - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 18:13hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Public expresses dismay over negligent drivers
The public has called on authorities to take stern action against commuter omnibus drivers who operate without requisite qualifications following the Seke road accident which claimed 10 lives....Published: 21 May 2014 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police warn of Easter road blitz
Senior police officers yesterday embarked on an operation to weed out corrupt activities on the roads, warning drivers to stay focused and not be distracted while travelling this Easter period....Published: 17 Apr 2014 at 12:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Head-on collision, 4 dead
FOUR people died on the spot while one was injured when a Toyota Corolla they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle along Harare-Bindura Road on Tuesday night....Published: 16 Apr 2014 at 15:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Commuters must help police tame rogue kombi drivers
Editor It boggles the mind to notice that sane citizens blame the police for chasing up kombis that run away from them for various reasons. A lot of lives are lost and a number of passeng...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 13:53hrs | | by Ruth Bridget Mapfumo
Man uses chief's tag as driver's licence
A COUSIN to Chief Nhema of Shurugwi has been driving cars for more than 10 years without a valid driver's licence. He allegedly flashes the chief's badge whenever he comes across a police roadblock....Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 dead police officers named
Five police officers died on the spot, while 11 other people were injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned near Vungu River along the Gweru-Bulawayo highway on Wednesday....Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vehicle veers off the road, rams into house, kills three
THREE people died on the spot when an Isuzu KB they were travelling in veered off the road and rammed into a house in Nketa 7 suburb in Bulawayo yesterday morning.The three men were reportedly...Published: 26 Apr 2013 at 03:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele urges govt to ban reckless drivers
TRAFFIC Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) ambassador, singer Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi, has called on the Government to enforce a life ban on reckless drivers.Ndebele-Sibindi's sentiments come a...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
7 000 border jumpers nabbed
POLICE in Beitbridge have between 15 December and Monday arrested more than 7 000 suspected border jumpers and scores of others linked to other crimes, raking in more than US$80 000 in fines....Published: 30 Dec 2010 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Byo24
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