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Independence tragedy, Dairiboard trucker plunges into Mupfure River
A visibly unretrieved floating lifeless body belonging to a Dairiboard milk tanker truck driver has been idle since independence when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned at the bridge and plung...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 16:39hrs | 1870 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Beatrice
HAYTA offers free Independent Day fleet, cautions transporters
The Harare Youths Transporters Association (HAYTA) chairman, Mr Edmore Gwengwe has offered a sizeable fleet (buses) to ferry prospective attendees (free of charge) to and from Nembudziya, Gokwe for th...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:03hrs | 46 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Apostolic church holds highways anti-accident intercessory prayer crusades
The Kuera Apostolic Church under Arch-Bishop Honest Mupepe has this Wednesday embarked on an anti-accidents intercessory spiritual prayer crusade against road carnage along major roads, with the inaug...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 18:17hrs | 71 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Rutenga
CAG accidents draining govt coffers
GOVERNMENT has committed to assist families of five people who died after a CAG bus was involved in a head-on collision with a truck along the Karoi-Magunje Road last week.Speaking during the ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Factors contributing to road carnages
One factor is the deplorable state of most of the road infrastructure. The government is urged to seriously invest in road rehabilitation projects. An example in case is Sanyati Road, Bulawayo to Vict...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:03hrs | 14 | by Tafadzwa Goliati
Zimbabwe's class 2 driving licence holders to undergo further testing to drive haulage trucks
IN a bid to tame Zimbabwe's traffic jungle that has witnessed massive road carnages in recent years, government has moved to stop holders of newly-acquired Class Two (2) driver's licences from steerin...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:44hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
'Road carnages now a pandemic'
THE Road Safety Council of Zimbabwe (RSCZ) has raised concern over the country's road carnage, saying it is a silent pandemic.RSCZ president Sam Nyaude appealed to authorities to make road saf...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Chirundu Highway upgrade begins
UPGRADE of the Harare-Chirundu Highway, the northern leg of the main north-south corridor, has begun with five of the contractors now on site doing preparatory works as the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge ...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police to crackdown on crime during holidays
POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has said the ZRP has deployed enough officers to ensure crime free Easter and Independence holidays.In a statement on the 2022 Easter and Independenc...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 dead, 14 injured in SA crash
Six people, some of them believed to be Zimbabweans were killed in a road accident early this morning near the South African border when an overloaded Nissan Navara they were travelling in overturned ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash, swipe for spot fines at roadblocks
POLICE are rolling out a multi payment system at roadblocks across the country which will see motorists using all modes of payment and settling some of their fines on the spot.The system will ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
VID introduces electronic learners' licence testing
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday launched the electronic learner's licence testing system (ELLT), which is aimed at reducing corruption in awarding of licences by the Vehicle Inspection...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government gets serious on road system upgrade
The new dispensation has recorded a success story in the dualisation of the Bulawayo-Mutare highway as well as the rehabilitation of many other roads which were littered with potholes at national leve...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZRP on drive to avoid traffic accidents
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has put in place effective measures to avoid road traffic accidents during this year's festive season.The ZRP has escalated efforts to reduce road carnages t...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 18:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Masvingo highway project begins
Work to widen and upgrade the Beitbridge-Masvingo highway has finally begun in Chivhu with graders and earthmoving equipment now busy carrying out detour works on the first 10 kilometer stretch....Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's Post Cabinet media briefing - Full statement
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa addressed a Post Cabinet media briefing in the Cabinet room at Munhumutapa Building today.Mutsvangwa highligh...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi accident death toll rises to 6
One person died at Parirenyatwa Hospital this morning raising the death toll of the Tsatsi commuter omnibus accident to 6.The woman who was transferred from Mvurwi Hospital to Parirenyatwa Hos...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
North Park Traffic Centre commissioned
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo on Friday commissioned the North Park Traffic Centre in Bulawayo to provide bicycle and scooter operation training for children and also ...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Roads are in a deplorable and dilapidatory states
The road from Banket to Guruve via Raffingora and also the road from Mvurwi to Mapinga via Mtorashanga are in a deplorable and dilapidatory state.Something must be done as a matter of urgency ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 16:50hrs | | by Givestar Kamuzonde
$206m highway crumbles before commissioning
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has instituted an inquiry to ascertain the state and standard of the 800-kilometre Plumtree-Mutare Highway after comp...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 dead in 146 accidents
The Zimbabwe Republic Police say a total of 146 accidents which claimed 13 lives have been recorded between 12 and 14 August, amid calls for motorists to be cautious on the roads.The motoring ...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government secures $1 billion for dualisation of Beitbridge-Harare Highway
THE Government has secured a $1 billion credit line to kick-start dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare Highway and is now looking for an additional $900 million for work on the Harare-Chirundu Highway...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Negligence and greed are the source of road carnage
It is with great shock, dismay and anger that The Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe has received the news of the passing away of 14 family members in a road accident involving a truck and Kombi. W...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Mfazo Mpunzi
Mugabe's birthday bash a deplorable event
The month of February is that time of the year were we as Zimbabweans are subjected to the endless praising and worshiping of Mr. Robert Mugabe ahead, on and after his birthday. Likewise, members of h...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Tererai Obey Sithole
Police warn unlicenced drivers
Police have attributed the rising number of road carnage to lack of comprehensive training of drivers by driving schools and negligence by public transport owners who employ untrained and inexperi...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 SA crash victims repatriated
Three Zimbabweans, including an eight-month-old baby who were killed in a road accident along the R101 Highway near Mokopane town in South Africa's Limpopo Province, have been repatriated for burial a...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:09hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
No one in Zimbabwe will starve, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will stop importing grain in the next two years if communities fully utilise water bodies surrounding them and maximise use of agricultural equipment being sourced by Government. Acting Presi...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:15hrs | | by Felex Share
Roads accidents: Stakeholders unite
With the festive season having started with the Unity Day celebrations yesterday, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) road awareness programmes are riding on a multi-stakeholders approach an...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tombs bus accident kills 1 in SA
A Zimbabwean woman was killed while eight other people were seriously injured when a Tombs Motorways bus overturned between Makhado and Musina towns on Monday morning. The bus was travelling f...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara miss projected collection target
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) says it has collected $32 million this year against a projected target of $55 million.Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee...Published: 15 Jun 2015 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's son fined $800 for manslaughter
A Harare magistrate has fined Russsel Goreraza $800 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable homicide which occurred in February this year in the capital.Goreraza, 31, was charged ...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public members warned not to board over loaded kombis during holiday
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe has started circulating messages through the mobile communication numbers to members of the public warning them never to board on overloaded kombis during th...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 07:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Well-done President Mugabe on Harare-Masvingo Road
The executive order by President Robert Mugabe, to kick-start refurbishment of Harare-Masvingo-Beit-bridge Highway, in spite the pending court case challenging commencement of its construction, is a w...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 09:29hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Blood bank able to meet festive season demand
There is enough blood to cater for all emergencies during the festive season, the National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) said yesterday. NBSZ urged people not to panic since it managed to...Published: 25 Dec 2014 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Urgent attention to Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway please
It is indeed worrisome and disheartening that the upgrading of Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway is still stalled by just a mere court case that is taking ages to be resolved. For sure, t...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 09:15hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Animal-related road accidents on rise
THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of fatal road accidents involving animals countrywide although some still go widely unreported especially when there are no fatalities.In the past, ba...Published: 10 Dec 2013 at 00:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'More than 500 000 Zim vehicles unroadworthy,' says Dr Mpofu
MORE than 500 000 vehicles countrywide are unroadworthy, while the same number of drivers are not licenced, a situation that has resulted in fatal road carnages, a Cabinet minister has said. T...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 02:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC countries urged to use SADC-approved roads signs
The Association of Southern African National Roads Authorities (ASANRA) has called on countries in the region to use road signs that are approved by the SADC to reduce road carnages that have caused d...Published: 11 May 2013 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bus drivers to be blacklisted for accidents
BUS drivers who cause accidents will fail to get employment elsewhere after operators resolved to create a database blacklisting them. The resolution came out of a Cross Border Bus Operators Associat...Published: 12 Jun 2012 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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