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Three killed, five injured in Centenary-Mazowe highway crash
MASHONALAND CENTRAL - Three people died and five others were seriously injured when a public Nissan Caravan they were travelling in veered off the road after the rear left tyre burst at the 39-kilomet...Published: 18 hrs ago | 516 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
Pedestrian killed, 2 injured in dislodged trailer incident
A pedestrian was killed while two others were seriously injured after being struck by a trailer that had detached from a commuter omnibus along Plumtree Road in Belmont, Bulawayo.Zimbabwe Repu...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 08:43hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
CEO seriously injured in fatal road accident
Makoni Rural District Council (RDC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Edmore Chidembo was seriously injured in a fatal road accident along the Chivhu–Nyazura Road last Thursday night. The accident claim...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:12hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
Senior Police Officer Hit by Speeding Vehicle at Roadblock
GURUVE - A senior police officer stationed at Guruve Police Station, Assistant Inspector Pwanyire, was seriously injured on Sunday morning after being str...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 19:43hrs | 1800 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Backyard breeding sparks vicious dog attacks
The alarming increase in dog attacks across Harare has been directly linked to the growing trend of illegal backyard dog breeding, according to the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Crue...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:28hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe highway robbers jailed 144 years
Two violent highway robbers who terrorised travellers along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road have been handed a combined 144-year prison sentence following their conviction on three counts of armed robber...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:57hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
4 family members die In horror crash
Four members of the Matonde family, including a three-year-old girl, died instantly in a tragic road accident along the Karoi-Binga Road on Sunday evening.The crash occurred around 6:30pm near...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:33hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in horrific accident
Business activities along Cripps Road in Graniteside came to a halt recently after abnormal load trucks passed through the area, causing widespread disruption.Tragedy struck in Hurungwe on Fri...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:55hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Sobukhazi student dies in commuter omnibus crash
A pall of grief hangs over Sobukhazi High School after a tragic road accident claimed the life of a 16-year-old student and left her schoolmate seriously injured.The two girls were struck by a...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang suspected in violent attacks on Emakhandeni residents
Three residents of Emakhandeni suburb were left seriously injured after being attacked by suspected machete-wielding gangs in separate incidents on Wednesday night, sparking fear and outrage in the co...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:26hrs | 679 | 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
Kombi driver on police wanted list
Police in Harare are appealing to the public for information leading to the arrest of a Chitungwiza-based kombi driver wanted in connection with a serious road traffic accident that occurred in August...Published: 02 May 2025 at 08:02hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
National hero status for ex-CIO
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred national hero status on Retired Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director Walter Basopo, a decorated liberation war veteran and career in...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 09:35hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo Mirror journalists injured in horrific road accident
A serious road accident involving 16 journalists and support staff from The Masvingo Mirror has left several injured, including three senior bureau chiefs, following a devastating crash near Mutimuref...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:23hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Zebra Kiss bus crashes near Chirundu
A Zebra Kiss bus traveling from Harare to Lusaka was involved in a serious accident late Wednesday night, just a few kilometers before reaching Marongora near Chirundu. The bus reportedly veered off t...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:23hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe evacuates 200 wounded soldiers from M23-controlled Goma
About 200 wounded and sick South African soldiers, along with their Tanzanian and Malawian allies, were evacuated from the M23 rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 12:04hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Shop owner robbed two loaves
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Figtree was left counting losses after two suspected robbers allegedly robbed him of his two loaves, cell phone and a speaker.Gift Ndlovu was also attacked with a knobke...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 23:40hrs | 802 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kombi crushes into haulage truck
At least three people were seriously injured at Southley Park turn-off along Masvingo road when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in failed to give way and crushed into an oncoming haulage truck...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:22hrs | 524 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Chinese miner pulls gun on worker demanding overdue wages
A violent altercation at a Chinese-owned mining company in Gweru on January 21 has sparked outrage on social media, with renewed calls for action against Chinese investors accused of exploiting local ...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 07:26hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Freak accident kills 2
A tragic accident involving three buses on the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway near Bubi claimed two lives and left two others seriously injured early Sunday morning.The incident, which occurred a...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:40hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
3 Chinese nationals shot in copper plant robbery
Three Chinese nationals were seriously injured in a dramatic movie-style robbery that took place early Sunday morning at the Lanyun Mining Zimbabwe copper processing plant on the outskirts of Chinhoyi...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 11:05hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Guard shoots at marauding illegal gold panners, 1 dead
Tragedy struck at a gold mine in Guruve on Thursday when 33-year-old Titus Masango was shot dead amid a violent confrontation involving a gang of illegal gold panners. The incident, confirmed by the Z...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:31hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold miner shot dead at Eureka mine
Hundreds of illegal gold miners stormed Eureka gold mine offices in Guruve yesterday in protest of a fatal shooting at the mine on Thursday....Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 20:24hrs | 1445 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
3 men fatally assaults rival suitor over woman
Police have apprehended three members of a gang and initiated a manhunt for three other suspects after a deadly confrontation over a woman resulted in the fatal assault of a rival suitor.The d...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 09:58hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
2 killed, 1 injured in Harare - Bulawayo Highway bus accident
Two people were killed on the spot, and another seriously injured, after a bus belonging to Blue Circle Bus Company collided with a stationary truck and veered off the road, hitting a tree on Monday. ...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 13:32hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier arrested for 'killing' father-in-law
A former soldier, Stanley Nkomo (42), has been arrested in North End suburb, Bulawayo, after allegedly killing his father-in-law and subsequently engaging in a series of robberies. Nkomo, originally f...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:07hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Man cuts off manhood, eats it
THIS would read like a script from Hollywood, except that it happened in real life.And the incident has left the Kwekwe community puzzled.The informant in the matter is Priscah Saungwe...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:58hrs | 227 | 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
Miner sentenced to life for brutal bar attack
A High Court judge, Justice Naison Chivayo, has sentenced a Gweru artisanal miner to life imprisonment for a brutal bar attack in which he used an AK-47 Colombia knife to fatally stab one person and i...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:33hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi FC supporters perish in road accident
Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Northern region Division One side Zambezi Football Club allegedly lost its two supporters in a road traffic accident yesterday.Kenneth Amos (12) and Edith ...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 19:54hrs | 1139 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Vendors sjambok municipal police officers
Last week, two Harare municipal police officers were hospitalized at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after being assaulted with wooden sticks and sjamboks by vendors in the central business district....Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean trucker detained in DRC
A Zimbabwean truck driver employed by SMI Bulk Transport of South Africa is reportedly detained by authorities following a tragic accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while en route to M...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 09:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Shona youth that attack Matabele possessed by the demon of gukurahundi
Shona youth that drive all the way from Mashonaland to Matabeleland armed with machetes and fire arms to invade Matabeleland and violently attack and kill...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 23:53hrs | 69 | by Israel Dube
13 Zimbabweans die in Cape Town crash
THIRTEEN Zimbabweans were killed and 26 others injured when their coach belonging to Simplex Bus Company collided with a haulage truck on the N1 Highway near Hex River Pass in Western Cape, South Afri...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals
VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabha...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Insuza accident kills four, leaves 13 injured
FOUR people including a driver and three passengers died on the spot, while 13 other passengers were seriously injured when a Toyota Quantum they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Motorist ploughs into pedestrians, kills two
A 20-YEAR-OLD man from the Hillside suburb in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing a charge of culpable homicide after he allegedly ran over four pedestrians with his vehicle, tragically killing two....Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:35hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South declares war on rustlers
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matebeleland South, operating under the Beitbridge-Gwanda Anti- Stock Theft Association (BB-GASTA) are intensifying their campaign against cattle rustlers following rampant stock ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
10 free clinics for disabled, war vets
Kadoma-based businessman Mr Jimayi Muduvuri has constructed 10 clinics across the country where the disabled and war veterans will receive free treatment.The gesture is in honour of the financ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 23:36hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to engage South Africa over Beitbridge border chaos
ZIMBABWE will engage South Africa to speed up the processing of travellers between the two countries during peak periods with an estimated 25 000 people expected to arrive today, a cabinet minister ha...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
3 robbers killed in shoot-out
THREE robbery suspects, part of a gang that raided at least three schools in and around Bulawayo, have been shot dead in a shoot-out with police in Kadoma.The suspects were shot dead on Tuesda...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Security guard dies after elephant attack
A 30-year-old woman who was on guard duty succumbed to injuries sustained when she was attacked by an elephant while at work in Hwange on Friday.The woman, Lydia Dube (30) was pronounced dead ...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Motorist ploughs into vendors, kills 2
TWO people died on the spot while eight others were seriously injured after a car veered off the road before ploughing into a group of vendors selling their wares by the roadside in Shurugwi on Wednes...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Car-smuggling syndicate arrested
A syndicate of suspected fraudsters who allegedly smuggled high end vehicles into the country and evade paying toll gates has been nabbed, with five of the suspects appearing in court this Tuesday....Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 09:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi's assault case takes new twist
Lawyers representing Citizens Coalition for Change (Chirumanzu South losing candidate, Patrick Chez and four others, who are accused of assaulting Tourism deputy minister Barbara Rwodzi have que...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Army boss kills maize thief
Zimbabwe National Army Brigadier General Hebert Chingono has been implicated in the murder of a maize thief.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts yesterday where Chingono t...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 23:51hrs | 166 | by Simbarashe Sithole
4 armed robbers arrested after high-speed chase
FOUR suspected armed robbers were early yesterday morning apprehended by members of the public a few minutes after they had robbed and dumped a woman in the Mbare area. The robbers, travelling in a Ho...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber uses girlfriend as shield as cops injured in shoot-out
FOLLOWING a bloody shootout in which two police officers were seriously injured in Bulawayo, three suspected armed robbers have been arrested.In statement today, National Police spokesperson A...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner pours cyanide on colleague over $1 dispute
A Chiweshe-based artisanal miner is battling for life at a local hospital after he was poured cyanide poison by a colleague in a $1 dispute....Published: 26 May 2023 at 01:54hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
19 killed in five road accidents
At least 19 people died while 27 others were seriously injured over the weekend in five fatal road accidents countrywide.The accidents occurred along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road, along Gokwe-...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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