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Dismembered body found on railway tracks
A police investigation is underway following the discovery of a dismembered body believed to be that of a man in his early 20s on railway tracks beneath the Luveve Road flyover yesterday morning. Auth...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:30hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ministers visit Rovos-BBR train accident victims
The Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Barbara Rwodzi, and the Bulawayo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Judith Ncube, visited the victims of the Gwanda train accident at Mater Dei...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:05hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Rovos Tourist train collides with goods train in Zimbabwe, several injured
A luxury Rovos Rail train carrying 47 international tourists en route to Victoria Falls was involved in a collision with a goods train operated by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) affiliat...Published: 18 Apr 2025 at 14:27hrs | 8005 | 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
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
3 die in NRZ crash
THREE National Railways of Zimbabwe workers perished following a fatal train accident which occurred between Mutare and Machipanda at around 9 pm last night.In a statement, the NRZ said prelim...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Love birds hit by goods train named
POLICE have named victims of Beitbridge goods train accident who may have died in their sleep at a makeshift love nest between the railway lines.The officer commanding Beitbridge Police Distri...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 20:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NRZ dismisses railway line theft reports
The National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has dismissed social media reports purporting that a railway line has been stolen from Zimbabwe.This week social media was awash with messages alleging t...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omakorokoza derail NRZ
GOLD panners are costing the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) millions of dollars annually through vandalism of railway infrastructure by mining along railway lines across the country.Illeg...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:10hrs | | 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
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
NRZ re-introduce deadly working regime for enginemen
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) management has been accused of re-introducing outlawed dangerous working conditions for train drivers.The drivers known as enginemen are now said to...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 12:52hrs | 4 | by Thobekile Zhou
3 boys survive train accident
THREE boys cheated death after they were hit by a train while they took a nap on a railway line in Insuza on Sunday night.Carlen Moyo, 13, sustained severe head injuries and got his left leg c...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 05:22hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Gold panner beheaded, family cries foul
The family of a gold panner who was recently found with his head decapitated on a railway line in Mbalabala, Umzingwane District, has said they suspect foul play. Christopher Mudzingwa became the sixt...Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 06:25hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
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
Zimbabwe rail network 'a death trap'
THE Railway Association of Enginemen (RAE), a union that represents National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) train drivers, has warned that the country's 3 000km rail network is now a death trap.R...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tram hit by train in Victoria Falls, tourists injured
SEVERAL tourists were reportedly injured after a tram carrying 30 tourists was hit by a goods train near the Victoria Falls Hotel yesterday.NRZ Public Relations M...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 06:05hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Train derails - WhatsApp update
7:34am, 28 Apr - +263 7* *** ****: I don't know what you call a train accident but this train is off the rails some distance near Dabuka. Gweru...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Concerned Citizen
Two teens run over by train
TWO Victoria Falls teenage boys were run over by a goods train on the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo railway line yesterday morning.The tragic accident occurred near Skabela village close to the res...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 03:41hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Help me find my father, Dennis Mlalazi from Jambesi: - Khumbul'khaya
Kini lonke Mahlabezulu!Akelingincedeni bo! ngidinga ubaba uDennis Mlalazi osuka eHwange eJambesi.Umama wami nguAntoneter Ncube yena usuka eKezi, mina ngazalwa ngo1980. Ubaba k...Published: 28 Jan 2012 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Mlalazi
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