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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: 5 hrs ago | 365 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
Four perish in kombi crash
At least four people died in a road traffic accident this morning near Glendale when a Bindura bound commuter ominibus they were traveling in veered off t...Published: 14 May 2025 at 06:11hrs | 1408 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Glendale
4 killed, 7 injured in Gweru-Zvishavane highway accident
Four people lost their lives while seven others sustained injuries following a tragic road traffic accident on Thursday morning along the Gweru-Zvishavane highway.The Zimbabwe Republic Police ...Published: 20 Apr 2025 at 19:17hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers arrested along Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge road
Three suspected robbers targeting motorists along the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway have been arrested. The trio - Vision Bvudzijena (27), Gladman Zhou (26), and Crispen Komboni (35) - would poun...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road a death trap
A recent near-fatal accident along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway has shed light on the growing dangers posed by abandoned burst tyres left on the road by haulage truck drivers. Mr. Thomas Chauke...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:18hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
SA authorities crack down on omalayitsha
South Africa's Department of Traffic and Community Safety has launched a major crackdown on overloaded vehicles, targeting small cross-border transporters popularly known as omalayitsha. These vehicle...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:39hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Extremely hot, dry conditions jolt farmers
Zimbabwe is experiencing an extreme heatwave that began on November 30, raising alarm among farmers and health experts. Temperatures across the country are soaring, with some areas expected to reach u...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:29hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
4 die in Roy-Chiredzi road accident
In a heartbreaking incident, four people lost their lives on September 14, 2024, when a Nissan Serena veered off the road and overturned along the Roy-Chiredzi road. The police confirmed the details o...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:14hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police name seven accident victims
Police have identified seven people who tragically lost their lives in two separate road accidents over the weekend in Masvingo and Rusape.The first accident occurred on Saturday at around 7:2...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:52hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Aircraft tyre burst disrupts flights at Zimbabwe's Mugabe Airport
Flights were temporarily disrupted yesterday afternoon at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare after a RwandAir plane with 65 passengers and eight crew en route to Cape Town experienc...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in kombi accident
THREE passengers died and seven others were injured when a Nissan Caravan burst a front tyre before overturning several times at the 42km peg along the Masvingo-Mbalabala Road on Friday.Nation...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ma Eli, Maviri stock rises after death
RESEARCH has shown that most artistes found fame after death and that during their lifetime, they would have no commercial success and very little recognition. Despite the fact that most artis...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:45hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
7 perish in CAG bus crash
SEVEN people died and 45 others were injured after a Harare-bound CAG bus veered off the road and overturned in Dotito, Mt Darwin, on Saturday morning.Police confirmed the accident saying it w...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Deadly accident kills 5 people on the spot...injures 3
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating a fatal road traffic accident which occurred at the 159 km peg along Harare-Masvingo Road on 11th February 2023 at around 1330 hours where five people die...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 22:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
5 die in road accident
FIVE people died on the spot while three others were seriously injured when a vehicle they traveling in was involved in an accident along the Harare-Masvingo road on Saturday afternoon.Police ...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plot to take out Ramaphosa's deputy David Mabuza?
A number of South Africans are wondering if there is a plot to take out ANC Deputy President David Mabuza, who is also known as the "CAT".Mabuza's convoy was involved in a freak accident in Mi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 12:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
2 killed and several injured as kombi ferrying mourners to funeral bursts tyre and overturns
Two mourners died whole 10 others were injured after a vehicle ferrying them to a funeral was involved in a road crash.Midlands Acting police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Fungai Ngawagare...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 die in Gokwe accident
THREE people died on the spot, while six others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in, an Isuzu truck burst a front tyre and overturned along the Gokwe-Kwekwe Road on Sunday morning....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP blitz claims four lives as Kombi overturns after cop throws spike
THE ongoing police blitz against commuter omnibuses and pirate taxis has claimed its first victims after a police officer threw a spike at a moving minibus, resulting in it overturning and killing fou...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Police release names of people who died in Masvingo - Mbalabala road accident
POLICE have released names of 15 of the 21 people who died in an accident which occurred on Monday at the 61-kilometre peg along the Masvingo- Mbalabala Road near Chitowa Business Centre.In a ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance bigwig living in fear after foiled abduction
MDC Alliance Mashonaland West provincial secretary, Tawanda Bvumo says he is now living in fear following an attempted abduction incident by three unknown men in Chegutu on Tuesday night.A per...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 die, 15 injured enroute to funeral
TWO people died on the spot and 15 others were seriously injured when a Toyota Hiace omnibus they were travelling in that was towing a body for burial, burst a rear tyre and overturned. The ac...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 people die in road accident
TWO people died on the spot and 15 others were seriously injured when a Toyota Hiace omnibus they were travelling in that was towing a body for burial, bursts a rear tyre and overturned.The ho...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Zanu-PF/ MDC GNU is 'ordained by God' - brainwashing Magaba theology at its worst
"I know some of you have been saying 'why are you praying'. There is no dialogue between man and man which is not ordained by God. Now that we have dialogued with God, we have to dialogue man and man;...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
3 court witnesses die in car crash
THREE witnesses in a case involving a police officer, Constable Peter Muzulu, who allegedly molested 21 pupils at Bulu Primary School in Mpoengs, died on Monday after a truck that was ferrying them fr...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crash survivor sues for $30 000
A MAN from Gweru who survived when a commuter omnibus he was travelling in was involved in a fatal accident that claimed 10 lives, is suing the driver and the owner of the vehicle for more than US$30 ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police, robbers in high speed chase
THERE was drama in Bulawayo central business district last week when police engaged in a high speed chase with robbers, who had broken into a car and stolen a purse.Several motorists joined in...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | | 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
Driver dies as vehicle overturns
A ZIMBABWE Super Seeds Company employee died while a female passenger he was travelling with sustained serious injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned after a tyre burst. M...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
2 dead, 7 injured in road accident
Two people including a toddler aged 15 months were killed while seven others were seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned at the 70km peg along the Beitbridge Bulawayo road...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi crash kills 4
Four people died on the spot while several others were injured on Tuesday evening 32 km after Masvingo along the Beitbridge road when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in was involved in an acci...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 15:38hrs | | 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
6 die in kombi crash
Six people were killed, while three others were seriously injured near Juru Growth Point when the driver of the commuter omnibus lost control of the vehicle following a tyre burst, resulting in it vee...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 23:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two people die in road accident
TWO people were killed while two others were seriously injured when the right rear tyre of a Honda Fit they were travelling in burst, resulting in it veering off the road and hitting a tree in Athlone...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holiday accidents death toll stands at 13
THIRTEEN people died on the country's roads during the just ended Heroes' and Defence Forces' Day holidays, police said yesterday.National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Cha...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1 family, 5 dead in an accident
FIVE members of the same family died while two others were seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in burst a front tyre, overturned and rolled several times before landing on its roof i...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 students die in Maphisa road accident
THREE students from Gohole Secondary School died on the spot, while 12 others were injured in a road traffic accident that happened in Maphisa on Friday.Matabeleland South police spokesperson ...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Overloaded kombi kills 4 on the spot
An overloaded Chiweshe bound Toyota Hiace killed four people on the spot, injuring 16 when the driver George Marisa (27) lost control of the vehicle after a rear tyre burst at the 52 km peg along Hara...Published: 17 May 2018 at 19:17hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Batswana Zion members cheat death
EIGHT Botswana-bound members of the Holy Church of Christ Zion members cheated death on Saturday night after their hired commuter omnibus burst a rear tyre and overturned a few kilometres from Kazungu...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe vows 'fight to the end'
WOMEN across the political divide have vowed to stand by former MDC-T deputy president, Thokozani Khupe who has been under siege from the party amid allegations she was a victim of violence at the lat...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family members enroute to wedding die in car crash
Two people from the same family died on the spot while four others were seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned after a tyre burst.The fam...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Karoi bound bus overturns
Several people were injured when a Karoi bound Makuku bus they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned after a tyre burst yesterday.Sources familiar with the incident told Bulawa...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 11:56hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
9 local govt officials cheat death
NINE Beitbridge local government officials, including district administrator Kilibone Ndou, cheated death yesterday when their car overturned 65km from Beitbridge.The accident occurred as they...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two Zimbabweans die in head-on collision in SA
Five people - three Botswana nationals and two Zimbabweans - were killed in a collision between two vehicles in Lephalale on Sunday afternoon, Limpopo police said."It is alleged that a Toyota ...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bus tyre kills mechanic
A-43-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo businessman died after a bus tyre he was fixing burst and sent him crashing onto a metal bar.Mr Khulumani Sibanda of Old Lobengula suburb sustained serious injuries to h...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
13 killed in holiday accidents
A TOTAL of 13 people - the same number as last year - died on the country's roads during the Heroes' and Defence Forces' Day holidays this year.National police spokesperson, Senior Assistant C...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 burn to death in kombi crash - full report
ELEVEN people were burnt beyond recognition while 14 others were seriously injured when a Honda CRV vehicle collided with a Nissan Caravan at the 60km peg along the Centenary-Mvurwi Road yesterday aft...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lion King bus crash blamed on speeding
Preliminary investigations into the King Lion bus accident, which killed 43 passengers and injured 33 others along the Harare-Chirundu Highway recently, was caused by a tyre burst and speeding, Transp...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crash victims' relatives still to account for cash, belongings
Relatives of some of the victims of the Nyamakate bus disaster have said they are yet to account for cash and personal belongings of their deceased relatives, four days after the accident.Most...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man collapses, dies addressing mourners
A Bulawayo man whose cousin was killed in a road traffic accident, collapsed and died while making an announcement at the funeral.Stanley Dube collapsed and died on Monday at around 7PM in Mpo...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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