POLITICS

Another road crash claims 12

TWELVE people died on the spot yesterday near Checheche Growth Point in Chipinge when a Green Fuel sugarcane haulage truck collided with a commuter omnibus. Chairman of the Chipinge District Civil Pro...

By The Herald | Published: 03 December 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zesa employees injured in freak accident

FOUR Zesa employees in Bulawayo escaped death by a whisker yesterday when a circuit breaker they were working on caught fire and severely burnt them.The accident happened along a sanitary lane between...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa in freak accident

MDC Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday escaped unhurt after a poorly constructed stage collapsed while he was introducing his party's candidates at a rally in Hwange. The inci...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

1 838 killed in 2017 road accidents

At least five people died daily in road accidents in 2017, as the number of fatalities in traffic crashes rose by 10%, statistics from the Traffic Safety Council in Zimbabwe (TSCZ) reveal.A total of 1...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 May 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe opposition leader dies in car crash

AN aspiring Presidential candidate in the forthcoming general election has reportedly died in a car crash on his way from South Africa to Zimbabwe on the eve of the launch of his political party.Josph...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'65 die in work-related accidents in 2017'

About 65 workers died in work-related accidents last year, while 5 007 were injured as the country continues to experience "unacceptably high" work-related accidents, Labour and Social Welfare ministe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 April 2018

OPINION

Holiday death toll not linked to roadblocks

SOMEWHERE in this edition, we carry a story giving chilling statistics on the sharp increase in road accidents, mostly fatal ones, during this Easter holiday when compared to the same period last year...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

32 killed in Easter holiday accidents so far

A TOTAL OF 32 people have died while 163 have been injured on the country's roads since the beginning of the Easter holidays, police have said.National Traffic spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul N...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Regulator rejects road accident fund

THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) has rejected calls for a fund to cater for accident victims.Mooted by government in 2016 after it emerged that an accident occurs every 15 minutes and five...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Vehicle road accidents fund on the cards

PRESIDENT Mugabe has bemoaned the continued loss of lives in road traffic accidents and said a Motor Vehicle Accident Fund is on the cards as a measure of relief to survivors and families of victims.S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2017

POLITICS

Mystery shrouds Mugabe accident

Mystery surrounds the car which was involved in a horrific accident with a biker who was leading President Robert Mugabe's motorcade last Saturday.On Saturday, one of the bikers leading the motorcade ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 July 2017

POLITICS

Mugabe's biker in horrific accident

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's return home from a week-long trip abroad took a bizarre turn yesterday morning when one of the bikers in his motorcade was involved in a horrific accident, a few minutes afte...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2017

POLITICS

Grace Mugabe in freak accident

In a statement, Charamba confirmed that the First Lady, Dr Mugabe suffered some soft tissue bruising on the right ankle as a result of a freak car incident at the Harare International Airport soon aft...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2017

POLITICS

Chinamasa against Road Accident Fund

Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said he is against the establishment of a Road Accident Fund (RAF), aimed at assisting road accident victims, as it will negatively affect insurance firms' revenues ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

'Number of work accidents must be reduced,' says Goche

The number of deaths and serious accidents at work are a cause for concern and must be significantly reduced, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Nicholas Goche said on Wednesday.Openin...

By Chengetai Chinembiri | Published: 03 October 2013

MINING & RETAIL

1 killed, 2 injured in mine accident

ONE miner was killed on Wednesday at Blanket Mine after he was trapped by his shifting chain, while two others were injured and rushed to Mater Dei Hospital with serious injuries, when the ground they...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2013

COMPANIES

Masvingo-Beitbridge highway accident - four people die

Four people died, three of them on the spot, when a minibus they were travelling in burst a rear tyre and veered off the road before landing on its roof in Mwenezi along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highwa...

By Staff Reporter | Published: 27 April 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Work related deaths continue to rise

The National Social Security Authority ( NSSA) says accidents at the workplace continue to rise, with the year 2012 recording 103 deaths in a period which also saw 5000 cases of serious injuries. Ac...

By Staff Reporter | Published: 10 June 2013
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