BUSINESS NEWS

Banker, wife dies in road accident

A fatal head-on collision at the notorious Susunje River blackspot along the Harare-Chirundu highway has claimed the lives of Patrick Samboko, operations manager at FBC Chinhoyi branch, and his wife...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 October 2025

POLITICS

MP's death: More details emerge

There is mounting pressure for an independent investigation into the death of Nkulumane legislator and political poet Desire Moyo, amid growing public doubts about the official explanation of the tra...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe road accidents up 20%

Zimbabwe has witnessed a 20% rise in road traffic accidents during the second quarter of 2025, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), prompting renewed calls for motorists to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 October 2025

POLITICS

Nkulumane MP dies in elephant accident

Nkulumane Member of Parliament, Honourable Desire Moyo, has died following a tragic road accident that occurred in the early hours of Friday morning.The news was confirmed by Emakhandeni-Luveve legis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2025

SOCCER

'Coach raised his hand and accidentally made contact with me'

Ngezi Platinum Stars forward McDonald Makuwe has come to the defence of his coach, Takesure Chiragwi, following a controversial incident during Saturday's match against Dynamos, in which Chiragwi str...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 October 2025

POLITICS

Accident victim loses US$108,000 compensation claim

The High Court has dismissed with costs a US$108,766 damages claim filed by 83-year-old farmer Cleopas Matenga against motorist Amanda Zietsman, ruling that the plaintiff failed to prove negligence an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Blanket Mine employee killed in blasting accident

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc has confirmed the death of a worker at its Blanket Mine in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, following a blasting accident on Monday, September 22.The incident occurred dur...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 September 2025

POLITICS

Zanu-PF youth leader dies in car accident

Zanu-PF Midlands provincial youth league deputy secretary for information and publicity, Tinashe Panganai, has died following a tragic car accident on Sunday.Midlands provincial chairperson Ernest Dzo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 August 2025

POLITICS

Road accidents spike over Heroes & Defence Forces holidays

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reported a worrying increase in road traffic accidents during the 2025 Heroes and Defence Forces holidays, with fatalities and injuries rising sharply compared ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 August 2025

SOCCER

Liverpool's Diogo Jota dies in car crash

LIVERPOOL star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash alongside his brother just days after he got married.The 28-year-old Portuguese winger was involved in the accident in Zamora, Spain, alongside his br...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Worker dies in accident at ferochrome site in Kwekwe

A front-end loader operator employed by Tai Hao International Resources (Pvt) Ltd tragically lost his life on Friday while working at the Zimasco (Pvt) Ltd ferrochrome processing site in Kwekwe, Midla...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Zimasco worker dies in chrome ore accident

A tragic accident occurred this morning at Zimasco's Kwekwe Division, one of Zimbabwe's leading ferro-chrome mining operations, when a CAT tipper operator was buried underneath a large pile of chrome ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2025

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
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