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Newly-commissioned roads in sorry state
Council's two newly-resurfaced roads that were commissioned in May 2019 are now in a sorry state with knee-deep potholes that have made the roads impassable and hazardous to motorists.The road...Published: 15 hrs ago | 853 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diasporans launch party
A NEW political party formed by Zimbabweans in the diaspora, the Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ), has proposed a financing strategy to revive the country's deteriorating road, rail, aviation and health and...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1140 | by Staff reporter
200% hike for bus rank fees
Harare City Council has with immediate effect hiked bus ranking fees by 200 percent forcing long distance buses to shun the usually busy Mbare Musika bus terminus. Each bus is now expected to pay US$3...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 13:01hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Dates for schools re-opening
SCHOOLS will re-open for the 2021 calendar on a phased approach with examination classes commencing on March 15 while the rest of learners will resume classes on March 22. Teachers for examina...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Collapsing Zimbabwe infrastructure reflects national decay
YESTERDAY, we carried on our front page a picture of Mwaradzi Bridge in Headlands along the MayoChikore Road in Manicaland province which was swept away by rains at the weekend.The Standard, h...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
US$250m bond for Harare Beitbridge road
An infrastructure bond issue for US$250 million will be floated to finance the rehabilitation and new construction of the 584km Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway from the flyover replacing Mbudzi rou...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe construction: The Tonga joining the fray?
IT seems most local tribes could have contributed towards construction of Dzimbahwe Ruins with the Tonga being the latest clan laying the claim that they also played a leading role as far as thi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:49hrs | 440 | by Burzil Dube
Divine Lunga involved in car accident
SOUTH-Africa based Zimbabwean footballer, Divine Lunga, who plays for Lamontville Golden Arrows in the DStv Premiership was yesterday involved in an accident in which he came out unharmed.Whil...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Even Lord Malvern failed to deliver water to Bulawayo
IN the old days, there was a special group of people called the Pharisees that did not particularly impress Jesus Christ.They were known for obsessively exhorting followers to be unstinting st...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | 274 | by Bishop Lazarus
Two die, eight seriously injured in separate accidents
TWO people died and eight others are hospitalized in separate road traffic accidents on Wednesday in Mashonaland Central province....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | 1316 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo-Gwanda Road now death trap
THE Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway, which connects Zimbabwe with her neighbours, has become a death trap for motorists as it has been littered with potholes.The Transport and Infrastructure Developme...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:47hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested over 190kg dagga
A CHIREDZI-BASED police officer has been arrested after he was allegedly found in possession of 190 kilogrammes of dagga.Sergeant Luckson Munhukwaye (43) is expected to appear at the Chiredzi ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural r...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 186 | by Zifiso Masiye
More trucks using Zimbabwe as transit route
THE volume of commercial trucks using Beitbridge Border Post has started to increase, with transporters now avoiding the Botswana transit route due to very strict Covid-19 screening measures.I...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:32hrs | 2392 | by Staff reporter
2 drug dealers arrested in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO police have arrested two suspects for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs and prohibited substances.In a statement on Monday, police said the suspects were arrested along the Victo...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
4 die in Wedza road accident
FOUR people died on the spot, while others sustained serious injuries after a pirate taxi was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle near Wedza business centre on Monday night.Th...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Mbembesi Bridge major repairs complete
WORK to rehabilitate the Mbembesi River Bridge along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway is almost complete with the cost of repairs estimated at US$180 000. Rains undercut the bridge a fortnight ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:05hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Road infrastructure decay needs policy change
The pace of Zimbabwe's road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government. The country's major highways and urban roads have become a living hazard ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 14:34hrs | 738 | by Victor Bhoroma
Harare roads funds need audit
The heavy rains have highlighted the lack of maintenance and lack of required rebuilding on many Harare roads, with the city council getting its fair share of Zinara funds and having access to parking...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Transport Ministry in lousy Beitbridge - Bulawayo highway repair
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development has started repairing the damaged Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway road.The road repairs are temporarily in the sense tha...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:43hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Govt revamps road network under NDS-1
Government has set the National Development Strategy-One ((NDS-1) in motion by rehabilitating the country's roads and aligning them to regional standards.The Zimbabwean government this Tuesday...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 16:14hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Man dives into wheels of a moving truck
A KAROI man decided to end his life tragically Thursday after diving into the wheels of a trailer which was being towed by a moving haulage truck.The now deceased was identified as Jameson Tal...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:41hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Chunga jailed for life in SA over highway crimes
A 41-year-old Zimbabwean man believed to be part of a syndicate of armed robbers who have been terrorizing motorists along the N1 highway between Musina and Makhado towns in Limpopo province has been ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:34hrs | 5609 | by Staff reporter
Caesar Zvayi drags minister Chitando to court
Mines minister Winston Chitando has been dragged to court by former Herald newspaper editor Caesar Zvayi and his business partner Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Pvt) Ltd, a government-owned entity, a...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Boy (4) hit by a truck
A four-year-old boy was hit by a haulage truck and died on the spot after bolting from his mother while they were waiting to cross the Harare-Chirundu highway in Nyamakate, Hurungwe District.T...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 19:27hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
US$700 million needed for Bulawayo roads
MORE than US$700 million is needed to rehabilitate roads in Bulawayo as 70 percent of the city road network is in a bad state. In an online session on Devolution Funds in Bulawayo: Water or Ro...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Council exchanges 150ha for grader, fuel pumps
MARONDERA Municipality has reportedly surrendered a 150 hectare piece of land to a local company in exchange for a grader and a fuel pump to be constructed at the local authority's workshop, among oth...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown defiance rife in Matabeleland South
THERE is widespread defiance of lockdown regulations in most parts of Matabeleland South province, a development that health authorities and police say is worrisome. Areas such as Gwanda, Mbal...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:58hrs | 2125 | by Staff reporter
Flooded Harare-Beitbridge highway detour fixed
One of the contractors rehabilitating the Harare-Beitbridge highway, Bitumen World has moved in to swiftly fix a flooded detour between Mwenezi and Bubi Rivers that was making it a nightmare for vehic...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
Motorists fined for violating curfew
Two motorists who violated the current lockdown curfew were slapped with a $20 000 fine by Guruve magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso on Friday.The duo Eshinenge Chimururi (27) and Tinashe Makuwa pl...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:39hrs | 1670 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rodgers Bridge safe, open to traffic
MATABELELAND South provincial roads engineer Joseph Makokove has dispelled rumours that the Rodgers Bridge across the Mbembesi River near West Nicholson had been damaged by heavy rains and had become ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:11hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators jailed
The Kariba magistrates court yesterday sent a clear message to commuter bus operators who violate national Covid-19 lockdown regulations by jailing six of them.Kariba Commuters operators assoc...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:09hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MP with 12 wives and 79 children succumbs to Covid-19
FORMER ZANU-PF Mutasa North legislator Luke Phibion Masamvu died yesterday in Harare from Covid-19-related complications.He was 62.The former parliamentarian, who was a well-known busi...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2124 | by Staff reporter
Highway commissioned by Mnangagwa in 2020 collapses, 1 killed
One person died on the spot when the Skyline - Chimanimani highway gave into shaking caused by incessant rains just as a vehicle was passing.The road collapse happened just after Charter Bridg...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:32hrs | 7922 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate fees hiked again
MOTORISTS, with effect from today, can pay tollgate fees in foreign currency as the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced a dual pricing system and hiked toll fees. The...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 2085 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says we will conquer Covid-19
ZIMBABWE is in the process of acquiring Covid-19 vaccines to fight the global pandemic which has left a trail of destruction across the country but can be conquered through unity, Acting President Chi...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:27hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Floods undercut Midlands highway
THE Shurugwi-Mhandamabwe Highway is set to be closed to traffic after flooding undercut part of the road at the Musavedzi River bridge leaving it hanging precariously - posing danger to humans and veh...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1498 | by Staff reporter
Chivi-Mhandamabwe roadwork resumes
WORK on the Chivi-Mhandamabwe Road upgrading is set to resume after Government sealed a deal with the contractor to complete outstanding work. Completion of the project dovetails with Governme...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:26hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Matiza, Zimondi declared national heroes
The late Transport and Infrastructural Development minister, Joel Biggie Matiza and former Zimbabwe Prisons& Correctional Services Commissioner General, Major General (Rtd) Paradzai Zimondi have b...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 20:18hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Woman killed in $500 000 robbery
A Masvingo woman was killed while her husband, a businessman, is battling for life in hospital after they were thrown into a 20-metre deep disused mine shaft by four armed robbers who had kidnapped th...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Inauguration exclusion for Mnangagwa! so what?
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend this week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the invitation list did not include the president of Zimbabwe. It must be clear to an...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:05hrs | 4532 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Big deals for Zimbabwe bridge builders
GOVERNMENT has unveiled a programme to design and build several bridges across the country, with independent designers set to clinch crucial deals.Transactions under the programme announced la...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Bus crew members jailed 8 months for violating lockdown regulations
Two bus crew members who are employed by a South African bus Company, Mulaudzi Bus Services were today jailed for eight months for violating the national lockdown regulations which prohibit inter-city...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:39hrs | 2746 | by Staff reporter
TSCZ in 10,000% fees hike shocker
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has increased prices for its services by more than 10 000 percent with a defensive driving instructors' course shooting to $24 000 from $190. The ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Tall grass headache for Bulawayo motorists
A NUMBER of intersections in Bulawayo have become potential blackspots for motorists due to tall grass that reduces visibility. Drivers have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to slash tall...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:51hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zinara eyes switch to electronic tolling
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) wants to switch from manual collection of toll fees to an electronic tolling collection (ETC) method that allows vehicles to pass through a toll gat...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown fatigue kicks in
The Herald Herald Reporters More people and vehicles are flouting Covid-19 lockdown rules as evidenced by a flurry of movements in residential areas and the Harare central business district. Manufactu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a Vampire State
A Vampire State is a country where anyone who gets to be the president ends up with much more wealth than before s/he became president. On the other hand the poor and working class are always left beh...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:54hrs | 1161 | by Sam Wezhira
DPA installs electric vehicle charging stations across Zimbabwe
DISTRIBUTED Power Africa (DPA) has started deploying electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Zimbabwe as a way of encouraging the uptake of environmentally friendly cars. In a statement...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens screws at Beitbridge border
Security has been tightened at Beitbridge Border Post to prevent wheeler dealers, conmen and illegal immigrants from accessing the port of entry. Criminals have since Sunday evening, flocked t...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
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