Chivhu held a memorial service for 27 people killed in Friday night's Harare-Masvingo Highway crash, as Government pledged support for burial and medical costs.

Twenty-seven people have died and seven others were injured after a Mwazha Church commuter omnibus collided with a haulage truck near Chivhu on the Harare-Masvingo Road.

Police and the Traffic Safety Council have launched a nationwide road safety campaign ahead of the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays following an increase in accidents and road deaths.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned mourners against parading coffins in city centres or carrying them on top of vehicles, saying the practice endangers public safety and violates the law.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested more than 2,000 suspects since launching a nationwide operation targeting serious crime, drug offences and dangerous traffic violations.

By Southerton Business Times Reporter HARARE – The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has renewed its appeal for motorists to observe level crossing safety rules following another collision between a train and a vehicle at the Ruwa level crossing. The latest incident occurred on Monday when a pick-up truck was struck by a train after the driver allegedly failed to give way to the approaching locomotive. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, although the accident has once a

HARARE – Motorists in Harare are being urged to familiarise themselves with Zimbabwe's Highway Code after authorities confirmed that 16 intelligent traffic surveillance camera sites are now operational across the capital under the first phase of the country's smart traffic management programme. The surveillance network forms part of a broader national initiative being implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, with TelOne serving as the project's techn

HARARE — Sixteen smart traffic surveillance camera sites are now operational across Harare, with authorities warning motorists to familiarise themselves with the Highway Code after the system detected a growing number of traffic violations. The cameras form part of Phase One of Zimbabwe's Smart Traffic Management System, a national initiative being implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage in partnership with TelOne to improve road safety and strengthe

HARARE — The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has suspended the operating licence of all omnibuses owned by Blessing Matimbe following a fatal road accident that claimed three lives and left 10 others seriously injured in Harare last month.

BEITBRIDGE – A bus driver transporting Malawian nationals from KwaZulu-Natal to a repatriation camp near Beitbridge Border Post was killed and 11 passengers injured after the vehicle overturned on South Africa's N1 highway in the early hours of Wednesday. The crash occurred about four kilometres south of the Beitbridge Border Post near Musina, according to the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety.

Harare is set for a major traffic management upgrade after City Parking announced plans to install 49 smart solar-powered traffic light systems across the capital in partnership with the City of Harare. The project forms part of broader efforts to modernise the city's ageing traffic infrastructure, improve traffic flow, and reduce congestion at some of Harare's busiest intersections. According to City Parking, the new intelligent traffic management system will replace outdate

CHIREDZI — Nine people were killed and 25 others injured on Tuesday morning when a bus collided with a train at a level crossing in Chiredzi, according to the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). The fatal accident occurred at approximately 7 am as an NRZ train was travelling from Triangle to the NRZ Lundi siding.

Police have charged a kombi driver and conductor with culpable homicide after seven young learners died in a devastating vehicle fire near Matongo Primary School in Gweru. Investigations linked the blaze to a petrol container carried inside the omnibus.

BULAWAYO – An Inter Africa bus was extensively damaged after it caught fire in Bulawayo on Thursday afternoon, shortly after passengers had disembarked, prompting a swift response from the Bulawayo Fire Brigade.

GWERU – Seven learners from Matongo Primary School are feared dead after a commuter omnibus transporting pupils caught fire in Gweru's Senga suburb on Wednesday afternoon, in one of the country's worst school transport tragedies in recent years.