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CONSTRUCTION of the Mab­vuku Interchange, located along the Harare-Mutare Highway, a key route for regional trade through the strategic Beira Corridor, is nearing completion, and is set to transform traffic flow along the busy road. Just like the Trabablas Inter­change along the Harare-Beitbridge highway, the Mabvuku Interchange would offer long-awaited relief to motorists and improve…

TWO people died and four others were injured in a road traffic accident along the Chivhu–Gutu Road on Sunday.National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident yesterday, saying the driver lost control of the vehicle, leading to the crash.“The ZRP reports a fatal road traffic accident which occurred on 05 April 2026 at the 11…

FOUR suspected human traffick­ers accused of luring Zimbabweans to Russia to fight in Ukraine were yesterday denied bail by magistrate Jesse Kufa. The court ruled that Obert Hlavati, Tonderai Maphosa, Tanaka Malcon Gwarada and Edson Dudzayi Nyamudeza face a serious offence. It said granting bail could jeop­ardise investigations and increase the risk of absconding. Kufa…

OVER 4 000 people visited inmates in the Harare Metropolitan Province on the opening day of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Family Week rehabilitation programme, which runs for seven days.The event comes as the government intensifies efforts to modernise rehabilitation and enhance the reintegration of inmates into society.Speaking at the Family Week opening…

POLICE have warned the public against taking pictures of victims at accident scenes instead of rendering assistance to the injured. This comes after people took pictures and videos of a recent accident which claimed six family members along Harare-Masvingo Road and circulated them on social media. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi…

Masimba Makwembere ZION Christian Church (ZCC) leader, Bishop Samuel Mutendi has called for trust among citizens and their leaders, saying it is important for national development as it plays an important role in building a strong and stable nation. Speaking during the ZCC Easter celebration at Mbungo Estate in Masvingo on Sunday, Mutendi said when…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER MASVINGO High Court judge, justice Christopher Dube-Banda has acquitted a man who was ac­cused of killing his girlfriend along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway sometime in 2024 after he had threatened to end their relation­ship. The court ruled that the case is a 50:50 matter because there is no tangible evidence implicating…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A 54-year-old Zaka man has been sentenced to an effective six years in prison after fatally assaulting his wife following a drinking spree, in a case the High Court another case of the growing scourge of gender-based violence. Freddy Zimombe was initially charged with murder when he ap­peared before the…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE High Court has ordered the immediate release of a Kezi man, ruling that a magistrate’s “emotional” sentencing ignored lighter, non-custodial options. Doubt Dube had been sentenced to an effective 18 months in prison after assaulting a fellow villager during a dispute while travelling on a scotch cart to a funeral…

Tapiwa Chirume POLICE have released the names of five of the seven people who died when a truck ploughed into pedestrians at an accident scene along the Bulawayo–Beitbridge Road, with two victims yet to be identified by their next of kin. The tragic incident occurred on Friday night at the 57-kilometre peg, when a truck…