HARARE – Police have named the five people killed during a violent thunderstorm on October 16. Four siblings died in Buhera after their thatched hut in which they were sleeping was struck by lightning, causing a fire. A two-year-old child, Elvis Sikhosana, died when a hailstorm swept through Chireya in Gokwe, causing widespread […]
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People in the central business district of Harare were terrified after a deadly fire engulfed a building along Cameron Street this afternoon. The fire erupted in the building housing Callans Furniture in the capital. The cause of the fire is yet to be established. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP is also yet to reveal […]
Read MoreA Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga. The man employed by Bitumen World was off duty when he decided to cool off with his lover […]
Read MoreAt least 73 people have died in a devastating blaze that broke out inside a five-storey building in central Johannesburg on Thursday morning. More than 40 others have been injured in the fire in Marshalltown as videos captured at the scene show raging flames consuming the lower level of the building. A search-and-recovery operation […]
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More than 40 people have died in Algeria, Italy and Greece as Mediterranean wildfires threaten villages and holiday resorts, and thousands have been evacuated. Greece is preparing for more evacuation flights from Rhodes, as fires also rage on the islands of Corfu and Evia. The current long heatwave shows no let-up – temperatures are expected […]
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Johannesburg community policing forums have released a statement saying they are aware of an explosion on Bree Street, near Eloff, in central Johannesburg. It is unclear at this stage what caused the blast, but the statement says it is possibly from gas lines underground. The public has been asked to steer clear of the area […]
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