A total of 40 people were injured after a long-distance bus registered under CAG bus services veered off the road, overturned, and landed on its side.

The accident occurred Last Friday at around 10 am at the 34-kilometre peg, long the Bulawayo, Victoria Falls highway.

The injured had to be rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital for treatment. Details about the cause of the accident were not provided by police who confirmed the accident on X.

“The ZRP confirms a road traffic accident in which 40 people were injured when a CAG bus with 60 passengers on board veered off the road and overturned before landing on its right side at the 34-kilometre peg along Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road on 03/11/23 at around 1000 hours,” read a police statement.

In other news – Former Zimbabwe deputy minister convicted of smuggling fuel

Former Deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe has been convicted of smuggling 138 979 litres of fuel. Mukupe, a former legislator, was convicted with Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzashe Mutsvene, and Joseph Taderera.

The group is in custody awaiting their sentencing which will be handed down this Thursday. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) proved that the quartet smuggled a tanker filled with diesel into the country without paying duty in 2017. Read More