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OpenGovt Considers Revoking Urban Connect Bus License After Beitbridge Accident
2 months agoSat, 15 Feb 2025 09:03:01 GMT
Felix Mhona, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, is contemplating revoking the licence of Urban Connect Bus Service following a tragic accident near Beitbridge on Thursday, which resulted in the deaths of 25 people.
While speaking at a Government-led joint funeral service for the victims in Beitbridge on Friday, Mhona condemned the bus driver for reckless behaviour, suggesting that it may have contributed to the deadly crash. He said:
Why was he racing towards the toll gate? We may have to remove them from service.
It has also emerged that the bus driver’s retest expired in 2021, and the bus had no route permit.
Mhona also urged Zimbabweans to refrain from recording videos at accident scenes and to wait for official communication. He said:
Let’s have respect for the dead and wait for proper transmission of messages. We are likely to cause more harm than good. We will investigate the causes of this accident and act.
According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the accident occurred at the 262-kilometre peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road, near Lutumba Toll Gate, around 8 AM on Thursday, 13 February.
An Urban Connect bus, carrying 65 passengers, collided head-on with an Auro Transport haulage truck that had four occupants on board.
The crash occurred when the bus attempted to overtake another vehicle. The bus was en route from Harare to Beitbridge, while the truck was travelling in the opposite direction.
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Bus AccidentAccidentFelix MhonaNational DisasterMasvingo - Beitbridge RoadState-assisted FuneralUrban ConnectUrban Connect Bus AccidentLutumba Toll Gate
34 Comments
Gandanga · 2 months ago
The driver, individually, was the direct cause of the accident. He overtook dangerously. His license must be canceled for life. The owner did not ensure that his driver had been retested. He allowed his bus to operate without a route permit, maybe because it had not passed a VID fitness test. The police at the roadblocks assured the bus smooth passage. Forty-five years after independence, our roads must be the envy of every developed country.
SAKA MUCHAITASEI · 2 months ago
@Sim 1: true because truck driver was correct but he became the victim of the day accident. Anochenget ndimwari. Also corruption is another major probleme that occupied Zimbabwe. There must be speed limiting devices to be installed on all public transport before attaining all roadworthy requirements but this is impossible because currently most vehicles not roadworthy.
B1 · 2 months ago
asi ndoyatova slogan yaMinister yekutora malicence , vadii kutora police inenge iri miroad bcz from Hre toBeit pane mablock hobho but raidarika wyyyy ,this country is more corrupt
skun · 2 months ago
why is a transport minister upset with the driver? am sure that bus travelled thru so many roadblocks and vid like that..clean up Ur backyard Mr minister , the bus owner should be held liable for this and maybe suspend his licence and buses and until they are all road worthy they can operate, problem is corruption ndiyo yaurayisa vanhu Ava..had that bus been taken of the road before this wouldn't have happend , thi also is to blame the minister should take responsibility for his people not doing their jobs properly on the roads..
Sim 1 · 2 months ago
Kana uri driver chingoziva kuti urikufamba nenyasha
Sim 1 · 2 months ago
Accidents do happen whether your are right or wrong whether une permit or hauna even uine zvakakwana, hapana anoda kufa mhepo dzinenge dzasimuka hazvina marambiro
skun · 2 months ago
dear sim1, ipapo it's inevitable but tisati taenda mberi kana zvinhu zviri simple zvisiri in order means alot was also not in order, corruption ndiyo yaurisa vanhu ava
SAKA MUCHAITASEI · 2 months ago
true because truck driver was correct but he became the victim of the day accident. Anochenget ndimwari. Also corruption is another major parasite that occupied Zimbabwe. There must be speed limiting devices to installed on all public transport before attaining all roadworthy requirements.
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ED pfocho · 2 months ago
Ko huipi mupfungwa hunobvepi wadii watsvaga God usiye zvese izvi hazvina chiedza
binladen · 2 months ago
Iye wacho anoda kukanzura licence yacho anobva abraibwa zvofa zvakadaro
swipe · 2 months ago
minister ngavanyarare zvavo.hakuna road kubva masvingo kusvika rutenga. saka ma driver arikuneta and ma passenger anenge avekupopota kuti vanonoka vanoda kuno hodha. road ngaivepo first tozosvora ma driver
skun · 2 months ago
don't know how he sleeps at night
Walos · 2 months ago
Is this bus involved in the accident belong to the same company Urban Connect with the other bus that killed a lot of people in 2012 at a curve just after Mandebvu shops 3 km from Ngundu when the bus driver dozed off?
S. Class · 2 months ago
75% of accidents on our roads are a result of corruption at Police Road Blocks.
Murambwi · 2 months ago
ZRP is answerable. lmagine the number of road blocks the bus went thru. It's clear even to Tom and Jerry that ZRP is very corrupt. They are good at reaping what they did not sow. Money is the root of all evils. ZRP is one of the organizations that are fond of fulfilling the scriptures. Mind you! We are living in the last days.
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Before Independence we almost never had road blocks and also few accidents. What has changed?
Antman · 2 months ago
"Let’s have respect for the dead and wait for proper transmission of messages. We are likely to cause more harm than good. We will investigate the causes of this accident and act"
binladen · 2 months ago
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CCTV,ALARMS (0780646992)#(0777373902) · 2 months ago
but why bus raito pfura pama road blocks risina proper permit retest 4 e driver how did they pass on e blocks police u see ure involved corruption too much let's not blem zanu of haina mhosva apa
Key · 2 months ago
Hurumende ngaitibatsirewo pliz vanhu vamwe wacho wakazofira kuHospital nekushaya care madocter aiti hatina mishonga ichokwadi kut chipatara chikuru chakadaro chngashaya mshonga ksvika taraskirwa nevanhu waingowageza maronda ndemvura isina chinhu msadaro inzwaiwo tsitsi vanhu wamwari
Mudhibhisi
· 2 months ago
So sad.Muzvipatara humuna mishonga nekuda kwemakororo Ari muhurumende arikuba nenzira dzakasiyana siyana.
Izvozvi kune zvimwe zvipatara zvisina kana bandage chairo rekusunga chironda.
Makororo Aya kana oda kurapiwa anokwira ndege oenda kunze onorapiwa zvemhando yepamusoro nemari yenyika.
Havana basa nazvo.
Ngirozi dzaSatan chaiye dzine moyo wedombo
jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 2 months ago
The bus passed through how many blocks without route permit being checked, heads must roll.
mculi nthube · 2 months ago
Driver asina retest iri valid anotopfuura pamaVID stops, mapurisa achingosiyawo
S. Class · 2 months ago
Bhazi racho ririkunzi ranga risina road permit rakato pinda nepama police road blocks akawanda. Apa makuti blablabla usafunga
collins · 2 months ago
good point wangu taura hako
X² · 2 months ago
Revoking license modzorera later tingati isolution here. tsvaga a better solution coz izvo mazviita kakawanda zvikaramba
chris · 2 months ago
i don't think they a "better solution" at all. i mean, they're part of the problem.
Juju · 2 months ago
The driver has caused a lot of suffering to a lot of families who have lost their loved ones in a blink of an eye. Road permit blah blah are just secondary issues known by the Police and where they 'eat'
Zanu PF Forever · 2 months ago
they won't asi pamberi nemusangano
chris · 2 months ago
pamberi necorruption yemusangano wezunu-pf. ✊✊✊
