Seven people were killed after a speeding haulage truck veered off the road and struck passers-by who had gathered at an accident scene along the Bulawayo–Beitbridge Road on Friday night. The incident occurred around 10 PM on 3 April 2026 in the Mawabeni area, according to Matabeleland South Provincial Civil Protection Committee chairperson, Zachariah Jusah.

At several major intersections along Harare’s busiest corridors, Seke Road and Dieppe Road, Chiremba Road and Glenara Avenue, and Robert Mugabe Road and Julius Nyerere Way, a curious scene unfolds almost daily. The traffic lights are fully operational. The signals change as designed. Yet traffic police officers stand in the middle of the junction, whistles sharp against the noise, manually directing vehicles.