Twenty-seven dead as minibus taxi crashes in Zimbabwe
After the peak, new reports halved every 6 hours so far - this story is still being covered, so the figure moves as reports arrive.
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2 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 11 original reports
Sat, 29 August 2026
8 reports- Le Figaro (France)10:24first to report
Les deux véhicules transportaient un nombre «inconnu» de passagers, selon la police, qui a indiqué que l’accident a fait également sept blessés.
- merimbulanewsweekly.com.au10:44
A collision between a minibus taxi and a truck has killed 27 people in Zimbabwe.
- Al Jazeera English12:02
The crash occurred when a truck overtook another vehicle and struck the minibus, police say.
- RMF24 (Poland)12:23
Śmierć wiernych w Zimbabwe. Tragedia po zderzeniu minibusa z ciężarówką
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)12:26
Co najmniej 27 osób zginęło, a siedem zostało rannych po czołowym zderzeniu minibusa z ciężarówką w środkowej części Zimbabwe. Do tragicznego wypadku doszło w piątek niedaleko miejscowości Chivhu — poinformowała lokalna policja.
- iDNES (Czechia)13:28
Srážka minibusu s nákladním vozem v Zimbabwe si vyžádala nejméně 27 obětí. Několik lidí je zraněno. Nehoda se stala poblíž města Chivhu, asi 140 kilometrů od hlavního města Harare.
- maravipost.com13:34
Zimbabwean highway head-on collision claims 27 lives, injures 7 - The Maravi Post
- DW Top Stories17:48
Dozens of people were killed when a minibus carrying churchgoers collided head-on with a truck in central Zimbabwe. The crash near the town of Chivhu is the latest deadly road accident in the African country.
Sun, 30 August 2026
2 reports- tribune.com.pk00:57
Zimbabwe minibus crash kills 27
- dailynews.co.zw04:15
Mon, 31 August 2026
1 report- AllAfrica04:18
[New Zimbabwe] GOVERNMENT has declared a State of Disaster following a devastating road accident on the Harare-Masvingo highway near Honeyspruit Bridge in Chikomba District, Mashonaland East, which has left 27 people dead.