Zimbabwe: Kariba Residents Drag Govt to Court Over Ferry Crisis After 97 Die in Mbuya Nehanda Disaster

Zimbabwe: Kariba Residents Drag Govt to Court Over Ferry Crisis After 97 Die in Mbuya Nehanda Disaster

TWO Kariba residents have approached the High Court seeking an order compelling the government to provide adequate, safe and reliable ferries on Lake Kariba, weeks after the Mbuya Nehanda ferry disaster that claimed 97 lives.

Residents Sue Mnangagwa Administration Over Kariba RIDA Boat Disaster

By A Correspondent -Residents of Kariba and Binga have taken the Zimbabwean government to court, demanding urgent action to restore safe and dependable ferry services across Lake Kariba following the capsizing of the Mbuya Nehanda ferry last month.The legal challenge was filed by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which is representing Tonderai Ndevani…

Kariba Residents Sue Zimbabwe Government Over Ferry Deaths – Axadle

Two Kariba residents have turned to Zimbabwe’s High Court, demanding that the government restore adequate, safe and dependable ferry services on Lake Kariba after the Mbuya Nehanda disaster claimed 97 lives. Fishermen Tonderai Ndevani and Chilumbo Mudenda say authorities have failed to provide a suitable replacement ferry, forcing communities to rely on the smaller, privately […]

Kariba residents sue government over ‘woefully inadequate’ new ferry

HARARE – Barely six weeks after 97 people drowned when the Mbuya Nehanda ferry capsized in Lake Kariba, two residents have dragged the government before the High Court, arguing that its answer to the disaster is one sleek private boat for tens of thousands of people. In an urgent application filed at the High Court […]