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'Cardboard Casts' for Accident Victims Ignite Outrage in Zimbabwe

The government has come under fire following the shocking response to the Lutumba Tollgate bus accident, where victims' broken limbs were supported by cardboard makeshift casts, sellotape and cloths, sparking widespread outrage.

Critics, including former officials and activists like Fadzayi Mahere, have slammed the government for its failure to provide adequate healthcare, calling the use of makeshift cardboard casts a national embarrassment and a sign of systemic incompetence.

New Zimbabwe

Images of accident victims in “cardboard casts” spark public outrage.

New Zimbabwe

24 people have died in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Zimbabwe.

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