{"id":9179,"date":"2025-09-16T09:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=9179"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:02:47","slug":"tragic-accident-claims-lives-of-zanu-pf-members-en-route-to-presidents-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=9179","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Accident Claims Lives of Zanu-PF Members En Route to President&#8217;s Birthday Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ZVISHAVANE \u2013 Several members of the ruling Zanu-PF party from Mashonaland West province have died in a horrific road accident this morning. The group was travelling to attend the Munhumutapa Birthday celebrations in honour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Zvishavane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fatal collision involved a double cab vehicle and a ZUPCO bus. Preliminary reports indicate the accident occurred as the double cab attempted to cross an unnamed bridge, resulting in a head-on collision with the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exact number of fatalities and injuries has not been officially confirmed. Police details are currently on the scene managing the situation and a comprehensive statement with further details is expected to be released later today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nation awaits further details as authorities work to inform the next of kin. This is a developing story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us for real-time updates:<br>\u00b7X (Twitter): @ZimGbc<br>\u00b7Instagram: @ZimGBCNews<br>\u00b7TikTok: @ZimGBCNews_01 \u00b7Facebook: Zim GBC News<br>\u00b7YouTube: Zim GBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get real-time alerts on WhatsApp:<br>+263 773 820 323<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For in-depth coverage, visit our website: www.zimgbcnews.co.zw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News | Global News From An African Perspective\u00a92025<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZVISHAVANE \u2013 Several members of the ruling Zanu-PF party from Mashonaland West province have died in a horrific road accident this morning. The group was travelling to attend the Munhumutapa&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9181,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9179\/revisions\/9181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}