Demystifying the Nyamapanda highway ‘mysterious’ bus

Tales of “talking” buses are not new in Zimbabwe, with the popular story being of one that plied the Harare-Murambinda Highway in the early 1990s that would reportedly order the driver to rest if it feels he was tiring.

The storytellers would interpret that the bus may have been acquired after its owner had killed someone, and performed some rituals to get riches.

As revenge, the spirit of the slain person would cause the bus to “talk”, and beg to be “rested” after a long trip.

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