Feature: Police traffic blitz, another exercise in futility?

A STAGGERING 12 981 road traffic accidents were recorded nationwide between April and June this year, according to recent data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.

The accidents, a 3,4% increase from 12 558 reported in the first quarter of 2023, claimed 514 lives and left 2 567 injured.

These alarming statistics come at a time the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched the ongoing operation dubbed “Tame the Traffic Jungle” in a bid to bring sanity to the country’s ever perilous roads.

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