Staff Writer
The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe attended the burial of two victims of the Kariba boat disaster, Mrs. Memory Chaka Samanyanga and her child, who were laid to rest yesterday at Kariba Cemetery.
In a statement PAZ said:
“We also visited some of the relatives of the deceased to pay our condolences.
In addition, we visited some of the survivors of the boat disaster. They shared their harrowing experiences of how they survived in blood-stained water.”
Police yesterday released the names of 44 of the 46 people who died after a passenger ferry owned by the Rural Infrastructure Development Authority capsized near Long Island on Lake Kariba on Tuesday afternoon.
President Mnangagwa has since declared the Kariba boat tragedy a State of Disaster.
According to the police information availed, the captain indicated that the vessel had 120 people on board heading from Kariba to Chalala (108 adults and 12 children). However, police investigations suggest the ferry might have been carrying more passengers.
Searching for missing bodies is underway.