HARARE, Zimbabwe — Forget parallel parking. Zimbabwean driving instructors are now teaching students how to NAVIGATE A REAL-LIFE BATTLEFIELD. This isn’t hyperbole. In a horrifying revelation, a DEADLY CRASH occurs every 15 minutes on this nation’s roads, a state-sanctioned BLOODBATH that ranks among the WORST on Earth. New drivers aren’t being taught rules—they’re being taught WARRIOR TACTICS to survive a system that has ABANDONED THEM.
“We teach them to stay alive in spite of incorrect actions of other road users,” admits veteran instructor Tafara Muvhevhi. His chilling words expose a dystopian reality where law enforcement is a JOKE and “safety first” placards on kamikaze minibus taxis are a CRUEL MOCKERY. The government’s own statistics are a damning indictment: 94% of these daily tragedies are caused by human error, a figure screaming of societal COLLAPSE and a FAILED STATE unable to protect its citizens.
This is not just Zimbabwe’s shame—it’s Africa’s ROARING EPIDEMIC. The continent, home to just 3% of the world’s vehicles, suffers a QUARTER of global road deaths. The fatality rate is EXPLODING, fueled by a toxic cocktail of imported junk vehicles, non-existent enforcement, and a culture of RECKLESS DISREGARD for human life. Pedestrians and cyclists are lambs to the slaughter, accounting for half the corpses.
While authorities dangle token gestures like body cameras, the truth is stark: entire generations are being raised to view their daily commute as a lethal game of Russian roulette. The roads are not just dangerous; they are a GLADIATOR ARENA where the only rule is survive or be obliterated. Every journey is now a potential death sentence, accepted as normal. This is what happens when civilization’s basic contract breaks down. We are all just one wrong turn away from becoming another grim statistic in a continent DRIVING ITSELF TO EXTINCTION.
Author: Kayitsi.com
