Kumbulani Tauzeni fined US$400 for overloading schoolkids

A kombi stuffed with 35 kids and three teachers just earned its driver a US$400 fine and a potential four-month jail stint in Zimbabwe.

Kumbulani Tauzeni's charges and verdict

• Kumbulani Tauzeni, 42, got nailed on every single count Monday.
• Mbare Magistrates' Court handled the case.
• His kombi was hauling way beyond legal passenger capacity.
• Cops nabbed him on Amalinda Road in an unroadworthy vehicle.

Fines and potential jail time

• Missing a defensive-driving certificate cost him US$100.
• No medical certificate from the GMO added another US$100.
• Overloading passengers carried the heaviest fine at US$200.
• Failure to pay means four months behind bars in total.

The school-run details

• Tauzeni was ferrying kids from Fidelity to Glen Norah B.
• Kudakwashe Primary School was the intended destination.
• Thirty-five pupils and three teachers were crammed inside.