Silas Mazipethela gets 24 months for the crash that killed 12

A fuel tanker flipping onto a packed van killed all 12 passengers near Sebakwe River on the Harare-Bulawayo highway.

Silas Mazipethela's sentencing

• Silas Mazipethela got 24 months for culpable homicide.
• Magistrate Matuvi suspended six months conditionally.
• His license was yanked on top of everything.
• Mazipethela also caught five months for reckless driving.

How the crash went down

• Mazipethela swerved to dodge an oncoming lorry.
• His fuel-loaded tanker flipped onto an AD van.
• All 12 people in that van died instantly.

The victims

• James Ncube, Emily Mpofu Mucheuki, and Reward Nyatsongo perished.
• Farai Bisendi, Emmanuel Mangomana, and Maria Jasi died.
• Marvellous Mapanzure, Joshua Muza, and Sarudzai Moramasaka lost their lives.
• Beauty Mudereki, Violety Juja, and Henly Mutambara were killed.