By Farai D Hove| The driver of the truck which killed more than 20 people in Mvuma last year, Mr. Regis Mungwari who was convicted of culpable homicide, has benefited from Presidential Amnesty.
He is now a free man after languishing at Hwahwa prisons, ZimEye is told.
He has since joined his wife Ivy Taruberekera who is teaching in Buhera, a source told ZimEye.
On April 5 2017, Mungwari, who was driving a Harare-bound haulage truck with South African registration plates, side-swiped the bus, in an accident which ended the lives of several victims. The South Africa-bound Proliner bus caught fire along the Harare-Masvingo Road.
Some of the victims were Alexio Gundiza, Collen Zeze, Josey Matawu, Joel Ndipa, Patricia Wadii, John Chimhanda, Cardman Maturika, Annah Chigu, a Ms Sihle, Remigio Nyamatezwa, Vivian Makwiyana, Joseph Matimba, Theophelus Madzitire, Tawanda Zimuto, Lee Foya, Silas Shoko, Munashe Kawishi, Ruvarashe Kawishi, Viola Chimbudzi, a Ms Ropafadzo, Ivy Nyamande, Winnet Masussa, Tafadzwa Kurwara, Memory Ndlovu, Ida Njale, Zondani Makonza, Nyarai Warikandwa, James Makonese, Ruponeso Muchenje, Angeline Sibiya and Benjamin Kufira.
The remains of three of the deceased were buried in a mass grave in Harare at the request of their relatives.