{"id":56528,"date":"2026-04-19T01:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56528"},"modified":"2026-04-19T01:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:10:59","slug":"latest-on-esigodini-kombi-explosion-zrp-releases-names-of-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/19\/latest-on-esigodini-kombi-explosion-zrp-releases-names-of-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Esigodini Kombi Explosion- ZRP Releases Names Of Victims \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Latest On Esigodini Kombi Explosion- ZRP Releases Names Of Victims<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By A Correspondent \u2013 The Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed a devastating road traffic disaster in which 12 people lost their lives after a Toyota Quantum carrying 11 passengers exploded along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road.<\/p>\n<p>In an official update, police said the incident occurred on 16 April 2026 at around 1245 hours at the 27-kilometre peg near Esigodini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a fatal road traffic accident which occurred on 16th April 2026 at around 1245 hours at the 27 kilometre peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities further confirmed the scale of the tragedy, noting that \u201c12 people were killed after a Toyota Quantum carrying 11 passengers exploded.\u201d<br \/>The police have since released the names of nine of the 12 victims who were formally identified by their next of kin. <\/p>\n<p>The names \u2026<br \/>Thabani Moyo (37), male adult of Old Lobengula, Bulawayo<br \/>Nobuhle Mdlongwa (37), female adult of Entumbane, Bulawayo<br \/>Oscar Mdlongwa (44), male adult<br \/>Sicelesile Mabhena, female adult of Nkulumane 5, Bulawayo<br \/>Sibusiso Mabhena (5), male juvenile of Nkulumane 5, Bulawayo<br \/>Mhlupeki Limkani Sibanda (36), male adult of Nkulumane 05, Bulawayo<br \/>Tedious Ncube, male adult<br \/>Precious Moyo (36), female adult of Pumula North, Bulawayo<br \/>Promise Brian Gabadela, male adult<br \/>Police said the bodies of the victims were taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals mortuary for post-mortem examinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bodies of the victims were taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals mortuary for post mortem,\u201d the statement read.<br \/>Authorities added that the cause of the explosion is still unknown and investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cause of the explosion is yet to be established. More details to be released in due course,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Latest #Esigodini #Kombi #Explosion #ZRP #Releases #Names #Victims #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest On Esigodini Kombi Explosion- ZRP Releases Names Of Victims By A Correspondent \u2013 The Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[6694,10515,7692,1318,1688,694,202,2522,695,1241],"class_list":["post-56528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-eduzim","tag-esigodini","tag-explosion","tag-kombi","tag-latest","tag-names","tag-news","tag-releases","tag-victims","tag-zrp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56529,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56528\/revisions\/56529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}