The Sentence That Shook Zimbabwe: Life Ban for Bulawayo Drunk Driver Signals New Era of AccountabilityBULAWAYO – For decades, the blood-stained tarmac of Zimbabwe’s highways has been treated with a sense of grim inevitability. In Zimbabwe, the law is absolute for those entrusted with public safety: the legal limit for public service vehicle drivers is zero. “What makes the offender’s case particularly serious is that he was driving a bus carrying 50 passengers. The crackdown specifically targets the “two major killers” on the road: reckless driving and driving under the influence. Road traffic accidents do more than just end lives; they shatter families, often depriving them of their primary breadwinners and leaving dependants in a cycle of severe hardship.