Source: Kariba ferry disaster: 15 perish, 27 missing – heraldWalter Nyamukondiwa-Mash West Bureau ChiefSEVENTY-SEVEN people were rescued while 15 bodies were retrieved after a passenger ferry owned by the Rural Infrastructure Development Authority capsized near Long Island on Lake Kariba yesterday afternoon, but 27 others plus an unknown number of young children were still unaccounted for last night. Total numbers aboard the ferry when it capsized were still unknown last night. “This is the report to date, but you will be continuously updated as the search and rescue unfolds,” Mrs Chitiyo said. Mr Shumba confirmed that the Mbuya Nehanda ferry captain had died in the disaster, with children likely among those that could not be accounted for. “The boat had enough life jackets and we suspect that women with children could have lost their children when disaster struck.”