On Saturday morning, Lusaka woke up to the most unfortunate news of a fatal road traffic accident that occurred on the Great East road, at the University of Zambia junction. Ten souls were lost on the spot with another passing on at the hospital. We are saddened by this heartbreaking development and we grieve with the families of the deceased. The nature of the accident was disturbing, to say the least, and we can only hope that government takes action to ensure that such needless death does not occur on our roads. While the accident may be disturbing, we were not surprised to learn that it was caused by an overspeeding mini-bus driver who failed to control his bus before...

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