# At least 15 dead after overcrowded ferry capsizes on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba

https://mins.news/en/item/20050

- The Guardian, 2026-08-12 10:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/zimbabwe-lake-kariba-ferry-capsize

> At least 15 people have died after an overcrowded ferry overturned on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. Twenty-seven others are missing, prompting an operation to rescue those still unaccounted for. Zimbabwe’s civil protection unit said ticket sales indicated that the vessel carried 114 adult passengers and five crew members, despite having capacity for 90 people. The number of children aboard was not known.

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