14/08/2025
THE INCRIDIBLE STORY of Sirizani Butau involves his heroic actions during a bus accident in Zimbabwe. He is hailed as a hero for saving eight people from a burning bus after a collision on the Harare-Mutare highway.
Sirizani Butau, a truck driver from Kadoma, Zimbabwe, was travelling from Beira to Zambia when he came across the accident. Imagine standing on the side of a burning bus, hearing screams for help, and knowing you might not make it out alive if you go in. Most people would freeze. But Zimbabwe’s Sirizani Butau ran straight into the fire without a second thought and came out carrying lives in his arms.
Tragically, five people died in the accident, while 60 others were injured.
The accident on the Harare-Mutare highway could have been a scene of complete tragedy. After a bus slammed into a fuel tanker and exploded into flames, Sirizani didn’t run away. He used his own body as a shield against the fire, pulling eight people out of the burning wreck. His burns were severe, his pain unimaginable, but his determination never broke.💪
Butau's bravery quickly gained national attention, with Zimbabweans calling him a true national hero. Many people sent him money via mobile payment services to honor his actions and support his recovery, as he sustained third-degree burns during the rescue.
Econet, a telecommunications company, requested the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to exempt Butau from mobile money transaction limits to facilitate the inflow of funds for his treatment. President Emmerson Mnangagwa also pledged that the government would honor Butau for his heroism.
