As the National Railways of Zimbabwe workers’ industrial action enters its third week, a makeshift technical staff manning the parastatal’s locomotives yesterday crashed down a goods training carrying over 80 000 tonnes of drought relief maize.
The train traveling from Harare to Shamva, derailed in Glendale shortly after its departure from the GMB in Harare.
Causes of the derailment were not disclosed by the government at the time of writing, but sources within the parastatal blamed the accident on inexperienced staff running company due to the industrial action by the workers.
Residents in the area quickly helped themselves to the maize before members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police arrived to guard the maize.