I am no longer surprised when I hear stories of train derailments in Zimbabwe, like this one near Kadoma today.
The railway system is rotten, yet it used to be better than the British railway system in the 1960s.
As you can see, it no longer has railway sleepers, a basic necessity for basic railway systems for them to be safe.
I wonder what goes through the heads of our political leaders in government, they drive million dollar Maybach limousines yet the railway system that is supposed to drive business is broken like this.
It is as embarrassing as it is tragic! Thank God nobody died in this accident. No country prospers without a decent railway network. You can chant as many slogans as you want and bootlick the president as much as you like, but without a modern railway system, you are a banana republic!
