5 iron ore trucks in malagwane pile-up

In a space of 24 hours, five heavy duty trucks carrying iron ore from the newly-revived Ngwenya Iron Ore mine overtartificial sand projecturned while descending Malagwane Hill along the Mbabane-Manzini highway.

The trucks are all contracted to Salgaocar Swaziland, which is the company that has revived the historic mine. Four of the trucks overturned yesterday morning while the other overturned on Saturday and its driver is presently admitted to the Mbabane Government Hospital with a reported fractured arm. For close to nine hours, the Mbabane-Manzini lane between Baha’i and Ezulwini was closed to motorists as the four trucks blocked the road. By 5pm, tow trucks from Van Wyk were removing the last truck from the road. No one was killed during the accidents as all the drivers were at the scene and had been declared in good condition by the medics there. Yesterday, three of the trucks overturned near Kapola Guest House while the fourth one overturned near Baha’i, just 200 metres away from the others. The fifth truck overturned next to the late Karl Grant’s house, at the...