Namibia: IPC Raises Concerns About Railway Infrastructure After Rovos Train Derailment

The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) has raised alarm over the condition of Namibia’s railway infrastructure after a luxury Rovos Rail passenger train derailed near Keetmanshoop on Sunday.

The derailment on the Seeheim-Holoog railway line near Keetmanshoop claimed two lives and left four people injured.

In a statement issued by the IPC’s shadow minister of works and transport, Nelson Kalangula, on Sunday, the party said the accident exposes “urgent and serious questions” about rail safety,…