Bulawayo, (New Ziana) -THE National Railways of Zimbabwe
has parted ways with its general manager, Respina Zinyanduko, in what
the organisation described as part of a realignment and restructuring
excercise.
In a statement on Friday, the NRZ board chair Mike Madiro confirmed the
development.
“The Board of Directors of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)
wishes to inform members of the public that Ms Respina Zinyanduko has
ceased to be the General Manager of the NRZ with effect from 31 January
2025,” he said.
“This has been necessitated by the need to realign and restructure the
NRZ business in line with the expectation of the shareholder.
The NRZ Board, Management and Staff would like to take this opportunity
to thank Ms. Zinyanduko for the time she served as General Manager of
the National Railways of Zimbabwe and wish her well in her future
endeavours,” Madiro said.
Madiro however said in the interim, the board has appointed Ainah
Dube-Kaguru as the acting general manager with effect from January 31,
2025 until a substantive general manager has been appointed.
Zinyanduko was appointed as the company’s substantive general manager
with effect from December 1, 2021 after acting in the position since
February of the that year.
During her tenure at the helm of the NRZ, Zinyanduko faced a lot of
criticism from some of the workers who felt that she was not suitable
for the post.
A number of petitions were written against her, but she hung on the job.