Railways Safety Begins with Me. Eswatini Railways is today launching the railway safety week at Mpaka. As an organisation ESR values the life and safety of our staff, customers and communities that we interact with. In the time of COVID – 19 ESR says be safe.
Archive for year: 2020
ESR CEO, Mr Nixon Dlamini paying a courtesy visit to the Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority offices where he was welcomed by the EIPA CEO, Mr Sibane Mngomezulu. EIPA is crucial in the investment drive and ESR provides infrastructure to support the initiatives.
A Joint meeting of ESR & SAs TFR CEOs to discuss progress on the Eswatini Rail Link Project at the Royal Villas was honoured by the presence of the Honourable MoPW&T, ESR Board Chair & the Media. The Minister came to show government’s commitment to the project.
ESR Board of Directors taken by the CEO and EXCO on a familiarization tour of the ESR operation. This is done to ensure that the Board gets a feel of the daily operations of the Railways and to meet personnel in charge. ESR is striving for efficiency despite COVID-19.
Today, 20 May 2020, Eswatini Railways donated medical equipment worth E260, 000.00 to the Kingdom of Eswatini Government through the National Disaster Management Agency in support of the COVID-19 initiative. Handing over the cheque is ESR Board of Directors Chairman Alex Mngomezulu and ESR CEO Nixon Dlamini. In his Remarks ESR CEO stated that as a corporate citizen ESR will always support the government and the nation where possible. He urged all corporates and individuals to come forward and make a contribution in this noble initiative. He then wished everyone good health during this difficult moment.
Mr Nixon Dlamini CEng MICE (Eswatini Railways CEO)
On the 16th March 2020, the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe hosted the ESR Board of Directors Chairperson and the media in a media briefing to announce the appointment of the new ESR Chief Executive Officer. The Minister was accompanied by the Principal Secretary, Khangeziwe Mabuza. The Board of Directors Chairperson Mr Alex Mngomezulu announced that Mr Nixon Dlamini is the new ESR CEO with effect from the 1st March 2020.
Mr Nixon Dlamini takes over from the now retired Stephenson Ngubane who vacated office at the end on December 2019. Below is his brief CV
Qualifications
1. BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
2. BSC (Maths and Physics)
3. CSCS Black Managers Card
4. ICE Supervising Engineer
Professional Associations
1. Engineering Council UK (EngC UK)
2. Institution of Civil Engineers. (MICE)
3. Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
4. South African Association of Civil Engineers
Profession
Rail/Civil Engineer
Mr Dlamini has a wealth of knowledge in the rail and engineering sectors as he has worked in many parts of the world including the Republic of South Africa and the UK. He is joining ESR from a consultancy job with 2N Services (PTY) LTD as a lead consultant based in the United Kingdom
- He has also worked as Associate Director and Rail business Leader for Arup where he carried out many functions including but not limited to carrying out rail development work, securing investment funding etc.
- He has also worked as Principal Rail/Civil Engineer and Permanent Way Lead for Mott Macdonald
- He also worked for Eswatini Railways as Chief Civil Engineer earlier from October 1997 to August 2001.
The Minister wished him well and was confident that he will drive the organisation forward
During the 2019 Eswatini Quality Awards which were organised and hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade ESR won the Company of the Year Award. ESR also won the Service of the Year Award. The wards which were sponsored by the European Union were held on the 8th November 2019. What an exhilarating moment for Stephenson Ngubane, the Chief Executive Officer. As he walked to the stage his face lit up with glee to receive the certificate of recognition and trophy for leading and organisation that is committed to quality standards and good management systems. The trophy was extended to him by the minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade who the asked the EU Ambassador, Hernandez Aragones and Deputy Senate President Ndumiso Mdluli to join him onstage. This is not the first award that ESR has won, they also won the Service of the year award in 2018 and the SADC Quality Award for Parastatals in 2018.
On behalf of the Eswatini Railways Board and Management, it has come to our attention that there are ongoing fraudulent activities committed using the Eswatini Railways name.
We have been made aware that there are people posing as representing Eswatini Railways, using fraudulent documents branded with the logo of the organization or using the name of the organization seeking to do business with Eswatini businesses or members of the public. Some promise unsuspecting members of the public nonexistent employment in exchange for cash. We are in possession of fake documents purported to be coming from Eswatini Railways requesting for quotations from a local supplier for some equipment to be used for the Eswatini Rail Link Project. This document has fake contact numbers, a fake contact person and a fake email address purported to be of a person who works for Eswatini Railways. The name of the organization is being used to attract business people to fall into this trap and to defraud members of the public.
We wish to state that for any tenders, we always publish tender adverts on national newspapers and those adverts always have Eswatini Railways contact numbers. The tender documents are collected from the designated office of the organization. We are cognizant of the fact that these fraudulent activities could be taking different forms to the ones we have referred to above, we wish to state that Eswatini Railways has not commissioned anyone to solicit quotations or purchase any goods on our behalf or hire people and demand payment in the process.
We want to warn the public that should you receive any suspicious request purported to be coming from Eswatini Railways do not hesitate to contact ESR Communications through 24117400 or send email to info@swazirail.co.sz to ascertain authenticity of the correspondence. We have made the Royal Eswatini Police Service aware of these developments and should anyone have such an experience, please do not hesitate to contact the nearest Police Station.
Corporate Communications
Esteemed ESR Stakeholders must be advised that following the end of term of the Board in 2019, the Honourable Minister for Public Works and Transport has appointed the Board of Directors for Eswatini Railways for a period f 3 years. We thank the Honourable Minister for the appointments and will continue to endeavour in Service excellence under the leadership of the Board. Here is a list of the Board Members
Chairman: Mr. Alex Mfanuzile Mngomezulu
Members:
- Primrose Dlamini – Ministry of Finance Representative
- Khangeziwe Mabuza – Ministry of Public Works and Transport Representative
- Muzi A. Dlamini
- Stephenson Z. Ngubane
- Jack Louis Bello
- Kholekile Mlangeni – Kudiabor
We wish them all the best as they do their duties
