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Bulawayo – At least one person has been confirmed dead, following the collapse of a building housing a Nando's fastfood outlet in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe over the weekend, a report said on Monday.
According to the state-owned Chronicle newspaper, Wellington Maganga sustained serious head injuries when the building collapsed on Saturday.
The condition of three other people who were injured in the incident could not be established.
Maganya died just less than six months after his young wife Kundai Mugabe had given birth.
"We knew the building had collapsed but we didn’t expect that one of us was one of the injured. We were called by nurses at Mater Dei Hospital who told us that there were some complications as they tried to attend to him. He had serious head injuries, Maganga's brother, Warren, was quoted as saying.
It remained unclear what caused the building collapse, but reports on Saturday said that the incident was blamed on "heavy rains which pounded the city since Friday".
Some social media users claimed that the accident was as a result of the southern African country's "poor inspection of buildings".
Investigations were still under way.
Social media reaction
@Mathuthu @NandosZimbabwe This cannot be swept under the carpet.These are people's lives we're talking about here.
— Khumbulani Ndlovu (@khumbs) February 18, 2017
@BruceChakatsva @NandosZimbabwe and everything happened in the eyes of the public, hoping #Nandos will give a public statement on the case.
— Raymond Masakadza (@raymondmasakadz) February 18, 2017
What nonsense is this @NandosZimbabwe? People are injured, some possibly dead and you’re literally issuing copied and pasted responses? pic.twitter.com/yDjX0IwtsA
— Phlynt Phlossy™ (@PhilChard) February 19, 2017
@OpenParlyZw @NandosZimbabwe @CityofBulawayo @cohsunshinecity the buildings are old .some were build in the 20s.
— NDEIPI CLOTHING (@danny2kay) February 19, 2017
Roof Collapsed at @NandosZimbabwe pic.twitter.com/CjLVitJslf
— A S A P H (@TheBoyAsaph) February 18, 2017
Front of the roof @NandosZimbabwe @CityofBulawayo Jason Moyo branch collapsed an hour ago leaving 4 people injured. #ByoTimes @263Chat pic.twitter.com/tVGH3aDQI6
— #ByoTimes (@byo_times) February 18, 2017
Scenes at the @NandosZimbabwe #Bulawayo J.Moyo branch that collapsed this afternoon. #ByoTimes @263Chat @CityofBulawayo pic.twitter.com/prqEbJlYq5
— #ByoTimes (@byo_times) February 18, 2017
