Shava lands Foreign Affairs portfolio…as President announces new appointments
Herald Reporters
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed Zimbabwe’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr Frederick Shava as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
He takes over from the late Dr Sibusiso Moyo.
The President also appointed Chikomba Central legislator Cde Felix Mhona as the new Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development to replace the late Dr Joel Biggie Matiza .
Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda confirmed the appointments in a statement last night.
Dr Sibanda said Dr Shava will assume his new post once his nomination as a senator for Midlands has been gazetted.
Nottingham mums describe the true impact of Covid-19 and lockdown on their young children Long term I worry about the impact of a lack of social interaction for all children
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Tara Newbold with partner, Charlie Thomas, and their two sons Noah Thomas, 7, and Logan Thomas, 3. (Image: Tara Newbold)
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When will Hope arrive at Mars?
At the time of writing, Hope is little more than 63,000 kilometres away from the Red Planet, according to a live tracker from the UAE Space Agency.
However, with the craft travelling at more than 70,000 kilometres per hour, its distance from Mars is changing rapidly.
The probe is also slowing down as it gears up for its descent, and will arrive at the orbit of Mars in a matter of hours.
UAE Mars mission LIVE tracker: What time will Hope probe enter Mars orbit? (Image: GETTY)
UAE Mars mission (Image: UAE SPACE AGENCY)
Hope is expected to reach the orbit of the Red Planet 3.42pm GMT (7.42pm UAE time) today.
When Britain’s first lockdown was announced last March, many parents viewed it as a novel inconvenience. Yes, there was a degree of fear about this unknown virus sweeping the globe, but most of us kept calm and carried on.
We stocked up on hand sanitiser and watched our kids celebrate this unexpected break from school. We posted pictures of banana bread on social media, joked with friends about our failed attempts at teaching trigonometry and rewarded our efforts with a 3pm glass of rosé. We shrugged off the effects of our kids missing a few weeks of school.
That upbeat acceptance of the pandemic seems a world away from where we are now. Behind millions of closed doors, parents are depressed and exhausted. The endless food preparation, housework, laundry and refereeing of sibling fights is almost unbearable.
Jump: Sustainability engagement schemes prevent 4,200 tonnes of carbon emissions in 2020
One of the UK s biggest sustainability engagement schemes captured three million positive changes from employees and students during 2020, which collectively mitigated 4,200 tonnes of CO2e emissions.
The approach is based around gamification, with participants using an app to log actions and claim points
Green Rewards, the organisation behind the popular ‘Jump’ scheme, revealed its 2020 results earlier this week. While staff and students at many of the organisations using Jump - which include NHS trusts, universities and corporates – were working or studying from home during 2020, engagement remained high and results remained sizeable.