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Govt defers schools opening BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA GOVERNMENT has suspended indefinitely the reopening of schools next week, citing the rising number of COVID-19 infections and threat posed by Cyclone Chalane that is expected to ravage the southern party of the country starting today. Schools were due to open on January 4 for the first term of the year but government said only examination classes will now be allowed back in schools to complete their tests. Heavy winds and rainfall associated wit...

Mnangagwa Warns of Another Cyclone December 24, 2020 President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday warned the Southern African region could soon be hit by yet another cyclone, almost two years after the region was ravaged by Cyclone Idai which killed over 1 300 people in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. Speaking in Chivi Wednesday while commissioning an irrigation scheme in Chombwe area, President Mnangagwa reportedly said Cyclone Chalene was likely to strike the region again. A tweet by Jamwanda, wi...

By Anna Chibamu PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday warned the Southern African region could soon be hit by yet another cyclone, almost two years after the region was ravaged by Cyclone Idai which killed over 1 300 people in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. Speaking in Chivi Wednesday while commissioning an irrigation scheme in Chombwe area, President Mnangagwa reportedly said Cyclone Chalene was likely to strike the region again. A tweet by Jamwanda, widely believed to be presidential spoke...

Lest We Forget Cyclone Idai December 24, 2020 With only a few days left to end a tumultuous year that was characterised by upheavals, multitudes of people are geared to celebrate the New Year in style in anticipation of a better and promising 2021. Many would naturally want to forget 2020, a year that saw the world coming down on its knees as it battled the devastating effects of Covid-19. With nearly two million people having succumbed to Covid-19 and 80 million testing positive to the virus,...