Shongedzai Mugwagwa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Thursday meet traditional leaders from Chimanimani and Chipinge districts which were the worst affected by Cyclone Idai.

During a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare at the Munhumutapa Offices, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa revealed that President Mnangagwa would meet 12 chiefs at Chief Muteme’s homestead in Ngaone.

In the statement,  Honourable Mutsvangwa said, “His Excellency, the President Cde Mnangagwa, is scheduled to hold a meeting with the 12 chiefs from Chimanimani and Chipinge on May 2, 2019, at Chief Mutema’s homestead in Ngaone to deliberate on early recovery plans for the districts.”

The Harare Post can report that prior invitations have been extended to the companies which pledged to adopt some schools so as to oversee their rehabilitation process.

The meeting will provide an opportunity for the business community to confirm the pledges they made during the recently held Business Community indaba at State House.

The business community pledged to intervene and engage in philanthropic work in alleviating and returning to normalcy in Cyclone Idai hit areas in Manicaland.

Minister Mutsvangwa further revealed that President Mnangagwa would in the near future visit Mozambique to thank the country for according decent burials to the 150 Zimbabweans who were washed away by floods.

 She said: “Arrangements are currently underway for His Excellency, the President to visit Dombwe district in Mozambique, where our people were buried, to thank the Mozambicans for according dignity to our departed brothers and sisters.

“His Excellency, the President shall on behalf of the Government and people of Zimbabwe commiserate with the people of Mozambique, who were the worst affected by the Cyclone Idai disaster than ourselves through the provision of some relief assistance.”