Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Orders Replacement Ferry for Ill-Fated Mbuya Nehanda Boat, Rehabilitation of Abandoned Road

GOVERNMENT has pledged to replace the passenger ferry involved in Tuesday’s Lake Kariba disaster and urgently rehabilitate the impassable road linking Kariba, Siakobvu and Chalala, but the commitments have come only after dozens of people lost their lives.

Speaking at a memorial service for the victims at Nyamhunga Stadium Thursday, Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had directed authorities to find a passenger ferry to replace the ill-fated boat owned and…