So you know that Zimbabwe will have three government ministers going to the Vitality Netball World Cup which kicks off in Liverpool next week.

By the way, shout out to the Gems for making it to that for the first time ever yeah?

So anyway as we said, The Sport and Recreation Commission had said three government ministers would be sent to the games and we were all like, hmmm…

Well, the government says, actually it is three ministers.

Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister Yeukai Simbanegavi will lead the Zimbabwe delegation. So she kinda has to be there. No problemo.

Ministers Sithembiso Nyoni ( Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development) and Priscah Mupfumira (Tourism and Hospitality Industry) will already be in England so they will just attend the games. The latter in particular will embark on a roadshow with the Zimbabwe Gems to promote brand Zimbabwe. We can probably let that pass too, unless they are getting paid hundreds of dollars per hour in per diems. Which we have no information on right now.

So Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa who was on the original list is not there…

There is an unnamed Finance and Economic Development official (not Mthuli we are sure) and two SRC officials, all funded by government too.