By Farai D Hove | Govt Spokesperson Nick Mangwana has contradicted his own statement on the date of schools opening.

In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday morning, Mangwana said so far there has not been a change on schools’ calendar, an announcement he would himself contradict 8 hours later.

In the morning he tweeted saying:

“We have taken note of messages circulating on the WhatsApp platform alleging that the President has deferred the opening of schools by two weeks. That is not correct. Should there be a change regarding the opening of schools, Govt will make a formal announcement,” said Mr Mangwana.

In the evening Mangwana would however publish a contradictory statement saying that the opening has truly been deferred. He did not provide any explanation on why the position has changed. (See tweets above)

Mangwana’s inconsistencies have in the past caused the arrest of senior journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, MDC Alliance Spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, and Chin’ono’s lawyer, Job Sikhala on charges of communicating falsehoods.