By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has postponed next week Tuesday’s cabinet meeting to allow him to attend the swearing-in of the new Zambian President, Hakainde Hichilema.

In a notice to Cabinet members on Friday, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda said:

The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck J.M. Sibanda wishes to advise all Cabinet members that the next Cabinet meeting will be held at 0900 hours on Wednesday, 25th August 2021.
This has been occasioned by the need to accommodate His Excellency the President’s other international commitments.
Members should therefore be guided accordingly.

Cabinet meets on Tuesdays but coincidentally, Zambia’s President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema will be sworn in on Tuesday next week and President Mnangagwa is expected to attend the inauguration in Lusaka.