Fact Check: Has Government Postponed Opening of Schools? - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
August 30, 2023
Claim – A message on social media platforms purports that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has postponed the opening of schools to 12 September 2023 due to ‘the delay of the Zimbabwean Presidential election results’.
Verdict – False
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education deputy director advocacy and communications Patrick Zumbo has dismissed the message as fake.
“Schools are opening on the 4 of September and will close on 1 December as initially planned,” said Zumbo.
The social media message is imposter content that has numerous red flags that indicate that it is fake.
Red flags
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education
Social media
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