Sidumisile Mabena
Sikhumbuzo Moyo [email protected]
GOVERNMENT has clarified that Monday will be a normal working day and not a public holiday, despite this year’s Independence Day celebrations falling on Saturday.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Ambassador Raphael Faranisi, confirmed the position in response to inquiries from Zimpapers.“It’s not a holiday,” he said.
Ambassador Faranisi explained that a substitute public holiday is only applicable when an official holiday falls on a Sunday.
According to the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act Section 1 (i) when a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a public holiday.
Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act establishes public holidays in Zimbabwe; and provides for the prohibition of business on particular days in the national interest.
The Act also stipulates that the President may, by statutory instrument, declare that any day shall be a public holiday.
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