MP says learners, teachers stranded in rural Kariba ahead of schools reopening as Government officials visit Dubai to replace capsized ferry that claimed 97 lives

As schools prepare to reopen across Zimbabwe on September 8, 2026, dozens of students and teachers in Nyaminyami, Kariba rural, remain stranded. The crisis comes in the wake of a fatal ferry accident involving a government-owned vessel that claimed 97 lives.

While rural learners and educators face immediate transportation hurdles ahead of the new school term, government officials have traveled to Dubai. Their mission is to replace the capsized ferry that was central to the region's transport network.