Zimbabwe is moving out of winter, as the country is experiencing warm weather, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said.

Speaking to Zimbabwe Television Network, Mr James Ngoma, MSD Chief Forecaster said people can now pack away their jackets.

“But as of now there is no frost being projected for much of this week, as we are moving out of winter, so farmers can smile a bit as well as the general public. There is no need to wear that warm clothing anymore, it’s more of sun hats as we expect more heat as we go forward,” said Mr Ngoma.

“It’s rather been an interesting few days, where we had cloudy conditions over the south that was on Monday. But as of Tuesday, the cloudy conditions have dissipated and we have sunny conditions across much of the country where we have warm day time conditions. These are marked improvements from the cold nights that we had over the past few months which were very wintry with ground frost there and projected in a number of areas.”

In Bulawayo last month, there was a hive of activity in the city centre as residents swarmed the place commonly known as Khothama to buy second-hand jackets and jerseys to beat the chilly weather. – Follow on Twitter @bonganinkunzi