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Zimbabwe: Murky Zimbabwe Airways Deal - U.S.$100 Million Vanishes in Aircraft Purchase - Report
News24Wire, 14 April 2018
The price of planes bought from Malaysia for a new Zimbabwe airline may have been inflated by up to $140 million, prompting a probe by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, a… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: What's Mugabe's Daughter Got to do With Mysterious Airline?
News24Wire, 12 April 2018
Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona was at Harare's international airport on Wednesday to see the arrival of a newly-acquired passenger plane bearing her father's initials. Read more »
Is There a Mugabe Link to Mysterious Airline?
Zimbabwe Airways is in sharp focus as it is thought to have close ties with former president Robert Mugabe's family. The government has confirmed that the planes don't belong to the former president or his son-in-law Simba Chikore. Chikore was first named last year as one of the negotiators for the purchase of several second-hand aircraft from Air Malaysia.
Bona Mugabe-Chikore and her husband, Simba Chikore, at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
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The cash-strapped Air Zimbabwe has reportedly rebranded to Zimbabwe Airways after concluding a long-term lease deal, which will result in the delivery of four modern planes from ... Read more »
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As all its aircraft had technical problems, the desperate airline was forced to hire a plane from South Africa, in an effort to fulfill some of its flight schedules. Read more »
