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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Family Are Shareholders in New Airline - Report
News24Wire, 1 November 2017
President Robert Mugabe and his family are shareholders in a new airline to be called Zimbabwe Airways, a private newspaper has claimed. Read more »
Zimbabwe Airways, a new company, seemingly established to avoid Air Zimbabwe's massive debt is reportedly linked to President Robert Mugabe and his family. Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore who heads the broke national airline is said to have played a key role in setting up the new firm, a move seen as strengthening the autocrat's control over national assets.
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