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| Anger As Mugabe's Son-in-Law Named COO of Air Zim |
| 2016-10-06 |
[All Africa] Zim-bob-we's bedraggled national airline has a new boss - and the fact that he is President Bob MuggsyMugabe Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... 's son-in-law has nothing to do with his appointment, apparently. You could have fooled Zim-bob-weans. Thirty-nine-year-old Simba Chikore was finally confirmed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Air Zim-bob-we by a report in the official Herald newspaper on Wednesday following a social media storm prompted by leaked news of his appointment. State ZBC television on Tuesday carried a damning expose of the state of the affairs at the national carrier, showing ramshackle head offices littered with broken chairs and left-over food takeouts. But the report, screened on the main evening news bulletin, did not say that Chikore had been appointed as second in command (there was one shot of the back of someone's head that may or may not have been Bona Mugabe's husband). It was too late. On Twitter anger was bubbling over. 'They are not ashamed anymore' "It's official. Zim-bob-we is now Mugabwe," tweeted one user. Trevor Ncube, publisher and critic of Mugabe's government said he'd been left "wordless" by the news. "They are not ashamed anymore. They own Zim-bob-we," he said in a tweet. Chikore is reported to have worked as a pilot though Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... Airways and Emirates have both reportedly objected to claims he has worked for them. Former finance minister Tendai Biti, who was fighting his own battles in court on Tuesday over a police ban on demonstrations said Chikore's appointment represented "a new low even by [ZANU-PF's] standards". Tweeted Biti: "How does someone who has never run a tuck shop become COO of a major even though broken parastatal?" Obert Gutu of the main Movement for Democratic Change said in a statement: "This just confirms that the Mugabe dynasty has virtually privatised the state." Air Zim-bob-we's $300m debt has recently been taken over by the government, despite a worsening cash crisis. |
| Posted by:Fred |