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Biti, Mangoma are my friends - Chiyangwa
03 Feb 2012 at 21:22hrs | Views
FLAMBOYANT businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa has revealed that he is friends with Elton Mangoma and Tendai Biti.
Chiyangwa spoke glowingly about how Energy and Power Development Minister, Elton Mangoma, financed his enterprises 18 years ago, calling him "a very important person of my life".
Chiyangwa, a staunch supporter of Zanu-PF, told reporters that that Mangoma, now a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) minister, was among the people he respected most in Zimbabwe.
"He gave me a Standard Chartered Bank cheque of Z$18 000 at the time," Chiyangwa said.
"He saw and responded to an advertisement I had placed in the press looking for finance. I was a trader then. He drove to my office in a Toyota Cressida. He was general manager at Chibuku Breweries then," said Chiyangwa.
"I am who I am today partly because of Mangoma. We have come a long way. Mangoma remains an important person of my life. He saw me from being nobody to somebody. He is so principled; he could have told everyone that I assisted Chiyangwa. We are also good friends with Biti. He was my lawyer for a very long time. Biti also saw me from being nobody to somebody. Their political affiliations are their democratic rights, but we remain friends," said the businessman.
Chiyangwa spoke glowingly about how Energy and Power Development Minister, Elton Mangoma, financed his enterprises 18 years ago, calling him "a very important person of my life".
Chiyangwa, a staunch supporter of Zanu-PF, told reporters that that Mangoma, now a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) minister, was among the people he respected most in Zimbabwe.
"He gave me a Standard Chartered Bank cheque of Z$18 000 at the time," Chiyangwa said.
"He saw and responded to an advertisement I had placed in the press looking for finance. I was a trader then. He drove to my office in a Toyota Cressida. He was general manager at Chibuku Breweries then," said Chiyangwa.
"I am who I am today partly because of Mangoma. We have come a long way. Mangoma remains an important person of my life. He saw me from being nobody to somebody. He is so principled; he could have told everyone that I assisted Chiyangwa. We are also good friends with Biti. He was my lawyer for a very long time. Biti also saw me from being nobody to somebody. Their political affiliations are their democratic rights, but we remain friends," said the businessman.
Source - fingaz
