Air Zimbabwe embarks on extensive recruitment exercise

Newly-Appointed Air Zimbabwe chief executive Ripton Muzenda has started an extensive recruitment process of senior managers as he begins a "cleansing exercise" at the airline to build a new and loyal team.

The hunt for new executives came barely a month after Muzenda assumed the reins at the troubled airline and the search for seven critical senior managers will be the most significant change at the ailing national career in the last decade.

Among the positions advertised are chief operating officer, manager (finance) and manager (flight operations).

The development followed the airline's board chairperson Chipo Dyanda's disclosure last week that the national carrier was saddled with a $300 million debt and had to restructure or sink.