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Mnangagwa appointments scandal
Transmedia Corporation's new board approved by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has integrity issues around its chairperson Phillipa Magnify Phillips-Sadza and Jonathan Gandari, comprising its credi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 08:15hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's planes ready to fly
Government says one of the four long haul planes acquired from Malaysia, the Boeing 777-200ER, has no mechanical problems and was only taken back to Kuala Lumpur for routine maintenance, which is a pr...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt realigns Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Airways
Government is realigning operations and organisational structures of Air Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Airways for both to operate under one board. In an interview, Transport and Infrastructural Devel...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's planes' torment Joram Gumbo
The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chik...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's national 'air crime'
When we read of criminal syndicates of the western world, we always envision Al Capone and the Italian Mafia as the apex of organised crime.In Zimbabwe, the mafia is our inept selfish governme...Published: 31 May 2018 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
AirZim saga: Tale of half-truths, lies and deception
As someone -unknown - once said "if words don't add up, it's usually because the truth wasn't included in the equation".The same can be said of the story of Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), whic...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fight erupts over Zimbabwe Airways plane
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo this week summoned senior Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) officials to his offices after the airline refused to accommodate the recently purchased Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) Bo...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways scandal: More dirty lies exposed as graft body steers clear
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is steering clear of a suspected multi-million illegal deal involving a new airline, Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), which is linked to former president R...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe plane' chews $50k/week
HARARE - Controversial new airline Zimbabwe Airways' recently received Boeing 777 has already cost hard-pressed taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars even as the wide-bodied aeroplane remains grounde...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chinamasa, Gumbo self-enrichment plan exposed
TRANSPORT minister Jorum Gumbo and his Finance counterpart Patrick Chinamasa have been stopped dead in their tracks by exposure of their self-enriching plan to shut down flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (Air...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jorum Gumbo slips on plane deal
Transport minister Joram Gumbo says the lawyers who were appointed as directors of Zimbabwe Airways and Zimbabwe Aviation Leasing Company (ZALC) were involved in negotiations with creditors who were t...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe planes' torment minister
Parliament is turning up the heat on beleaguered Transport minister Joram Gumbo, demanding that he provides convincing answers on all aspects of the controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways - said ...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt not telling the truth Zimbabwe Airways
The government of Zimbabwe is not telling the nation the truth with regards to the purchase of new planes, analysts contend.Last week, a Zimbabwe Airways plane, registered as Z-RGM, arrived at...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways purchase price inflated by more than $100m
As the spotlight remains firmly focused on the country's controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways - which has been linked to the family of former president Robert Mugabe - disturbing allegations ar...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 17:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa, Gumbo battle to cover corrupt aircraft deal tracks
TRANSPORT minister Jorum Gumbo this week got further entangled in the aircraft purchase scandal which involves state-owned Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and new airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) whose own...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 13:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Air Zimbabwe was plundered by chefs
TO put into context and perspective the current problems buffeting Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) amid the dodgy deal involving the new airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), whose ownership and relationship w...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe planes': Shocking details
As the spotlight remains firmly focused on the country's controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways - which has been linked to the family president Robert Mugabe - disturbing allegations are emerging...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spotlight on Zimbabwe Airways
In a dramatic development which further shines the spotlight on Zimbabwe Airways - an opaque new airline which was suspected to have close links with former president Robert Mugabe's family - the gove...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways saga deepens
In a dramatic development which further shines the spotlight on Zimbabwe Airways - an opaque new airline which was suspected to have close links with former president Robert Mugabe's family - the gove...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law and Zim's mysterious new airline?
Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore was on hand to welcome a Boeing 767 which arrived Wednesday at Harare's international airport recently named after the former president. Chikore, weari...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 23:08hrs | | by Peta Thornycroft
Zimbabwe Airways planes arrives
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has revealed that it will Wednesday take delivery of a Boeing 777 plane acquired under controversial and still murky circumstances from Malaysia....Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zimbabwe Airways Jets landing in Zimbabwe tomorrow
Zimbabwe set to take delivery of one of the Zimbabwe Airways #Boeing #B772 tomorrow. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson Mr George Charamba confirmed this development to Larry Kwiriryi in an i...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 14:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa intervenes on ZimAirways scandal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Transport minister Jorum Gumbo to bring home Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) planes secretly bought using public funds, while government investigates the dodgy d...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways back on track
The project to establish a new airline, Zimbabwe Airways, whose relationship with AirZim is opaque, is moving towards finality amid revelations that documentation is now in the final stage and should ...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drops Zimbabwe Airways in favour of Air Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean Government has pulled the plug on the now stillborn Zimbabwe Airways project with Minister of Transport Joram Gumbo having now decided to focus on resuscitating the moribund Air Zimbabw...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally abandons Zimbabwe Airways project
TRANSPORT minister Jorum Gumbo has shifted his focus away from the controversial Zimbabwe Airways project linked to former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore to reviving struggling fla...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law's airline project flies into eye of storm
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore's plan to establish a private airline on the ashes of struggling flag carrier Air Zimbabwe is likely to suffer a stillbirth after the new gove...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law in conflict of interest storm
THE project to establish a new airline, Zimbabwe Airways, whose relationship with flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) is opaque, is moving towards finality amid revelations Transport minister Joram Gum...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 12:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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