Mugabe's son-in-law probed over aviation deal
Publish date: 17 September 2018
Issue Number: 791
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Zimbabwe
Former President Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law is being investigated by a special anti-corruption unit in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office. NewsDay reports that Simba Chikore, who is married to Mugabe’s daughter Bona, is allegedly under investigation over his role in negotiating the purchase of four second-hand Boeing 777 aircraft from Malaysia Airlines. 'It seems the whole issue could suck in Mugabe himself or better still, his wife (former First Lady Grace),' an unnamed source close to the investigation told the paper. The source said the procurement of the planes for a new airline (Zimbabwe Airways) was 'an intricate web that we are trying to understand'. The Daily News report that the first of the planes landed in Zimbabwe in April, but it was flown back to Malaysia a month later for 'repairs' without flying a single commercial flight.
