Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa rewards chiefs with cars worth $6m amid economic crisis

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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa rewards chiefs with cars worth $6m amid economic crisis
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The Zimbabwean government has given traditional leaders brand new cars worth millions of dollars at a time the country is facing economic hardships from power crisis, rising cost of living, shortage of basic commodities, deteriorating healthcare and food insecurity.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives at a ZANU-PF rally in Harare, Zimbabwe, 9 August 2023.

In late February, Mnangagwa gave chiefs 100 Isuzu double cab vehicles, which experts estimated to have an industry value of over $6m, enough to buy dozens of ambulances or drugs to supply some struggling hospitals in Zimbabwe.US slammed over African discrimination against Cameroon separatistsThe Supreme Court of Ghana is hearing a case where the president’s powers to fire security chiefs, including the national police boss, are being chall...

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