Jane Mlambo| Newly appointed Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Professor Mthuli Ncube could have escaped arrest by a mere two weeks following his resignation from Quantum Global where he was Managing Director to take up a cabinet post in Zimbabwe.

Quantum Global, the company behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s luncheon with investors in Switzerland early this year had its founder Jean Bastos de Morais and his friend Jose Filomeno dos Santos (son of former Angolan President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos) arrested today over fraudulent transfer of $500 million from Angolan state coffers to an HSBC account.

According to Bloomberg, Angola’s state prosecutor arrested the son of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos over the alleged illegal transfer of $500 million from state coffers to an HSBC Holdings Plc account in the U.K.

Replying to a Pachedu post on Twitter, Nick Brandson, a journalist with the Economist said Ncube who was the Managing Director and Head of Research Lab at Quantum Global had just left on time to survive an arrest.

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