Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken cover of the country’s focus on the Corona crisis to promote cronyism by making a series of dubious appointments, including two appointments on the same individual.

Without questioning his credentials,Mnangagwa in succession has appointed Busisa Moyo to chair the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency(ZIDA) a few days after appointing the same man to the ZITF board in a similar capacity.

Even where competency is top notch, this cannot be right. Zimbabwe has many capable people of unquestionable integrity and there is therefore no reason to pile appointments on one individual who already seats on the PAC and the RBZ Boards, among other duties.

Media focus on the COVID-19 pandemic is no license to be surreptitious and to mischievously foist cronies on strategic institutions.

MDC Communications