President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told his party’s central committee that United Arab Emirates prince had offered a plane for his globetrotting, refuting claims that he is hiring luxury jets for his trips.

Mnangagwa said;

“I was invited by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed. He hosted us well. You hear people saying I flew with a luxury jet. Those are lies, they sent us a plane,” he said.

“We did not pay anything for that plane. The crown prince sent the aeroplane to pick us up and we went and it dropped us. I told him we had a problem with availability of planes, and he said whenever I want to travel, all I need to do is call.”

But while UAE could have offered this support, it remains to be seen what Zimbabwe will offer the Arab country considering that Mnangagwa’s trips have been all about opening up business opportunities to the world.