Published: 03 April 2018

With Zimbabe's leader Emmerson Mnangagwa in China for a seven day State visit, his 13th foreign trip this year, his frequent travel abroad is stirring an outbreak of mass ridicule with some failing to differentiate him from his predecessor.

Sworn in as president on November 24 after 94 year old Robert Mugabe was toppled via coup, Mnangagwa has clocked up trips to 13 nations in just five months since assuming office.

Even more remarkable is the diversity of these destinations.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa opted to hire a luxurious private plane to travel to China, abandoning the struggling national airliner Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), which has a plane of the same size albeit with no similar luxurious trappings.

In a cocktail of austerity measures meant to preserve thinning foreign currency - Mnagwagwa's administration announced early this year that they were opting for a smaller plane to save money - but this time around when he travelled to China on a State visit, he used an A/C type B767 -200, registration number P4 CLA, a luxurious plane from Bahrain, owned by Switzerland-based Comlux Aviation.
- Daily News

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