Govt Mulling Chartering A Plane To Bring Zimbabweans in China Home

The government is considering chartering a plane to repatriate Zimbabweans in China who have indicated they want to come back home, The Sunday Mail reports. This was revealed by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Minister David Musabayana who said this to the publication:

Then we have about 200 people in China who have expressed their interest to come back home and the Government is working out the best way possible to evacuate them

We are thinking of chartering a plane to bring them home. That issue is now before the taskforce together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (and International Trade) to work out modalities on how those people can be evacuated

This comes amid reports that close to 4000 Zimbabweans in other countries have indicated that they want to come back home as they face lockdown induced hardships in other countries

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