There surely must be times when the president of our republic wishes he had been given some other, more pliable, country. I mean, we are constantly moaning and kvetching about his antics and his appointments. Whether it is his pick for chair at SA Airways or the SABC’s chief operating officer, the opposition and the media and civil society are always banging on. Last week the president must have looked to the north and shaken his head in admiration at what his counterparts get away with. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe appointed his son-in-law, Simba Chikore, as Air Zimbabwe’s chief operating officer. Air Zimbabwe board chairman Chipo Dyanda said Chikore "excelled in the interviews that were conducted for the post". He helpfully added that Chikore did well in psychometric tests. Chikore, a pilot, has no management experience.This sort of thing is par for the course in Zimbabwe. The airline last month appointed the late vice-president Simon Muzenda’s son, Ripton, as its new CEO. H...
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