Emmerson Njanjamangezi, Group Features Editor 
A PRIVATE auctioneer will conduct “a rare public sale” of seven Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) planes, meant for a 90s flying school, this weekend.
While the country was “first enthralled” by a silver bird sale when Mbada Diamonds lost a 12-seater Cessna 208 Caravan in 2016 — snapped up by Kenneth Musanhi’s Central Air Transport Services — the fleet was part of the regional Zimbabwe Flight School (ZFS) and to benefit a number of Southern African Development Community countries like Lesotho, but suffered “neglect”.
“In terms of the amount, we cannot put an estimate (value to the planes) since this is the first time we are doing such an auction,” Caaz director general Elisha Chingosho said, adding the parastatal had since registered the Aviation Training Academy of Zimbabwe (ATAZ) to carry out that mandate and fulfill the long-abandoned dream.
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