Mswati to do business with Gono?

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By SARAH NCUBE

Published: June 8, 2009

ZIMBABWE- HARARE- Swaziland’s absolute monarch King Mswati III is interested in doing business with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor and Zanu PF chief financier Gideon Gono.

Mswati who jetted into Harare with one of his several wives-Inkosikhati Lagija, a princess, a prince and a traditional minister Induna Shende Tsabedze in the company of Zimbabwe’s 85 years old leader Robert Mugabe went on a tour of Gideon Gono’s farm-. Donnington Farm. The Zimbabwe Telegraph has it in good authority.

Mswathi was greeted with a 21-gun salute the highest honour that can be bestowed on a visiting head of state.

On Thursday morning Mswati commissioned some grain silo’s at the controversial Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono’s Donnington Farm, in Norton about 60km southwest of Harare.

Sources today said Gono whose farm produces chickens and other perishable goods is looking for export markets in Swaziland.

“Remember Gono can not export to European countries, he is now short of ready market for his produce, so Swaziland could be a good market for him,” said a source.

Donnington Farm has been under Gono’s ownership for close to 4 years. The visit by the polygamist Swazi King was a laid down plan by Mugabe as he tries to get his protégé connected in the political system.

Gideon Gono is by far the most successful farmer in Zimbabwe. His yields are largely credited to his unfair advantage of access to state resources. His maize yields have in the past been used to feed starving army officers.

Gideon Gono has been the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor for close to six years.

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