Jailed Air Zimbabwe MD reinstated

Grace Pfumbidzayi is to be restored to her former position of managing director whilst being incarcerated on a seven year prison sentence.

Pfumbidzayi is serving her sentence at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for criminal abuse of office after a $10 million insurance scam.

The reinstatement is assumed to be for technical reasons due to Pfumbidzayi’s incarceration in spite of her appeals to the High Court against her sentence.

Since her original dismissal, Pfumbidzayi has challenged it and won at an arbitration hearing during her sentence.

Her reinstatement arrived to her in a letter written by Munkhodya, acting manager of the human resources department, who wrote: "We make further reference to the Arbitral Award by T Zimudzana reinstating you to the position of Acting Managing Director."