Recently re-elected Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing outrage after appointing his son as deputy minister to the country’s finance ministry.
Mnangagwa’s 34-year-old son, David, was among 26 officials sworn in as cabinet ministers Tuesday despite public anger when the list of the nominees was made public on Monday.
In his expanded cabinet, Mnangagwa’s son is to deputize finance minister Mthuli Ncube while his nephew, Tongai, would serve as deputy minister in the country’s tourism ministry.
Some Zimbabweans have accused Mnangagwa of running the impoverished southern African country as “a family business.”