Top 10 Things You Might Not Know About Simba Chikore

Am sure when you hear the name Simba Chikore what comes first in your mind is that he is the man who married the one and only daughter of President Mugabe or probably he was just appointed as the Chief of AirZim COO. Whether you love the guy, loathe him or remain indifferent, there is no denying his poise under pressure. People are quite familiar to him being a member of the first family and who they think he is. But…do they really know? Here are 10 things you may not know about the newly appointed AirZim COO below..

1. He is the son of ZAOGA FIF pastors Sherman Chikore and Christine Chikore

2. Simba is the third born in a family of four boys and a girl.

3. Chikore grew up in Kambuzuma and comes from the Chikore area in Rusape where his uncle Dennis Chikore is the chief.

4. Chikore and his siblings formed a musical outfit called 101 Harare Drive that sang brilliantly in church from an early stage in their lives where he played the keyboard.

5.  Simba attended Marlborough Primary School for his primary education where he excelled in sports mainly athletics, soccer and swimming. He then enrolled at St John’s College in Emerald Hill where he also excelled in sports during his six years of secondary education.

6. Chikore studied sciences at Advanced Level and was the headboy when he completed his studies in 1996 before he moved to the United States for further studies.

7. He is said to have attended a flight school in Chicago Ilinois.

8.  Simba Chikore married Bona Mugabe in February 2014 at the Mugabe private home in Harare’s plush Borrowdale neighborhood. Together they have a son Simbanashe who was born in 2016.

9. Three sitting heads of state were among the guests at his wedding South African President Jacob Zuma attended the event along with, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, Zambia’s Michael Sata.

10. He is believed to have paid $35 000 and 15 cows to President Mugabe for the Bona’s hand in marriage.