Two Zimbabwean females. Chipo Gatsi and flight Captain Chipo Matimba make history for Fastjet, when the all-female crew flew passengers on the Harare-Johannesburg-Harare-Victoria Falls- Harare round trip.

Women are indeed breaking the glass ceiling to penetrate into fields that were predominantly male-occupied. no one dreamed they could ever dominate. This headlining trip was led by captain Chipo Matimba and the first officer was Officer Chipo Gatsi who was formerly with the Air Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe proudly boasts of only six female pilots namely Chipo Matimba, Emilia Njovani, Merna Moore, Chipo Gatsi, Elizabeth Chikumba and Sithandekile Dube.

Positive comments flooded Social Media as netizens praised and congratulated the crew. The captain, Matimba previously highlighted in an interview that boys and girls were treated equally as they grew up in her family.

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