Zimbabwe investigates helicopter crash that killed Wicknell Chivayo
Zimbabwe's aviation authority is investigating the helicopter crash that killed Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, saying fuel spilled on impact before a fire broke out.
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Zimbabwe's aviation authority is investigating the helicopter crash that killed Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, saying fuel spilled on impact before a fire broke out.
He went to prison at 24, built an energy company, won close to a billion dollars of state contracts, gave away Mercedes-Benzes on camera and stood beside half a dozen presidents and a king. Wicknell Chivayo died on Wednesday in a helicopter crash, aged 45. Zimbabwe cannot agree what it has lost.
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife were among six people reported killed when a helicopter crashed near Marondera, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday evening.
Cleared by South African police, honored in Morocco, and pledging $1 million to bring stranded Zimbabweans home — Wicknell Chivayo’s remarkable week caps a two-decade journey from a bus company wages clerk to one of Africa’s most talked-about businessmen.
A video of Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo celebrating Mnangagwa's term extension aboard a private jet has sparked a lively online debate.
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has dropped $8.7m on a SAOTA-designed Clifton mansion, his most striking real estate move yet.
Chirchir stated that no Chivayo-linked company bid for the JKIA contract, naming China Road and Bridge Corporation as the signatory.
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has pledged a R3 billion 300MW solar project to Eswatini after King Mswati III granted him citizenship and a diplomatic passport.
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has been granted Eswatini citizenship and a diplomatic passport by King Mswati III following a private audience at the Royal Palace.
Kenya's Transport minister has formally denied that Wicknell Chivayo's company had any role in the KSh375 billion JKIA airport expansion contract awarded this month.
Wicknell Chivayo's IMC Construction Kenya has won a stake in the Sh375 billion ($2.9 billion) JKIA expansion deal alongside Chinese state-owned construction giant CCCC.
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo's repeated access to President Ruto's State House is drawing opposition fury in Kenya amid concerns over his controversial business record.
Sonja Madzikanda is suing Wicknell Chivayo for a $25 million lump sum, $40,000 monthly maintenance and three Rolls-Royces in a High Court battle over their 2017 customary marriage.
Investigations involving Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo continue, despite claims the case has been dropped.
A leaked dossier naming Wicknell Chivayo and Kudakwashe Tagwirei has ignited calls for a forensic audit into alleged $3.2 billion state looting.