Wicknell Chimayo’s Final 24 Hours: The Last Promises, The Second Helicopter and The Questions Still Unanswered

He began his final day promising luxury cars and US$750,000 in cash. Hours later, five people were dead. What happened between his last public announcement and the fatal flight over Marondera.By HRH Princess Eugene Majuru | Editor-in-Chief, News of The SouthHARARE — On the morning of Wednesday, 30 September 2026, Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo was doing what had made him one of the country’s most talked-about personalities: announcing extraordinary gifts worth hundreds of thousands of United States dollars.