Nairobi, October 1- Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, have died in a helicopter crash in Marondera, Mashonaland East Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The helicopter crashed at around 5pm on Wednesday, September 30, near Waddilove Mission. Six people were on board, including Chivayo, his wife and two pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zimbabwean authorities confirmed that there were no survivors, with emergency teams dispatched to the crash site as investigations began. The cause of the accident has not yet been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chivayo, 43, was a prominent businessman and philanthropist who was widely known in Zimbabwe for his lavish lifestyle and close links to political figures, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He frequently shared his lifestyle and philanthropic activities on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Family spokesperson Herbert Chivayo confirmed the deaths of Wicknell and Lucy, saying the family was devastated by the tragedy. The couple had married in a high-profile ceremony last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, October 1- Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, have died in a helicopter crash in Marondera, Mashonaland East Province. The helicopter crashed at around 5pm on Wednesday, September 30, near Waddilove Mission. Six people were on board, including Chivayo, his wife and two pilots. Zimbabwean authorities confirmed that there were no survivors, with emergency teams dispatched to the crash site as investigations began. The cause of the accident has not yet been established. Chivayo, 43, was a prominent businessman and philanthropist who was widely known in Zimbabwe for his lavish lifestyle and close links to political figures, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He frequently shared his lifestyle and philanthropic activities on social media. Family spokesperson Herbert Chivayo confirmed the deaths of Wicknell and Lucy, saying the family was devastated by the tragedy. The couple had married in a high-profile ceremony last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4298,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions\/4298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}