Mixed reactions after prominent Zimbabwe businessman dies in helicopter crash
Flamboyant Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, was one of the most recognisable faces of a class of conspicuously wealthy entrepreneurs with ties to the ruling party.
Sir Wicknell, as he was popularly known, said he was also giving them "small petty cash" of $250,000 each, with extra for one supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa against a challenge to recent Constitutional amendments.
But as images of private jets, sprawling mansions and over-the-top parties have been shared, questions were being raised about how Chivayo and others in a certain Zimbabwean elite were able to access the opportunities that made their fortunes possible.
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