Chivayo donates Toyota GD6, $50k cash to man whose family was wiped out in crash

HARARE
–
Flamboyant
businessman
Wicknell
Chivayo
has
donated
a
brand
new
Toyota
Fortuner
worth
US$80,000
and
US$50,000
in
cash
to
a
man
who
lost
his
wife
and
all
five
of
his
children
in
a
single
road
traffic
accident
over
the
Easter
weekend.

Ronald
Mujuru
was
left
without
his
entire
family
after
the
crash
which
claimed
six
lives.
Lilian
Mujuru
was
driving
to
a
church
conference
with
her
five
children
aged
15,
13,
11,
7
and
3
when
her
vehicle
had
a
head-on
collision
with
a
haulage
truck
near
Mvuma.

Chivayo
announced
the
donation
on
X,
saying
he
was
moved
by
the
scale
of
the
loss
and
felt
compelled
to
act
as
a
fellow
Zimbabwean
and
as
a
homeboy
from
the
same
part
of
Chivhu.

“It
is
the
most
difficult
and
unimaginable
thing
for
any
parent
to
bury
a
child,
but
to
bury
five
children
and
at
the
same
time
bury
your
wife
is
the
most
horrendous
thing
that
no
human
heart
should
ever
be
asked
to
endure,”
Chivayo
wrote.

He
directed
Mujuru
to
collect
the
2026
Toyota
Fortuner
2.8
GD6
from
Exquisite
Car
Dealership
in
Harare,
describing
the
vehicle
and
the
cash
as
chema
—
the
traditional
gesture
of
condolence
giving.

“This
is
all
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart
and
by
no
means
intended
to
gain
any
mileage
at
the
expense
of
your
grief,
but
a
small
token
to
lessen
the
emotional
pain
and
unimaginable
agony
you
are
carrying,”
he
added.

Chivayo
also
paid
tribute
to
first
lady
Auxillia
Mnangagwa,
who
visited
Mujuru
to
offer
condolences.

“Such
a
gesture
demonstrated
the
true
spirit
of
ubuntu
that
binds
us
together
as
Zimbabweans,”
he
wrote.
He
also
acknowledged
Transport
Minister
Felix
Mhona,
who
attended
the
funeral.

Chivayo
has
become
one
of
Zimbabwe’s
most
high-profile
philanthropists,
regularly
making
headline-grabbing
donations
to
celebrities,
churches,
schools,
politicians
and
football
clubs.

The
Mujuru
donation
adds
to
a
long
list
of
beneficiaries
that
has
made
him
a
polarising
but
unavoidable
figure
in
public
life.