WATCH LIVE: Wicknell’s Helicopter Did Not Explode Mid Air

Watch live as Gambakwe examines the ownership of the helicopter that crashed and killed controversial Zimbabwean millionaire, Wicknell Chivayo. The helicopter, owned by Sky Helicopters, which was founded by Temba Nkatazo, a close Mnangagwa ally and Valley seeds owner, who has a contract to supply seeds for the Zimbabwe Pfumvudza program – a drought mitigation supply program for rural farmers.

President Mnangagwa will meet with over 10,000 children of liberation struggle veterans.

Location: Harare International Conference Centre.

Theme: “Veterans’ Children Safeguarding the Legacy and Advancing Vision 2030.”

Purpose: To create a platform for empowerment initiatives and national governance participation.

Organized by: Apex Council of Children of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle, with the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and others.

Thomas Mapfumo is not performing at Chivayo’s funeral — his US$1 million contract was only for joyful events (Jah Prayzah’s wedding and Chivayo’s birthday), not a memorial.

Mapfumo and his band visited the Chivayo residence as traditional mourners instead.

He returns to the US on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, and will come back to Zimbabwe later for rescheduled performances.

Sky Helicopters is a luxury private charter company owned by Themba Nkatazo.

A chartered helicopter crashed at Kudenga Farm in Marondera on September 30, 2026.

Six people died, including Wicknell Chivayo, Lucy Muteke, Senelisiwe Magagula, and pilots Captain Calvin Tafirei Soda and Captain Courage Mutavirwa.

Body of a 22-year-old female found at Limpopo fence.

Ambassador L. Brent Bozell dismisses South Africa’s three diplomatic protests as politically motivated, calling them “kabuki theater” if he were being fully disrespectful.

MTN awarded R3.4bn worth of radio frequency spectrum in Ghana (its second-largest market).

Spectrum licenses valid for 15 years; payments included in MTN Ghana’s cash flow outlook.

South Africa plans to establish its first dedicated export-import bank (SA Eximbank) within five years.

Goal: Unlock R1.3 trillion in export potential and close financing gaps for SMEs, black industrialists, and new exporters.

South African motorists face a record fuel price hike from Wednesday, 7 October 2026.

Increase of over R3.00 per litre; petrol will exceed R30/litre for the first time.

Armed robbery at a Nedbank branch in Bulawayo.

Stolen: ~US$300,000, R2.4 million, and five gold coins; CCTV recorder also taken.

Accused: Bhekani Mlibo; accomplice Lovemore Gambiza already convicted and sentenced.

Mlibo faces charges of unlawful entry and theft; trial postponed for a discharge ruling.

Break-in method: Cut razor wire, removed burglar bar, forced server room door, used gas-cutting torch on Chubb vault.

Evidence: DNA from tissues and cigarette butts; a Toyota Venture was intercepted with Netbank cash bags hidden inside.

Bozell says South Africa’s three protests are politically motivated.

First: Pretoria objected to seven words from a one-hour presentation he called “100% positive”; he never apologized.

Second: Officials tried to learn if Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola was on a US visa-restriction list; Bozell refused to disclose.

Third: He wants lectures on American diplomat behavior to stop, citing insults from South Africa’s foreign minister and president.

He says tensions can rise but South Africa also needs to cool down; the US still wants partnership.

Purpose: South Africa’s first dedicated export-import bank within five years.

Goal: Unlock R1.3 trillion in export potential; help SMEs, black industrialists, and new exporters.

Led by: Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC).

Funded by: Public capital (fiscal budget) and private capital (sovereign wealth funds, banks, institutional investors).

Complements Afreximbank, which SA joined in April 2026, unlocking a $4bn programme.

Next steps: Transaction advisers being appointed to review the business case.

April 2026: SA joins Afreximbank ($4bn programme).

Current Friday: ECIC begins appointing advisers for SA Eximbank.

Original target (2027/28): Previous launch deadline (now delayed).

Next 5 years: New target to establish SA Eximbank.

2025/26: Transnet moved 167.9 million tonnes of freight.

2030: Government goal for Transnet to move 250 million tonnes.

MTN awarded R3.4bn worth of spectrum in Ghana.

Acquired: Two 20MHz lots in 700MHz ($100.9m), three 50MHz lots in 3GHz ($101.1m), three lots in 2.3GHz.

Purpose: Deploy 5G, strengthen network capacity, improve service quality.

MTN acquiring the 75% of IHS Towers it does not already own for R36bn (all-cash).

IHS is Africa’s largest cellphone tower provider.

Regulatory approvals cleared in South Africa, Nigeria, and Zambia.

Nigeria’s approval requires MTN to sell up to 30% of IHS’s Nigerian business to local investors.

Vodacom’s own R13bn deal with Remgro caused regulatory delays for MTN.

Benefits: Increase service revenue, expand core earnings margins, strengthen finances; adds 26,000 MTN tenancies across six African markets.

Expected completion: End of this year, subject to outstanding approvals.

February: Ghana revoked Next Gen InfraCo’s exclusive 5G rights.

June (last year): Original deadline for Next Gen InfraCo to launch 5G in Ghana.

August: MTN completed sale of Latin American operations (Brazil, Colombia); Nigeria gave conditional approval for IHS deal.

September: Nigeria’s Communications Commission granted conditional approval for IHS deal.

End of this year: Expected completion of MTN’s IHS acquisition.