Security chiefs confront Chivayo

CONVICTED tycoon Wicknell Chivayo was last week confronted by security chiefs after making a slew of corruption allegations over a US$40 million Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender, the Zimbabwe Independent heard.

Chivayo, whose close ties with President Emmerson Mnangagwa have sparked national outrage from citizens concerned about his criminal record, appeared to intimate in a video posted on social media that bigwigs in Zimbabwe’s spy agency may have been involved in the deal, which has raised interest from the country’s anti-corruption watchdogs and described as a typical case of State capture by some campaigners.

This week, Chivayo said it was not true that he had been summoned.

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