This has not been verified but Susan Matsunga one of the Tshabangu MPs who praised CAB3 was recorded in April receiving $50 000 and a new car from Wicknell Chivayo a Mnangagwa ally (AC Vol 67 No 12 Mnangagwa's 2030 power bid hits the barracks)...

There are two broad camps in the succession struggle: the traditionalist contenders within the ZANU-PF hierarchy who would command wider support in the party and a new generation of Mnangagwa‑aligned business figures – such as Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Wicknell Chivayo – who have tried with limited success to buy their way into party structures...

Most recently Susan Matsunga MP for Budiriro North was publicly gifted US$50 000 and a new vehicle by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's fixer Wicknell Chivayo after praising the President and his Special Advisor Paul Tungwarara...

Wicknell Chivayo who has donated hundreds of vehicles to ZANU-PF and government officials has just been cleared by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission over his role in a US$100 million tender for election materials in 2023...

With elaborate orchestration and the financial backing of business allies such as Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Wicknell Chivayo Mnangagwa's political fixers ensured the (ZANU-PF) conference overwhelmingly endorsed the President's ‘2030 Agenda' leaving him free to pick a successor at a time of his choosing...

Chiwenga – a retired army general who led the 2017 revolt that ousted Mugabe – accuses Tagwirei of buying loyalty within ZANU-PF for himself and Mnangagwa naming key benefactors: Wicknell Chivayo Pedzai ‘Scott' Sakupwanya and Dilesh Nguwaya...

At the Munhumutapa Day celebrations on 15 September marking Mnangagwa's birthday Wicknell Chivayo gave each of the 10 provincial chairs a 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser and $100 000 in cash...

The move was widely seen as an attempt to contain Tagwirei's influence – particularly as vehicles donated by social media influencer Wicknell Chivayo were reportedly exempt...

Other allegations involve abusing the presidential title in development projects profiting from the expensive Zimbabwe e-passport (benefitting Tagwirei and Emmerson ​Mnangagwa Junior) and the US$100 million Zimbabwe Electoral Commission fraud by Wicknell Chivayo (Dispatches 29/10/24 Opposition cries foul over elections contract to firm in graft probe)...

He also became close to the flamboyant multi-millionaire Wicknell Chivayo...

But recently Chiwenga has stepped up criticism of Mnangagwa chastising the ‘tenderpreneurs' around him including the flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo at a funeral in January (AC Vol 66 No 4 Tanks roll as Mnangagwa tries to extend his rule)...

Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga has lambasted the multi-millionaires close to the Mnangagwa family such as Wicknell Chivayo...