{"id":46980,"date":"2026-10-01T07:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46980"},"modified":"2026-10-01T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:45:04","slug":"helicopter-crash-in-zimbabwe-kills-all-on-board","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/helicopter-crash-in-zimbabwe-kills-all-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter crash in Zimbabwe kills all on board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A helicopter has crashed in the Marondera area of Zimbabwe, with authorities confirming that there were no survivors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Local reports have identified businessman Wicknell Chivayo as among those killed in the crash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Chivayo was one of Zimbabwe\u2019s most prominent and controversial business figures, known for his high-profile lifestyle, extensive public donations and links to influential political and business circles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Authorities are expected to provide further details on the circumstances surrounding the crash, including the number of people who were on board and the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20579,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46980","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"All on board killed in Zimbabwe crash","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46981,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46980\/revisions\/46981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}