{"id":46986,"date":"2026-10-01T09:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46986"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:19:45","slug":"wicknell-chivayo-among-six-killed-in-zimbabwe-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/wicknell-chivayo-among-six-killed-in-zimbabwe-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicknell Chivayo among six killed in Zimbabwe helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo is among six people killed in a helicopter crash in rural Marondera, east of Harare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The private helicopter was reportedly returning to Harare when it went down Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The cause of the crash remains unknown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Authorities have cordoned off the site as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The victims&#8217; bodies remained at the scene early this morning and are expected to be taken to a mortuary later today. Officials have yet to release further details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46987,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46986","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Chivayo is among six people killed in a helicopter crash in","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46986","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\/46986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46988,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46986\/revisions\/46988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}