Harare - Outspoken young businessman, Wicknell Chivayo has finally come to his senses by apologising to Professor Jonathan Moyo and pledgin...
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Harare - Outspoken young businessman, Wicknell Chivayo has finally come to his senses by apologising to Professor Jonathan Moyo and pledging to continue sponsoring Zimbabwe football after a sudden pull out last week.
“The good news is during my recent interaction with ZIMBABWE’S MOTHER, she politely requested me to continue supporting the Warriors at all costs. As much as I tried to explain my side of the story, she said you are all my children and I won’t stoop so low and listen to who said this and who said that."Chivayo was in Dubai where he reportedly met First Lady, Grace Mugabe.
“She also strongly reprimanded me for recently attacking an Honourable Cabinet Minister on social media. Regardless of their size, complexion or financial status, by virtue of being a minister who was appointed by the President, they all equally deserve utmost due respect no matter their views or opinions in any situation,” said Chivayo.
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| Wicknell Chivayo With the First Family |
Meanwhile, the solar energy proprietor has bounced back into the trenches of domestic football yesterday after reversing his decision to pull the plug on funding ZIFA activities and the Warriors.
Chivayo said his change of heart followed a reprimand he received from Amai Mugabe when he sat down for a meal with the First Lady and her son Robert Mugabe (Junior) in Dubai last week, where they discussed his decision to stop funding ZIFA activities following a spectacular fallout with some sections of the media.
He immediately paid Warriors’ coach Callisto Pasuwa his outstanding three-month salary, valued at $21 000, and also paid Mighty Warriors coach Shadreck Mlauzi and his team $9 000 after they qualified for the Women African Nations Cup finals.
Chivayo addressed a media conference in Harare yesterday, in the company of Chiyangwa and Mlauzi, and said the turning point was when the First Lady told him that he should always be driven by national interests and not blown off course by criticism.
“I was reprimanded by the First Lady who told me that if the President (Mugabe) or all the liberation struggle heroes had thrown tantrums and given up after being criticised and attacked by the whites we wouldn’t have attained independence,” said Chivayo.
“When I spoke to the First Lady she said when you are executing national duty you must expect criticism, you must expect the attacks because there are opposition forces that don’t want development.
He said he had buried the events of the past two weeks and has no hard feelings with the media, which took him to task following a social media war which erupted with some journalists.
“I was in England on holiday. I wasn’t even reading the newspapers. I just heard, I wasn’t even worried about what they were saying and I have nothing against anybody,” said Chivayo. - tinzwei.com/Online Sources
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