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Kneel or Stand? The Greeting That Divides Modern Zimbabwe

Illustration depicting traditional kneeling greeting custom

Sungura king Alick Macheso bowed low before the President's son Collins Mnangagwa at Wicknell Chivayo's funeral gathering. Half the internet saw good manners, the other half saw politics, and a few saw a salute that never happened.

By Sipho Ndlovu | 10 Oct 2026

FUNERAL REVELATIONS

Cartoon of a hand snatching a fur-trimmed robe labelled AURA from a bearded man in Gucci briefs beside a Rolls-Royce

When Reality Snatches Your Aura: G6's Eulogy, the US$90,000 Shoes and the Missing Million

At Wicknell Chivayo's funeral, his younger brother Joachim 'G6' Chivayo told mourners about a US$5 million Gwanda solar payday, US$90,000 worth of shoes and a US$1 million promise that ended in a BMW. It was meant as a tribute. Much of Zimbabwe heard an audit.

Nomalanga Dube | 10 Oct 2026