Chivayo Keeps The Cars Coming – Ex-Q Gets 2025 Mercedes, A Day After Feli Nandi’s Fortuner
Wicknell Chivayo’s “generosity” shows no signs of slowing down. He has just gifted musician Ex-Q a car and cash — only a day after giving fellow artist Feli Nandi a brand new Toyota Fortuner and US$50,000.
Posting on Facebook, Chivayo said he’d given Enock Munhenga, better known as Ex-Q, a 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 and US$10,000 for fuel and spending money.
“While yesterday I celebrated a queen who has excelled in the music and arts industry, today I extend the greatest recognition to a brother who has worked tirelessly and has been an inspiration even to my lifestyle,” Chivayo wrote on Saturday.
“For a very long time, I have waited for this moment to celebrate one of the original and finest RnB artists Zimbabwe has ever produced.
“This is the man whose artistry gave a completely new meaning to the word ‘salad’, and 25 years later, he is still serving it straight salad with unmatched swag and hard work.
“Today, your time has finally come. I wish to celebrate a true icon… my brother, Mr Exqizit…Mr Putiti…the real Musalala…Enock Munhenga, better known as Ex-Q.
“You popularised chi salad in the early 2000s and became one of the pioneers of Urban Grooves, the kind of music I have loved with a passion to this very day.
“Your award-winning hit songs such as Musalala, Mazirudo, and Pandakaona, together with more recent songs like Nzenza and Hatichacheme, show a career spanning over two decades of consistency and excellence.
“You have inspired the youth and helped shape what we now know as Zim Hip Hop today.”
Chivayo praised Ex-Q for songs that speak out against GBV, saying they align with the government’s tough stance on abuse against women.
“Your contribution to the music industry over the past 20 years is therefore something that deserves proper recognition,” said Chivayo.
“I say a big congratulations to you, my brother… Mr Exqizit… Mr Putiti, please go and see Victor at Exquisite Motors on Monday and collect your new 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450, 110 thousand USD paid in full, and your car is ready for collection. You will also receive USD10,000 for fuel and pocket money.
*Corrupt cartels blamed for worsening plight of Zimbabwe’s working class_*
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THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has slammed corrupt cartels for fuelling workers’ hardships amid calls for the enactment of pro-poor policies.
The cartels are derogatorily referred to as “Zvigananda” a term used in Zimbabwean political discourse to describe a small group of politically connected individuals who accumulate substantial wealth through underhand deals and State patronage. The term was notably employed by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to highlight the economic disparity between these elites and the ordinary folk.
Addressing workers at Dzivarasekwa Stadium in Harare to mark the 2026 Workers’ Day commemorations, ZCTU President Florence Taruvinga blamed cartels in the fuel value chain for unjustifiably hiking petrol prices.
“Why do we have middlemen in the oil industry when we have NOCZIM which can do the job at a lower cost? Our fuel prices are amongst the most expensive in Africa, the reason being multiple taxes and cartels holding the industry at ransom.”
She questioned the rationale behind blending of petrol when the net effect has resulted in higher prices amid calls to address the root cause.
“The government needs to introspect on these and other issues directly prejudicing the poor and the majority. Our clarion call to government is serve and save the people not to serve and save Zvigananda,” she said.
Taruvinga said despite having gone for just five months into 2026, the year is already characterised by worthless wages often paid in local currency despite the fact that the economy has highly dollarised.
She said the current gazetted minimum wage of US$150-00 per month is a mockery confirming the government’s failure to pay “living wages” in a development, which militates against effective collective bargaining as the private sector flows with the government rates and figures particularly with the minimum wage.
“We are in a crisis, healthcare is collapsing, health workers recently downed tools demanding improved salaries and working conditions. Many public hospitals are operating at minimal capacity with critical shortages of basic medicines and functional equipment,” added Taruvinga.
