Former Mamelodi Sundowns star Peter Ndlovu has been slammed from all angles after he accepted a gift worth a whopping R2.6 million from a questionable figure.
The 51-year-old had been given a brand new 2024 BMW X6. While it may seem as though it was a kind gesture, there has been concern around who the gift was from - businessman Wicknell Chivayo.
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According to Zimbabwean news site Pindula, Chivayo is an ex-convict linked to questionable State contracts.
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart criticised the former player's decision to accept it. It had been suggested that Ndlovu had to collect the car from a dealership in Sandton.
"I am sad that Peter Ndlovu has had to sully his fine name in this way. Celebrities have a duty to ask the question – where did the money come from to buy these vehicles?"
Former Member of Parliament for Mount Pleasant Constituency in Harare Fadzayi Mahere also got involved in the conversation, taking to X to say that soon people won't have to "beg corrupt political elites for money."
"In the new Zimbabwe, the economy will be strong and people will have decent jobs. A nurse or a teacher will earn enough to be able to walk into a dealership and purchase a car of their choice. Cars will be assembled locally," she wrote on the social media platform.
"There will be no need for grown men and women to beg corrupt political elites for money to pay for health services. People will not need to twerk or chant ridiculous slogans for an abusive political party in order to get ahead," she added.
"This business of begging for and celebrating cars bought by corrupt convicted criminals who loot public funds will be a thing of the past."
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