{"id":104188,"date":"2025-02-10T11:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T09:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-offers-to-pay-highlanders-debt-to-brito-and-torres"},"modified":"2025-02-15T23:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T21:55:32","slug":"chivayo-offers-to-pay-highlanders-debt-to-brito-and-torres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-offers-to-pay-highlanders-debt-to-brito-and-torres","title":{"rendered":"Chivayo Offers To Pay Highlanders&#8217; Debt To Brito And Torres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Wicknell Chivayo has stepped in to help Highlanders FC pay the outstanding salaries owed to their former coach, Baltemar Brito, and his assistant, Antonio Joao Torres.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say that Highlanders owes Brito US$14,778, plus US$237.71 in interest as of October 17, 2024, and owes Torres US$11,788, with US$193.74 in interest on the same date.<\/p>\n<p>The two Brazilian coaches reported the club to FIFA, which responded by banning Highlanders from signing new players until the debt is paid in full.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA also warned that the debt will keep accumulating interest at a rate of 5% per year until it\u2019s settled.<\/p>\n<p>This issue has been going on since last year after the coaches couldn\u2019t resolve the matter with the club.<\/p>\n<p>Highlanders had hoped to strengthen their team after losing key players, but the ban has made it harder.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Chivayo has offered to help by paying off the debt \u201ctomorrow without fail,\u201d offering a way out for Highlanders. Chivayo wrote on X:<\/p>\n<p>Bosso ngenkani! Iteam yezwe lonke. Babethi ayibulawe, ayisoze ibulawe sikhona. I will gladly pay this outstanding debt directly to the former coach tomorrow without fail. Someone please inbox and share the banking details with exact amount due asap&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Chivayo, a former convict and controversial businessman, has been involved in several scandals and corruption cases recently, but he has not been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Chivayo is closely connected to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and leaked audio surfaced last year where Chivayo claimed that the President follows his instructions, saying, \u201cndakachibata kuti dzvii\u201d (meaning he influences the President).<\/p>\n<p>Through Chivayo, ZANU PF political leaders have been giving cars and cash to celebrities in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Chivayo himself has openly said that these gifts come from ZANU PF, and the recipients should be aware of that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Wicknell Chivayo has stepped in to help Highlanders FC pay the outstanding salaries owed to their former coach, Baltemar Brito, and his assistant, Antonio Joao Torres. Reports say that Highlanders owes Brito US$14,778, plus US$237.71 in interest as of October 17, 2024, and owes Torres US$11,788, with US$193.74 in interest on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":104187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[11038,15215,522,4374,19],"class_list":["post-104188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-baltemar-brito","tag-baltemar-jose-de-oliveira-brito","tag-highlanders","tag-wicknell-chivayo","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chivayo Offers To Pay Highlanders&#039; Debt To Brito And Torres - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wicknell Chivayo has stepped in to help Highlanders FC pay the outstanding salaries owed to their former coach, Baltemar ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-offers-to-pay-highlanders-debt-to-brito-and-torres\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chivayo Offers To Pay Highlanders&#039; 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