{"id":116427,"date":"2026-04-12T22:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:18:43","slug":"chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement","title":{"rendered":"Chivayo Agrees to R90 Million Divorce Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The divorce between Zimbabwean businessman Sir Wicknell Chivayo and Sonja Madzikanda has officially been finalized, revealing a multimillion-rand settlement.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Chivayo has agreed to pay US$5 million (approximately R90 million) in maintenance. Of that amount, US$2.2 million (around R40 million) has already been paid, while the remaining US$2.8 million (about R50 million) is due within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the agreement, Chivayo will also cover 12 months of expenses for the children, while Madzikanda has been granted primary custody. Chivayo will reportedly have access to the children for one week per month.<\/p>\n<p>The division of assets between the two parties is being handled separately.<\/p>\n<p>The high-value settlement has sparked widespread discussion online, with many reacting to the scale of the figures involved and what it reveals about high-profile divorces involving wealthy individuals.<\/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. The divorce between Zimbabwean businessman Sir Wicknell Chivayo and Sonja Madzikanda has officially been finalized, revealing a multimillion-rand settlement. According to reports, Chivayo has agreed to pay US$5 million (approximately R90 million) in maintenance. Of that amount, US$2.2 million (around R40 million) has already been paid, while the remaining US$2.8 million (about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":116426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-116427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","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 Agrees to R90 Million Divorce Settlement - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The divorce between Zimbabwean businessman Sir Wicknell Chivayo and Sonja Madzikanda has officially been finalized, reve ...\" \/>\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-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chivayo Agrees to R90 Million Divorce Settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The divorce between Zimbabwean businessman Sir Wicknell Chivayo and Sonja Madzikanda has officially been finalized, reve ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T20:10:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T22:18:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2026\/04\/sm_1776032256.537093.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chivayo Agrees to R90 Million Divorce Settlement\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-12T20:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-12T22:18:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2026\/04\/sm_1776032256.537093.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chivayo-agrees-to-r90-million-divorce-settlement\",\"name\":\"Chivayo Agrees to R90 Million Divorce Settlement - 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