FADZAYI MAHERE QUESTIONS: ‘WHERE DID THOSE HEADS GO?’
Fadzayi Mahere is questioning why there is no apparent search for the missing heads of Wicknell Chivayo and Lucy Muteke, asking: “Where did those heads go?” Her comments follow claims by a family member that the remains were not recovered.
Former opposition politician Fadzayi Mahere has questioned why there appears to be no public search effort for the missing heads of businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife Lucy Muteke, following claims by a family member that the remains have not been recovered.
In a social-media post, Mahere questioned why authorities, the families and close friends were not, in her view, actively pursuing answers about the whereabouts of the missing remains.
“Why is there no search party for the missing heads?” Mahere asked.
She questioned why the matter was seemingly being treated as though it were “normal or acceptable”, adding: “Where did those heads go?”
‘HANA DZAVO HADZIROVE HERE?’
Mahere further questioned whether the authorities and those close to the deceased had done enough to establish what happened to the missing remains.
“Hana dzavo hadzirove here?” she asked, using a Shona expression questioning why the people concerned had apparently not acted.
She concluded her post by saying:
“We need new leaders.”
Her comments come after Chivayo's uncle reportedly said in a video that the heads of both Chivayo and Muteke had not been recovered following the helicopter crash.
According to the uncle's account, the family had recovered their wristwatches but the heads and mobile phones remained missing. He also dismissed claims that the heads had subsequently been found.
QUESTIONS OVER THE RECOVERY
The claims have now generated a wider public question: if the heads were not recovered, what search and recovery efforts were undertaken to locate them?
The issue is particularly sensitive because the recovery and identification of victims following a fatal aviation accident are matters normally handled through established investigative and forensic procedures.
Mahere's intervention brings the issue into the political and public-accountability space, asking why there has not been greater visible concern over the alleged missing remains.
The question is not simply about identification. It is also about establishing a complete account of what was recovered from the crash site and what, if anything, remains unaccounted for.
A CLAIM THAT REQUIRES AUTHORITATIVE ANSWERS
The claim that the heads of Chivayo and his wife remain missing comes from the family account presented in the circulating video. It has not, on the basis of the material reviewed here, been independently confirmed by investigators or another official forensic authority.
That distinction is important.
But if the family's account is accurate, the matter raises legitimate questions about the recovery operation and whether further searches were conducted.
Mahere's post has therefore added another voice to a growing public demand for clarity.
Where are the missing remains? What recovery operation was conducted? Were the phones recovered? And what do the official investigators say about the condition and identification of the victims?
Those are questions that require clear answers rather than speculation.
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