Exiled Zimbabwean tycoon Mawere passes away

Zimbabwean tycoon Mutumwa Mawere dies at 66

Mutumwa Dziva Mawere, the Zimbabwean South African industrialist who assembled one of the most influential business networks in his country’s post independence era, has died in Johannesburg at age 66, his family confirmed Friday. Mawere had been receiving medical care following a stroke he suffered in 2024, relatives said.His death marks the end of a remarkable and often controversial chapter in Zimbabwe’s economic history. Mawere transformed fr…

Exiled former Shabani Mashaba Mines owner Mutumwa Mawere dies aged 66

SOUTH AFRICA - Mutumwa Mawere, the founder of the SMM Holdings conglomerate and once one of Zimbabwe’s most powerful business figures, has died in South Africa after battling an acute neurological condition. The post Exiled former Shabani Mashaba Mines owner Mutumwa Mawere dies aged 66 appeared first on Nehanda Radio.

Businessman Mutumwa Mawere dies

The tycoon believed in black empowerment and a private-sector-led economy. The post Businessman Mutumwa Mawere dies first appeared on Three Men On a Boat.

Exiled Zimbabwean tycoon Mawere passes away

by AKANI CHAUKEJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – MUTUMWA Dziva Mawere, the Zimbabwean-born businessman whose meteoric rise to prominence and subsequent protracted battles with the Zimbabwean government defined much of his life, has died at 66. He passed away on Thursday morning at MediClinic Sandton Hospital in Johannesburg after a prolonged illness, just days after celebrating his birthday on 11 January. Mawere was a towering figure in Southern Africa…

Former Shabani Mashaba Mines owner Mutumwa Mawere dies

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Mutumwa Mawere, the businessman who fought for years to reclaim ownership of Shabani Mashaba Mines (SMM) after it was seized by the Zimbabwean government, has died at the age of 66. Mawere passed away at a hospital in Johannesburg, where he had lived in exile for nearly two decades. His brother, Vincent Mawere, said the entrepreneur never fully recovered from a stroke he suffered in 2024. “He was the most consequenti…