In a consolatory fashion, Big Brother Africa All Stars runner up Munyaradzi Chidzonga received $300,000 (American dollars, not Zimbabwean‘s!) from President Robert Mugabe last week following his disappointment of missing out on winning the reality TV show.
The money was raised overnight after businessmen Phillip Chiyangwa and chairperson of the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board, David Chapfika, set up a Chidzonga Trust Fund. A bank account was reportedly opened to marshal donations in a country where poverty is at its peak.
The cash gift was presented to Diamond Boy, as Munya is otherwise addressed, at State House by Mugabe. This means he has now received $100,000 more than the show‘s winner Uti Nwachukwu of Nigeria who took home $200,000.
Munya, who received a hero‘s welcome on arrival in his home country, was accompanied on his visit by his wife and mother of his son, Adiona Maboreke.
Munya met Mugabe and several cabinet ministers for just under an hour.
Chiyangwa has accused M-Net of cheating Munya out of the top prize. He said the donation was to ”ease Munya‘s trauma” from the experience.
Source: http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201010243475128
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