Questions raised over Bona Mugabe’s husband

As Zimbabweans continue to discuss the lavish wedding of Bona Mugabe over the weekend, it has emerged that the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) raised questions about her new husband. Not much is known about 37 year old Simba Chikore, except that his mother is known as a "reverend" in a church group called the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa. It was also, until recently, claimed that he was a pilot.

But speculation has been rife since media reports were released that discredited the claims of his pilot status. Other reports also quoted a CIO official as branding Robert Mugabe's new son-in-law as 'unsuitable' for the First Daughter. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Chikore does not work for either Emirates or Qatar Airways as widely reported. The paper stated that people in the aviation industry in Southern Africa have never heard of him.

Another report, this time by NewZimbabwe.com, quoted a junior CIO officer as saying that Chikore was a 'playboy' ill-suited to be Bona's husband. The officer reportedly said Grace Mugabe's "determination for the marriage to go ahead and her disdain for the country's spy agency had prevented proper vetting of the First Son-in-Law."

The unnamed CIO official was quoted as saying: "He (Chikore) is a workout addict and also much into bike riding. He is known for womanising from his high school days and recently involved in a spate of affairs which were glossed over by the (CIO) team that prepared the final report. This man was deemed too old for the first daughter and too tainted to be involved with her."

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Rwandan government expels six SA diplomats

The government has expelled six South African diplomats in retaliation for expulsion of Rwandan diplomats by South Africa. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo confirmed on her twitter handle that the South African diplomats were ordered to leave Rwanda in 'reciprocity' and added that it was also because of 'South Africa harboring of dissidents responsible for terrorist attacks in Rwanda.'

The South African government has refused to extradite Rwandan fugitive Kayumba Nyamwasa who fled to South Africa and has been accused of being the brains behind several grenade attacks in the country. Others, such as the recently murdered Patrick Karegeya, also lived freely on South African soil. The murder has so far not been solved.

The Rwandan diplomats were expelled from South Africa after an attack in that country on the home of Nyamwasa, although no details have been given by South African police on the circumstances. It is not yet clear which Rwandan diplomats were expelled by the South African government.

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