Schoolteacher bootlicks Mugabe

UMGUZA — A Nyamandlovu primary schoolteacher, Simbarashe Zenda, went overboard in bootlicking by showering praises for President Robert Mugabe’s anti-gay stance during a prayer at the launch of the National Tree Planting Day at the school over the weekend.

BY DUMISANI SIBANDA BUREAU CHIEF

Zenda, who had been asked to deliver an opening prayer at the function where Environment minister Francis Nhema stood in for Mugabe, shocked delegates when he went into a frenzy attacking gays and lesbians while lauding the Zanu PF leader’s tough stance against the practice.

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