It was bound to be a fairytale wedding - and it happily turned out so. From the moment that the media got a whiff of the marriage of Bona, daughter to President Mugabe, and Simba Chikore, excitement and speculation swirled around, culminating in the "wedding of the year" last week.Yet precious little was known of Bona's mystery man.
Grant it, he had a humble upbringing in Harare's Kambuzuma high-density suburb where he, like others, played "chikweshe" (mock football). But he has royal blood in him, which makes his marriage to the First Daughter all the more special.
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