A group of South Africans have stormed the streets in their numbers to protest demanding that Nigerians and Zimbabweans leave their country.

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It was reported on local news channels that the group, calling themselves “Only One SA”, marched to Nigerian and Zimbabwean embassies in Pretoria on Wednesday September 23 to protest.

The group also staged a social media protest with the hashtags ‘Nigerians Must Go’ and ‘Zimbabwe Must Go’ and accusing foreign nationals of crimes in the country.

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Speaking to the press on the motive of the protest, organizers of the protest said they are pushing for South Africans to be prioritised on home soil and they debunked claims that they are being xenophobic.

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The Education Ministry in Zimbabwe has passed a law that makes it illegal for schools in the country to expel pregnant girls.

The decision was reportedly made over fears of a rise in sexual abuse and unwanted pregnancies as schools have been closed since the Coronavirus pandemic struck.

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This directive, according to reports, is a means enforced by the state institution to break the barrier of gender inequality in the educational system in the country.

A legal amendment was said to be announced last week to reinforce a 1999 guideline in relation to this act.

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Cain Mathema, the education minister in charge of schools, told said to a reporter “I’m expecting every parent and guardian and everyone else to understand that every child must be assisted by all of us to go to school,” “Every child whether boy or girl… has a right to go to school in Zimbabwe,” he added.

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Per the reports from John Hopkins University, more than 266,000 confirmed cases have been reported as the death toll now exceeds 11,000.

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As earlier reported by AfricaCelebrities.Com on a report by yahoo on the possible hit by continents, African countries who have seen signs of this pandemic has taken various measure to avert the situation.

Among the various guidelines and precautionary measures recommended for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 is the practice of social distancing, and in this regards the government of Zimbabwe banned public gathering.

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A church despite the ban in Zimbabwe, gathered its congregation as they went against the directive, This caused the police to intervene as they flogged the congregation.

Just watch the video:

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The wife of the deceased Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe was pictured with teary eyes when the ex-president of Nigeria, Olusegun  Obasanjo went consoling her.

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Robert Mugabe died last Friday in a hospital in Singapore after a long illness. His body was flown back to his country for his final funeral rites which were supposed to have taken place today in Zimbabwe.

According to the Zimbabwean President in a statement, Mugabe will be buried at the National heroes monument but the family including the widow are not in favor of the funeral arrangements.

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Reports coming in state that, the burial of the ex-president will be delayed for another 30 days as the family is against his burial place. The family has said that they want their relatives buried in his village home with the widow, Grace Mugabe insisting on a private burial place.

The new arrangement now is for him to be buried in a special site in the National heroes monument, a spokesperson of the family said. This special site is to be built within 30 days.

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“The construction will take about 30 days to complete,” Leo Mugabe said. “The burial will not take place until it is finished.” He said Mugabe’s body would be preserved until then.

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A picture of the National Sports Stadium where his funeral was to be held showed a half-filled stadium as most people are angry about the way he treated his people during the latter end of his reign and claimed that he become a tyrant to his own people.

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The family of the former Zimbabwean president, say they are shocked at not having been consulted by the Zimbabwe government about arrangements for his funeral.

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The ex-president died last week in a hospital in Singapore after suffering from a long illness. The body of the deceased arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and he’s to be buried over the weekend.

His family, however, is angry with the Zimbabwe government for not involving them in the funeral arrangements of their relative.

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His family says he will be buried in his family home Kutama on Sunday night but the government in a statement stated that the body of the ex-president will be buried at the state monument as that is the resting place of all Zimbabwean heroes.

“His body will lie in state at Kutama on Sunday night… followed by a private burial – either Monday or Tuesday – no National Heroes’ Acre [the national monument for liberation heroes]. That’s the decision of the whole family,” his nephew Leo Mugabe told the AFP news agency.

The family feels that the governments’ action is a snub of Mugabe’s family.

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