HARARE, (AP):
Zimbabwe's prime minister yesterday said he has ended a relationship with a woman who claims they married in a traditional ceremony after she became pregnant, saying their affair turned out to be choreographed political sting.
Locadia Karimatsenga, a 39-year-old commodity broker, said she was pregnant with Morgan Tsvangirai's child, or possibly twins, according to media reports. The 59-year-old former opposition leader had lost his wife of three decades in a 2009 car wreck.
The state daily Herald newspaper reported November 22 that Tsvangirai paid $36,000 and five cattle in traditional "bride price" at a ceremony last month at her family's homestead north of Harare. A church wedding apparently was to take place at a later date.
But Tsvangirai said he became concerned about the motives of the woman's family and whether him marrying her will "reflect marriage as the noble and respectable institution it is".
"My genuine intention has been betrayed, and hearts have had to search long and hard for the true meaning of this well-choreographed drama that has now been hijacked to cause political damage to my person and character," he said in yesterday's statement.
Karimatsenga is the sister of a lawmaker belonging to longtime President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. Mugabe and Tsvangirai were political adversaries for years until they joined into a troubled power-sharing agreement in 2009.
That same year, Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, died in a car wreck after 31 years of marriage. The couple had six children together.
For two weeks, Tsvangirai's office repeatedly had denied that he paid bride price or compensation for any pregnancy, saying the only marriage he was concerned with was the uneasy one between his party and Mugabe's.

HARARE, (AP):
Waziri mkuu wa Zimbabwe jana alisema kumalizika na uhusiano na mwanamke ambaye anadai kuoa katika sherehe za kitamaduni baada ya yeye alipata mimba, akisema shauri yao aligeuka kuwa kilicho pangwa kuumwa kisiasa.
Locadia Karimatsenga, 39 mwenye umri wa miaka bidhaa broker, alisema yeye alikuwa mjamzito na mtoto Morgan Tsvangirai, au uwezekano wa mapacha, kwa mujibu wa vyombo vya habari. 59 mwenye umri wa miaka zamani wa kiongozi wa upinzani alipoteza mkewe ya miongo mitatu katika ikaanguka 2009 gari.
hali ya kila siku Herald gazeti taarifa Novemba 22 kuwa Tsvangirai kulipwa $ 36,000 na ng'ombe tano katika jadi "mahari" katika sherehe mwezi uliopita katika shamba familia yake kaskazini mwa Harare. harusi kanisa inaonekana alikuwa kufanyika katika tarehe za baadaye.
Lakini Tsvangirai alisema kuwa na wasiwasi kuhusu nia ya familia ya mwanamke na kama yeye kuoa yake itakuwa "kutafakari ndoa kama taasisi vyeo na heshima ni".
"Nia yangu imekuwa halisi atasalitiwa na mioyo kuwa na kutafuta muda mrefu na ngumu kwa maana ya kweli ya drama hii kilicho pangwa vizuri kwamba sasa imekuwa hijacked na kusababisha uharibifu wa kisiasa kwa mtu na tabia yangu," alisema katika taarifa yake jana.
Karimatsenga ni dada wa lawmaker mali ya chama longtime Rais Robert Mugabe cha ZANU-PF. Mugabe na Tsvangirai walikuwa wapinzani wa kisiasa kwa miaka mpaka walijiunga katika mkataba wa kugawana madaraka na wasiwasi katika 2009.
Mwaka huo, mke wa Tsvangirai, Susan alifariki katika ikaanguka gari baada ya miaka 31 ya ndoa. wanandoa na watoto sita pamoja.
Kwa wiki mbili, ofisi Tsvangirai kurudia alikuwa alikanusha kuwa yeye kulipwa mahari au fidia kwa ajili ya mimba yoyote, akisema ndoa tu alikuwa na wasiwasi na alikuwa mmoja uneasy kati ya chama chake na Mugabe.