Concern of security breach as Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi bows out

“I have been going through a soul-searching pilgrimage and realised that I need the space to deal with my problem outside the governance By Al Jazeera and Own Correspondent In a rare move by a public official in Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday following local media reports he had engaged in improper conduct. Analysts have questioned how an online newspaper ZimLive obtained the recordings which could only ordinarily have been obtained through high level tapping or some kind of intelligence work or only authorised through the court Mohadi, along with Constantino Chiwenga, was a co-deputy to President Emmerson Mnangagwa since 2018, but without a political power base, he was not seen as a potential successor to the president. it is unusual in Zimbabwe's corridors of power for top politicians to resign, and Mohadi said he had taken the decision to step down “not as a matter of cowardice but as a sign of demonstrating grea