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ZANU PF secretary for security Lovemore Matuke this week denied reports that he directed party organs to disband WhatsApp groups which were allegedly being used by some members to cause divisions in the party.
ZANU PF provincial spokespersons recently ordered members to disband the WhatsApp groups with immediate effect while threatening those defying the order with unspecified action.
Provincial leaders insisted that the directive to close them had come “from above.”
Speaking to <a href="https://www.theindependent.co.zw/local-news/article/200012026/whatsapp-gag-order-divides-zanu-pf">The Zimbabwe Independent</a> this week, Matuke said he never issued the directives. He said:
<blockquote>
Those reports are false. We are not aware of such a directive or even a recommendation from my department.
</blockquote>
The publication reported sources within the party as saying ZANU PF top brass could not monitor the activities of members in other WhatsApp groups.
Nigel Murambiwa, who is the ZANU PF Mashonaland West provincial secretary for information and publicity, is one of the provincial leaders who directed the disbandment of WhatsApp groups last weekend. He said:
<blockquote>
We did not just ban WhatsApp groups. There are rowdy groups that were formed prior to our internal primary elections and some of the losing candidates and disgruntled supporters of losing candidates are posting denigrating messages that seek to divide or put the name of the party into disrepute. Those are the ones we ordered our members to take down.
</blockquote>
Early this year, ZANU PF accused CCC supporters of hijacking constituency WhatsApp groups to campaign for their leader, Nelson Chamisa.
Meanwhile, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s campaign teams have created WhatsApp groups and have been inviting voters to join the groups after clandestinely obtaining their mobile phone numbers.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Pindula News

Top ZANU PF Official Denies Banning WhatsApp Groups

WhatsApp has introduced a new feature called Chat Lock, allowing users to protect private messages with a password. The locked messages are stored in a separate folder and the sender’s name is hidden, even from people with access to the user’s phone.
This feature can be used to keep messages safe from unwanted attention, whether it’s for planning a surprise for a partner or organising a private job interview. WhatsApp, owned by Meta, aims to provide more privacy and security to its users with this new feature. WhatsApp said in a blog post:
<blockquote>
Our passion is to find new ways to help keep your messages private and secure. 
</blockquote>
To lock a chat in WhatsApp, users can tap on a one-to-one or group chat and select the lock option. This will prompt them to enter their device password or biometric, such as a fingerprint, to secure the chat. The locked chat will be stored in a separate folder, and its contents will be hidden in notifications. Users can access their locked chats by entering their phone password or biometrics. WhatsApp’s Chat Lock feature aims to provide enhanced privacy and security for users in various settings. It explained:
<blockquote>
This feature will be great for people who have reason to share their phones from time to time with a family member or those moments where someone else is holding your phone at the exact moment an extra special chat arrives. 
</blockquote>
WhatsApp’s Chat Lock feature is being rolled out today, with additional options to come in the next few months, according to the company’s blog post. The new options include custom passwords for chats and locking for companion devices.
WhatsApp recently announced that users can now link their account to up to four additional smartphones, allowing users to access their chats from multiple devices. Users can link their phones by scanning QR codes with their primary phone. This feature is beneficial for users who have different phones for work and personal use but want their chats in a single WhatsApp account.
<h2><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">More Pindula News</a></h2>

WhatsApp Introduces Chat Lock To Protect Private Messages

CCC supporters have allegedly infiltrated ZANU PF constituency WhatsApp groups to campaign for their leader Nelson Chamisa, reported <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200010384/ccc-hijacks-zanu-pf-campaign-platforms">NewsDay</a>.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly created scores of constituency-based WhatsApp groups after secretly obtaining voters’ mobile numbers and would post his campaign messages in the groups to lure voters.
But CCC members reportedly joined the same WhatsApp groups which were open to all registered voters and started campaigning for Chamisa and trolling ZANU PF.
The description of one of the ZANU PF WhatsApp groups was later changed to Chamisa Chete Chete (Chamisa only).
ZANU PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa accused CCC supporters of cyber-bullying, saying this will however not affect voting patterns. He was quoted by NewsDay as saying:
<blockquote>
We are being trolled. They are infiltrating our software. The WhatsApp groups were created by some ZANU PF members who wanted to interact with the people on behalf of the President. We have the support of people. Cyber war games against ZANU PF won’t work.
It will not affect the outcome of the poll. There are hardly a million on social media. The majority of Zimbabweans don’t have smartphones, especially in rural areas so social media won’t be effective to remove ZANU PF. Social media is not our main battlefront. It is just a sideshow.
</blockquote>
CCC CCC youth spokesperson Stephen “Sarkozy” Chuma told NewsDay that Mutsvangwa’s outbursts show that CCC has become the dominant party. Chuma said:
<blockquote>
It shows the dominance of our party. The social, political and economic crisis that is bedevilling the country has no political boundaries.
It is affecting everyone regardless of political affiliation. That is why everyone has become CCC. In the end, change is inevitable.
</blockquote>
Mnangagwa has been sending unsolicited constituency-based campaign SMS messages to voters and asking them to join his WhatsApp groups.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) have been accused of leaking details of registered voters to ZANU PF.
ZEC officials categorially denied giving ZANU PF citizens personal data, including phone numbers.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

ZANU PF Accuses CCC Of Infiltration

WhatsApp has introduced a feature that allows a person sharing a Status to choose who can see the Status. 
The company announced the new features along with several other features this week. 
Said the company in a blog:
<blockquote>
<h2>Private Audience Selector</h2>
Every status you share may not always be right for all of your contacts. We’re providing you with the flexibility to update your privacy settings per status so you can choose who views your status each time you update it.
Your most recent audience selection will be saved and used as the default for your next status.
</blockquote>
Sharing statuses on WhatsApp is one of the most popular features of the app. The status disappears after 24 hours. People can share videos, photos, text, links, and other formats.
In Zimbabwe, WhatsApp is the most popular mobile app by far. Other popular mobile apps include Opera, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, ShareIt, and Bible apps.
<h2>Other new WhatsApp features introduced</h2>
<blockquote>
<h4>Voice Status</h4>
We’re introducing the ability to record and share voice messages up to 30 seconds on WhatsApp status. Voice status can be used for sending more personal updates, especially if you feel more comfortable expressing yourself by talking rather than typing.
<h4>Status Reactions</h4>
We’re adding status reactions to provide a quick and easy way to respond to status updates from your friends and close contacts. This was the #1 feature users wanted, following the launch of Reactions last year. You can now quickly reply to any status by swiping up and tapping on one of eight emojis. You can of course still reply to a status with text, voice message, stickers and more.
<h4>Status Profile Rings for New Updates</h4>
With the new status profile ring you’ll never miss a status from a loved one. This ring will be present around your contact’s profile picture whenever they share a status update. It will be visible in the chat lists, group participant lists, and contact info.
<h4>Link Previews on Status</h4>
Now when you post a link on your status, you’ll automatically see a visual preview of the link content, just like when you send a message. Visual previews make your statuses look better, and also give your contacts a better idea of what the link is before they click.
</blockquote>

WhatsApp: You Can Now Choose Who Sees Your Status

WhatsApp made it possible for users of its app to message themselves. The feature is now available for people on Android, iPhones, KaiOS, and also on the web or the desktop app.
Messaging yourself can be important if you want to just make a note to yourself using WhatsApp. It’s also useful if you want to see how an important message will come out before you send it out.
You can also forward messages to yourself.
<h2>Here’s how to Message Yourself on WhatsApp:</h2>
Here are the steps you need to take to message yourself. If you find that you don’t have any of the features mentioned below, it means that you are using an old version of WhatsApp and that you need to update it.
You can see the <a href="https://faq.whatsapp.com/5481509731946576">steps for updating your WhatsApp here</a>.
<h3>Android (that is Samsung, Itel, Tecno, Gtel, Xiaomi, Infinix)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Open Chats.</li>
<li>Tap the new chat icon (it’s a circle green icon with a message bubble inside)</li>
<li>Search for or select your name or phone number to create your chat.</li>
</ul>
<h3>iPhones (iOS)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Open Chats.</li>
<li>Tap the new chat icon (it’s a box blue icon showing a pen)</li>
<li>Search for or select your name or phone number to create your chat.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Web and Desktop App</h3>
<ul>
<li>Open a New chat.</li>
<li>Search for or select your name or phone number to create your chat.</li>
</ul>
<h2>The things you can’t do to yourself on WhatsApp:</h2>
<ul>
<li>You can’t call yourself whether audio or video</li>
<li>You also can’t mute notifications</li>
<li>You can’t block yourself (or report yourself)</li>
<li>You can’t see your last seen and online state</li>
</ul>

TIP: You Can Now Message Yourself On WhatsApp

WhatsApp, the popular instant communication app owned by Meta that is used by many for quick texting is down. 
WhatsApp users in some parts of the world, including Zimbabwe, are currently unable to send and receive messages.
It currently seems impossible to send a message on WhatsApp groups, but personal chats also seem to be largely affected.
Outage detection website DownDetector confirms that WhatsApp is not working for thousands of users. 
WhatsApp Web also appears to be affected by the outage, and we can confirm that the app’s web client is simply not connecting anymore. 
WhatsApp Web is also not working, as people continue to wait for a fix for the outage.
WhatsApp is yet to share an official statement on the matter. 
<h2>Pindula News</h2>

WhatsApp Is Down For Thousands Of Users

The popular messaging application, WhatsApp, is set to introduce new privacy features, the CEO and co-founder of Meta Platforms Mark Zuckerberg has announced.
In a post on Facebook this Tuesday, Zuckerberg said they want to ensure that messages are kept private and secure as face-to-face conversations. He said:
<blockquote>
New privacy features coming to WhatsApp: exit group chats without notifying everyone, control who can see when you’re online, and prevent screenshots on view once messages.
We’ll keep building new ways to protect your messages and keep them as private and secure as face-to-face conversations.
</blockquote>
Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other products and services.
Responding to Zuckerberg’s post, Mohsin Jafar wrote: “Dear Mark Zuckerberg, can you put any such features on WhatsApp that what message should I send to my wife when I forget her birthday/anniversary or buying groceries?”
Javaid Rahi said: “Please add another feature so that no one can add anyone as a member or Admin of group on WhatsApp without his/her permission /approval. Permission should be a must. @ Mark Zuckerberg”
Priya Patel said: “Whatever you are making, it shows that you should not get caught by your girlfriend and boyfriend, you are not protecting the apps, but you are making two lovers do not see the family.”
Arif R Hossain said: “Instead of putting money to find an exit strategy, just add a simple step so that people can’t add us to a group without our prior consent. (Most of us hate being part of unnecessary groups and often consider whether it is rude to drop out of a group. The simplest way to get out of this is with a filter that will prevent strangers or anyone from adding you to an unknown group).”
Nick Claus said: “Now I’m very happy.No screenshots will be used against us, by our wives and girlfriends during an argument. Mark Zuckerberg Please also make sure they cant post motivational quotes after we break up.”
Esther Baumbach wrote: “Hi Mark, I was wondering if you could ahhh it’s fine just leave it. There’s no need. I have changed my mind. Thanks for listening.”
Solomon Buchi said: “God bless you. Do fast.”

Zuckerberg Announces New Privacy Features For WhatsApp

One of the most popular ways to get Pindula News is via our WhatsApp groups. Pindula has over 30,000 WhatsApp group members.
A common question we get from people is how they can advertise in those WhatsApp groups.
<h2>Here are the steps:</h2>
<h3>Step 1:</h3>
Register on Pindula Market and list your product or service. Here’s the address to do that: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/market/">https://zero.pindula.co.zw/market/</a> . 
This can be done for free and you can list as many products as you want. 
Once you’re registered, your product is immediately available to visitors of the Pindula News websites, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.zw.pindula.news">Pindula Mobile app</a>, as well as other related websites.
<h3>Step 2:</h3>
For your product to be advertised on our WhatsApp Groups, just open your product and click on the “boost” button.
To see a list of your product, just click on “Account” in the top right corner. On the next page, click on “My Products”.
<h3>Step 3:</h3>
Once you click “boost” you will see an option to advertise it to the Pindula WhatsApp groups. 
Click on that option and then click “Promote Product”.
You will then be able to pay for tyour advert via EcoCash.
That’s it, you done! Your advert will be show in our WhatsApp groups when the next set of news is distributed.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me on WhatsApp number +263772464000

How to Advertise & Grow Your Business using Pindula WhatsApp Groups

WhatsApp group admins will now be able to delete messages by group members from the group.
Meta, the company behind WhatsApp made an announcement of several improvements to groups in the app. The changes, the company said “are rolling out in the coming weeks.”
Here is the list of improvements to WhatsApp:
<ul>
<li>
<blockquote>Admin Delete – Group admins will be able to remove errant or problematic messages from everyone’s chats.</blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<blockquote>File Sharing – We’re increasing file sharing to support files up to 2 gigabytes so people can easily collaborate on projects. </blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<blockquote>Larger Voice Calls – We’ll introduce one-tap voice calling for up to 32 people with all new design for those times when talking live is better than chatting.</blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<blockquote>Reactions – Emoji reactions are coming to WhatsApp so people can quickly share their opinion without flooding chats with new messages.</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
Meta made the WhatsApp Groups improvements announcement as part of a larger announcement of a new type of group called “Communities”.
Communities can be understood as a group of groups. Admins will be able to group, say, 24 groups together in a community and be able to send announcements messages to all those groups at once. You can read more about that here: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/whatsapp-launches-groups-allowing-thousands-of-members-called-communities/">https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/04/14/whatsapp-launches-groups-allowing-thousands-of-members-called-communities/</a>
More: <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2022/04/our-vision-for-communities-on-whatsapp/">Meta</a>

WhatsApp Group Admins Can Now Delete Member Messages

WhatsApp today announced that it has launched a new type of group called Communities. 
According to the company, Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella. A community is therefore a ‘group of groups’.
Screenshots of the new feature from Meta show that a single Community could have as many as 24 groups inside it. Assuming each group would have 256 members, that would mean a community can contain at least 6,000 members.
Said the company:
<blockquote>
Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella with a structure that works for them. That way people can receive updates sent to the entire Community and easily organize smaller discussion groups on what matters to them. Communities will also contain powerful new tools for admins, including announcement messages that are sent to everyone and control over which groups can be included.
</blockquote>
Meta said the Communities feature is targeted at organizations like schools, local clubs, and non-profit organisations who “now rely on WhatsApp to communicate securely and get things done.”
There was no mention of Buy &amp; Sell groups which are a typical use in Zimbabwe and other markets.
The WhatsApp group size limit has for long been a complaint and this in some way could be a solution to that.
Other chat apps already have much larger group size limits. Telegram, the main competitor to WhatsApp for example, has a group size limit of 200,000 members.

WhatsApp Launches "Groups" Allowing Thousands Of Members, Called Communities

SOUTH AFRICA: A woman was arrested on Sunday after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death following the discovery of messages on his cellphone between him and another woman.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane confirmed the murder incident, saying officers received a domestic violence complaint at Lusaka Square in Batho, Bloemfontein, Free State on Sunday.
Covane revealed that the man’s body was found with a stab wound to the neck. He said:
<blockquote>
A patrol vehicle was dispatched to [the scene], and on arrival at the address, they met an African female, who led them to the back where the incident occurred.
Inside the backroom, the police found the lifeless body of an African male lying on the floor beside the bed with a stab wound on the left side of his neck.
</blockquote>
Covane said a witness who later discovered the 25-year-old man’s lifeless body, said the now-deceased had had an argument with his girlfriend over WhatsApp messages between him and another woman. Said Covane:
<blockquote>
The suspect became violent, and the victim [removed her from] the room and locked the door.
The suspect is alleged to have gotten hold of a knife and gained entrance into the room through the back window and attacked the victim.
The witness forced the door open and discovered that the victim was lying motionless on the floor with a stab wound.
</blockquote>
The woman was arrested and was expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on a murder charge.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/woman-allegedly-kills-boyfriend-after-discovering-whatsapp-messages-from-another-woman-20220314">News24</a></h4>

Woman Kills Boyfriend Over WhatsApp Messages From Another Woman

WhatsApp has blocked about two (2) million accounts users breaking a little-known rule on the app intended to stop the spread of hoaxes.
These accounts were blocked in just one month for sending a “high and abnormal rate of messages”.
The company said over 95% of the bans were “due to the unauthorized use of automated or bulk messaging”, not regular texting.
Almost all the banned accounts are in India, WhatsApp’s biggest market with over 400 million users.
Bans were triggered when users forwarded messages too many times, blasting past the app’s strict new limit on how many times a message can be forwarded to other people or groups.
The limit, which was announced in April 2020, is in place to combat spam and the spread of viral rumours, photos and hoaxes. This is a huge problem in India, where many people rely on the app for news.
Messages containing “fake news” have been blamed for outbreaks of violence and murder across India.
WhatsApp said in a statement:
<blockquote>We are particularly focused on prevention because we believe it is much better to stop harmful activity from happening in the first place than to detect it after harm has occurred. The abuse detection operates at three stages of an account’s lifestyle: at registration; during messaging; and in response to negative feedback, which we receive in the form of user reports and blocks.</blockquote>
It added that it had not read any of the spam messages sent on the app because of <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/01/12/whatsapp-privacy-policy-changes-some-are-worried/">its end-to-end encryption.</a>
More: <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1464070/WhatsApp-iPhone-Android-ban-block-warning">Express</a>

Over 2 Million WhatsApp Accounts Blocked For Breaking New Rules

WhatsApp is rolling out support for voice and video calling to its desktop app, the messaging service said Thursday, TechCrunch reports.
However, the app will only support one-to-one calls, unlike Zoom and Google Meet which allows group voice and video calling.
Support for voice and video calls is not being extended to WhatsApp Web, the browser version of the service, at the moment, a spokesperson told TechCrunch.
WhatsApp said it will be expanding this feature to include group voice and video calls “in the future.”
The company also said video call for both portrait and landscape orientation, and the desktop client is “set to be always on top so you never lose your video chats in a browser tab or stack of open windows”.
Like the 100 billion messages that WhatsApp processes on its platform each day, voice and video calls are also end-to-end encrypted, it said.
More: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/04/whatsapp-rolls-out-voice-and-video-call-support-to-desktop-app/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">TechCrunch</a>

WhatsApp Adds Voice & Video Calling To Desktop App

Facebook’s popular messaging app WhatsApp Messenger’s last seen checker is down and users have reportedly flooded Down Detector with reports that they cannot change the online status settings in the privacy settings.
According to Express, WhatsApp down reports are all over social media and users are affected differently as some are having connectivity issues while some cant view their contacts’ last seen or online status:
<blockquote>WhatsApp down reports are on the rise, with users of the hit chat app reporting issues accessing the last seen online status bar.
Independent outage monitor Down Detector has seen a huge spike in WhatsApp down reports today.
At the time of writing, Down Detector has registered a peak of almost 4,000 WhatsApp down reports.
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WhatsApp Last Seen Checker Down, Users Report Private Settings Issue

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/WhatsApp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WhatsApp</a> will no longer be available on older versions of iPhones and Android smartphones with effect from February 1, 2020.
Users of phones running on Android versions 2.3.7 and older, and iPhones on iOS 8 or older will not be able to create new accounts or reverify existing accounts.
According to Techunzipped, one can find out which operating system their iPhone or Android uses:
<blockquote>To find out which operating system your iPhone uses, go to Settings, then General, then Software Update – your current version will be displayed there.
And if you use Android, you need to go to ‘Settings,’ then ‘About Phone’ and then ‘Software Info’.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the development comes after WhatsApp discontinued supporting several devices on 31 December 2019.
<h4>More: <a href="http://techunzipped.com/2020/01/whatsapp-to-stop-working-on-these-smartphones-this-february/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Techunzipped</a></h4>

WhatsApp Will No Longer Be Supported On These Phones On February 1

A few days ago, Bloomberg wrote an article that spoke about hacks that could actually alter chats after altering the identity of the sender. According to Bloomberg:
<blockquote>One uses the “quote” feature in a group conversation to change the appearance of the identity of a sender. Another lets a hacker change the text of someone else’s reply.</blockquote>
This is just one of the hacks that can actually alter your chats and that could be detrimental on all levels. A Nigerian blog has claimed that another hack which allows a person to send a private message to another group participant disguised as a public message to all, so when the targeted individual responded, it was visible to everyone in the conversation hit Nigeria a few weeks ago. According to Tech Point Africa:
<blockquote>Ayodele (not his real name), one of the affected WhatsApp users, confirmed that his phone number was changed and he was automatically removed from a WhatsApp group he belongs to. The supposed hacker then sent messages to the group about an investment that guarantees the investor receiving double of the amount invested within 30 minutes.
Several people the called to ask if Ayodele was responsible for sending messages about investing in a scheme on a WhatsApp group. This has been the experience of some Nigerian WhatsApp users in the past few weeks.</blockquote>
Its a possibility your app may be hacked. These few tips will help secure your app once and for all, you never have to worry about hackers any day of the week.
<h4>1. Enable 2 Step Verification</h4>
Enabling 2 step verification will ensure that no hacker will be able to gain unauthorised entry into your app:
<ol>
<li>In your app click on settings</li>
<li>Select account,</li>
<li>Choose two-step verification</li>
<li>Enter a 6-digit PIN.</li>
</ol>
<h4>2. If Your group is hacked, remove and readd the number of the member whose identity is being used by the hacker.</h4>
<h4>3. Do not use any unauthorised version of Whatsup as you will be subjecting yourself <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/05/07/6-risks-you-are-subjecting-yourself-to-by-using-modified-versions-of-whatsapp/">to these 6 risks</a>.</h4>
More: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-08/whatsapp-flaws-could-allow-hackers-to-alter-messages-cyber-firm">Bloomberg</a>

WhatsApp Hacks: Here Is How To Protect Yourself

The popular messaging app, WhatsApp is currently experiencing problems worldwide with some users unable to download photos, videos and voice messages.
Where users attempt to download a video or photo, they see a message reading “download failed” and the content will not arrive.
The error message tells the user to ask for the picture to be sent over again but it fails to download again.
Reports indicate that other popular social media sites, Facebook and Instagram are down as well for some users.
Users in Europe, the US, South America Japan and India are said to be the most affected.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-down-not-working-picture-voice-messages-photo-video-download-failed-a8986406.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Independent</a>, <a href="https://in.mashable.com/tech/4574/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-down-apps-crash-for-users-worldwide" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mashable</a></h4>

BREAKING: WhatsApp Down, Pictures & Videos Can't Download

A teacher at Pakame High School in Shurugwi Midlands, David Muchineri Tahuwona, mistakenly shared nude photographs of himself on the school’s Whatsapp group. The photos had the caption “Missing you dear.”  After realizing his folly, Tahuwona immediately exited the group and did not report for duty the next day.
When asked for a comment by BMetro, he denied the allegations saying:
<blockquote>How did you get those pictures? I don’t have any comment because they are not mine,</blockquote>
A Limpopo pastor at Christ Embassy in South Africa recently committed suicide after he allegedly shared nude photos of himself with his church WhatsApp group.
More: <a href="http://iharare.com/whatsapp-blunder/">BMetro</a>

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