{"id":22526,"date":"2020-04-29T18:29:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=22526"},"modified":"2020-04-29T18:30:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:30:46","slug":"mnangagwas-sidekick-challenges-colleague-to-us50000-high-speed-car-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwas-sidekick-challenges-colleague-to-us50000-high-speed-car-race","title":{"rendered":"Mnangagwa\u2019s sidekick challenges colleague to US$50,000 high-speed car race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GOKWE-NEMBUDZIYA legislator and member of the ruling Zanu-PF party, Mayor Justice Wadyejena has challenged businessman Samuelle Dimairho to a high-octane supercar race.<\/p>\n<p>The loser of the race between the two loaded men will have to donate a massive US$50 000 ( approximately just over R925 000) to a fundraising campaign for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22530\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Justice-Mayor-Wadyajena-Lamborghini-Urus-2-678x381-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Justice-Mayor-Wadyajena-Lamborghini-Urus-2-678x381-1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Justice-Mayor-Wadyajena-Lamborghini-Urus-2-678x381-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Goke-Nembudziya legislator Wadyajena made headlines last year after he purchased a Lamborghini Urus super SUV worth US$420 000 and was accused of exploiting his position to dodge paying customs duty.<\/p>\n<p>Wadyajena appeared to stoke the fire when he dismissively said that a Lamborghini cannot be compared to Mercedez Benz AMG.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Justice Wadyajena: Zimbabwe MP Challenges Colleague To US$50 000 Race<br \/>\nDear Cde Idi Amin Dada,<\/p>\n<p>To place Lamborghini and Mercedes Benz AMG in the same sentence, let alone league, is criminal. It is insanity! Kindly compare Mercedes to Alteeza and Subaru.<\/p>\n<p>A Lambo is a Lambo, period! Let that sink in!<\/p>\n<p>A social media user then challenged the MP to back his words with action by accepting a race with Samuelle Dimairho, one of the leading entrepreneurs in the country. Dimairho just happens to own a Mercedez Benz AMG and readily accepted the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>However, it seems that Wadyajena was reluctant to go racing and initially dismissed the idea of racing against a Mercedez Benz AMG because it was beneath his Lamborghini Urus.<\/p>\n<p>Samuelle Dimairho ( Image Credit: Twitter). Zimbabwe MP Challenges Colleague To US$50 000 Race<br \/>\nHe then advised Dimairho to go race against Toyota Altezzas and other similar cars instead. Said the MP,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOKWE-NEMBUDZIYA legislator and member of the ruling Zanu-PF party, Mayor Justice Wadyejena has challenged businessman Samuelle Dimairho to a high-octane supercar race. The loser of the race between the two loaded men will have to donate a massive US$50 000 ( approximately just over R925 000) to a fundraising campaign for Covid-19. Goke-Nembudziya legislator Wadyajena [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[34,395],"class_list":{"0":"post-22526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-emmerson-mnangagwa","10":"tag-presidency"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mnangagwa\u2019s sidekick challenges colleague to US$50,000 high-speed car race - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GOKWE-NEMBUDZIYA legislator and member of the ruling Zanu-PF party, Mayor Justice Wadyejena has challenged businessman Samuelle Dimairho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwas-sidekick-challenges-colleague-to-us50000-high-speed-car-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mnangagwa\u2019s sidekick challenges colleague to US$50,000 high-speed car race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GOKWE-NEMBUDZIYA legislator and member of the ruling Zanu-PF party, Mayor Justice Wadyejena has challenged businessman Samuelle Dimairho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwas-sidekick-challenges-colleague-to-us50000-high-speed-car-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-29T16:29:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-29T16:30:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/Mnangagwa-636x381-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"636\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"381\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwas-sidekick-challenges-colleague-to-us50000-high-speed-car-race\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwas-sidekick-challenges-colleague-to-us50000-high-speed-car-race\",\"name\":\"Mnangagwa\u2019s sidekick challenges colleague to US$50,000 high-speed car race - 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