In indigenous black folklore, kneeling before someone is an act of either reverence or fear.
But for Munesushe Munodawafa, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development, he had to do just that last week to put his case across to President Robert Mugabe, and possibly benefit from his benevolence.
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