President Robert Mugabe gave his critics an invaluable propaganda gift at the weekend and further cause to demand his exit from power when he was captured in a video footage fumbling with a shovel in an attempt to plant a tree at a Masvingo event.
The 92-year-old leader, dressed on a white overcoat, with wife, Grace and aides watching what was supposed to be an "historical" event of the country's president planting a tree, did the exact opposite.
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