Zimbabwe: Carpenter Charged Over Mugabe Joke

Local carpenter Richmore Mashinga Jazi was watching live coverage of Mugabe's 88th birthday celebrations when he made the comments that led to his arrest. Jazi apparently suggested that the ageing ZANU PF leader must have had help blowing up his birthday balloons.

  • Zimbabwe:   Carpenter Charged Over Mugabe Joke

    SW Radio, 29 February 2012

    A local carpenter from Dangamvura has been charged for allegedly undermining the authority of the President, after making a joke about Robert Mugabe last week. Read more »

President Robert Mugabe.

  • Zimbabwe:   It's Party Time in Chipinge

    The Herald, 1 March 2012

    The 21st February Celebrations gala scheduled for Chipinge Primary School this Saturday will have a mix of new and old timers in the performers' line-up. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Performing Artistes Set to be Rewarded

    The Herald, 24 February 2012

    FOR the first time in the history of national galas, outstanding artistes will walk away with prizes, organisers have announced. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   President Celebrates 88th Birthday

    The Herald, 22 February 2012

    STAFF in the President's Office yesterday held a ceremony at Munhumutapa Building to celebrate President Mugabe's 88th birthday. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Shamu Congratulates President on 88th Birthday

    The Herald, 22 February 2012

    MEDIA, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu yesterday congratulated President Mugabe on the occasion of his 88th birthday. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Mugabe Defies Age, Clings to Power

    Zimbabwe Standard, 18 February 2012

    PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe turns 88 on Tuesday, creating his own piece of history as the second oldest head of State in the World after Israel's Shimon Peres who is 89, but largely… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   President - The Best of Our Times

    The Herald, 20 February 2012

    The 21st February Movement is a day of retrospection and symmetrical recognition of the well documented life of President Mugabe, born on the day in 1924. His political career… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Free National Global Protests on Mugabe's Birthday

    SW Radio, 17 February 2012

    Hundreds of people worldwide are expected to take part in the 21st Movement-Free Zimbabwe Global Protests on Tuesday next week. This is the day the ageing dictator Robert Mugabe… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   2012 Elections or Another GNU?

    Zimbabwe Independent, 16 February 2012

    There are at least three myths that are increasingly pervading the political discourse in Zimbabwe. They reflect the anxiety around the current transition in which neither Zanu PF… Read more »

  • Malawi:   Bingu Condemns Mugabe Comparison

    Guardian Network, 17 February 2012

    At a time when democracy is gaining footholds in Africa with more elections and fewer dictatorships, Bingu wa Mutharika is accused of riding a counter-current: the return of the… Read more »

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