Ndebele girls in Bulawayo are gorgeous, says Mugabe

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on Tuesday told mourners at the burial of his sister, Bridgette in Zvimba that he enjoyed his stay in Bulawayo as the city had "beautiful Ndebele girls and our father had taken one".

Said Mugabe, "There was a good life in Bulawayo with beautiful Ndebele girls and our father had taken one.

"He was a carpenter in Nyamandlovu and had married a beautiful lady out of Bulawayo."
 He spoke how his siblings, one after the other died.

"Michael was born in 1919 and Raphael in 1922. I played together with Michael until 1934 when he died of poisoning," he said.

"Raphael died when he was only six months, so I could not see him. Donato also died then Sabina, now Bridgette. That was Mbuya Bona's family.

"Michael and Raphael passed on so I became the first born.

"After the poisoning, my father was not happy and said there was something wrong at our home before going to Bulawayo in 1934."

The Zanu-PF leader said Bulawayo had a better social life at that time than Harare and became a magnet for young men.

He was not happy after his father stayed for too long without visiting the family and decided to follow him to Makokoba where one of his uncles was staying.