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Pumula man thrown behind bars for calling Mugabe ‘idiot’
26 Jan 2011 at 00:20hrs | Views
A Pumula man ended up in remand prison for calling President Robert Mugabe "an idiot" after he failed to get a passport at the Registrar's Office.
Daniel Zulu (35) of Old Pumula was not formally charged with uttering a statement likely to cause hatred, contempt or ridicule to the President, when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ndumo Masuku.
He was remanded in custody to February 4.
Prosecutor Malvern Nzombe told the court that on January 19, at around 4pm, Zulu was at the passport offices along 10th Avenue and Herbert Chitepo Street where he was among a group of people who were in a queue waiting to be served.
After waiting for some time, staff from the Registrar's Office came out and advised those in the queue, including Zulu, that they would not manage to serve all of them that day and advised them to return the following day.
Zulu allegedly started to insult the officials.
"Mugabe is an idiot," Zulu allegedly said. "How can I wait for my passport for five years? His dogs, the Border Gezi, are the ones now employed here at the passport offices. They killed people in Mutare and they came here to make our lives miserable."
Zulu was arrested by a policeman who was in the queue and taken to Bulawayo Central Police Station where he was charged.
Daniel Zulu (35) of Old Pumula was not formally charged with uttering a statement likely to cause hatred, contempt or ridicule to the President, when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ndumo Masuku.
He was remanded in custody to February 4.
Prosecutor Malvern Nzombe told the court that on January 19, at around 4pm, Zulu was at the passport offices along 10th Avenue and Herbert Chitepo Street where he was among a group of people who were in a queue waiting to be served.
After waiting for some time, staff from the Registrar's Office came out and advised those in the queue, including Zulu, that they would not manage to serve all of them that day and advised them to return the following day.
Zulu allegedly started to insult the officials.
"Mugabe is an idiot," Zulu allegedly said. "How can I wait for my passport for five years? His dogs, the Border Gezi, are the ones now employed here at the passport offices. They killed people in Mutare and they came here to make our lives miserable."
Zulu was arrested by a policeman who was in the queue and taken to Bulawayo Central Police Station where he was charged.
Source - Byo24NEWS
