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It's an offence under Zim's tough security laws to undermine or insult Mugabe
07 Feb 2011 at 19:10hrs | Views
A number of Zimbabweans have been arrested over the past few years for insulting Mugabe whom they blame for ruining what was once one of Africa's success stories with common insults ranging from idiot, goblin, moron to crazy old man.
Nonetheless it is an offence under Zimbabwe's tough security laws to undermine or insult Mugabe, the only ruler Zimbabweans have ever known since the country's independence from Britain 30 years ago.
Grace Mugabe who is Robert Mugabe's second official wife and who is 41 years his junior, has since 2005 been romantically linked with controversial Reserve Bank chief, Gono and is also believed to have had a string of lovers in the past, some of who have died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Two of the most known names include, Peter Pamire, a budding young businessman died in a bizarre car accident some years back, and James Makamba, one of Zimbabwe's richest businessmen and a top-ranking Zanu-PF official who is believed to have been forced into exile when the cover was blown over his affair with Grace.
But Mugabe's current union with Grace was founded on an adulterous relationship which shocked many Zimbabweans at the time.
Grace, who used to be a junior secretary in the typing pool in Mugabe's office, was married to an air force officer when she began having an affair with the president.
Robert Mugabe had two children with Grace while Mugabe's first wife, Sally, a Ghanaian national, was alive.
After Sally Mugabe's death in 1996, Robert Mugabe officially married Grace.
Nonetheless it is an offence under Zimbabwe's tough security laws to undermine or insult Mugabe, the only ruler Zimbabweans have ever known since the country's independence from Britain 30 years ago.
Grace Mugabe who is Robert Mugabe's second official wife and who is 41 years his junior, has since 2005 been romantically linked with controversial Reserve Bank chief, Gono and is also believed to have had a string of lovers in the past, some of who have died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Two of the most known names include, Peter Pamire, a budding young businessman died in a bizarre car accident some years back, and James Makamba, one of Zimbabwe's richest businessmen and a top-ranking Zanu-PF official who is believed to have been forced into exile when the cover was blown over his affair with Grace.
But Mugabe's current union with Grace was founded on an adulterous relationship which shocked many Zimbabweans at the time.
Grace, who used to be a junior secretary in the typing pool in Mugabe's office, was married to an air force officer when she began having an affair with the president.
Robert Mugabe had two children with Grace while Mugabe's first wife, Sally, a Ghanaian national, was alive.
After Sally Mugabe's death in 1996, Robert Mugabe officially married Grace.
Source - Byo24NEWS
