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Mugabe takes a dig at Tsvangirai's face
11 May 2013 at 04:13hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says he is certain that facial looks - even at his advanced age - had nothing to do with him losing the previous elections.
Mugabe said even with his with his winkles he would have beaten the MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in any beauty contest.
Tsvangirai, 61, would be embarrassed if the two went on a night out trying their luck with the ladies, he joked on Friday while speaking to traditional leaders and other local government officials in Mutare on Friday.
The Zanu-PF leader said he had wondered whether at 84, his necessarily wrinkled appearance put-off voters in the 2008 elections after the party was battered in Manicaland, winning just six out of 26 seats.
But after taking a look at his rival's face he was convinced the election rout had nothing to do with his own appearance.
"Zvino ndikati chitadzo chingava kupi? Tikamira papapa ndiri 84 ndinotariswa nemvana dzakati kuti," Mugabe joked, drawing howls of laughter from the delegates. (Manje singathi isici singaphi? Ngingamalapha, ngikhangelwa ngamantombazana amanengi.
Mugabe said even with his with his winkles he would have beaten the MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in any beauty contest.
Tsvangirai, 61, would be embarrassed if the two went on a night out trying their luck with the ladies, he joked on Friday while speaking to traditional leaders and other local government officials in Mutare on Friday.
The Zanu-PF leader said he had wondered whether at 84, his necessarily wrinkled appearance put-off voters in the 2008 elections after the party was battered in Manicaland, winning just six out of 26 seats.
But after taking a look at his rival's face he was convinced the election rout had nothing to do with his own appearance.
"Zvino ndikati chitadzo chingava kupi? Tikamira papapa ndiri 84 ndinotariswa nemvana dzakati kuti," Mugabe joked, drawing howls of laughter from the delegates. (Manje singathi isici singaphi? Ngingamalapha, ngikhangelwa ngamantombazana amanengi.
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