Mugabe sets non-existent date

President Mugabe has found himself in an embarrassment gaffe as it emerged the date he set for the sitting of the electoral nomination court in Statutory Instrument 86 of 2013, does not exist on this year's calendar.

The issue was yesterday raised by PM Morgan Tsvangirai in an application filed at the Constitutional court seeking an extension of the July 31 election date.

Tsvangirai has accused President Mugabe of not consulting the Global political Agreement leading to the date boob.

Tsvangirai further said the public and him included, as both a citizen and a Minister, had a legitimate substantive and procedural expectation that Mugabe should have consulted Cabinet and otherwise acted fairly before he made the decision proclaiming a date for the elections and for the sitting of nomination courts.