Pastor Mawarire accepts Mandiwanzira apology

#ThisFlag leader has accepted an apology from the flamboyant IT minister Supa Mandiwanzira.

"Thank you for your apology minister Supa Mandiwanzira. Unfortunately he blocked me so can someone plse convey my sincere thanks #Thisflag"

Thank you for your apology minister Supa Mandiwanzira. Unfortunately he blocked me so can someone plse convey my sincere thanks #Thisflag

— #ThisFlag E Mawarire (@PastorEvanLive) February 14, 2017

Pastor Mawarire had called at the weekend on Minister Supa Mandiwanzira to apologise over the claim, which isn't true. The minister made it during a recent meeting with UK ambassador Catriona Laing.

The IT minister says he was "wrong" to claim that protest pastor Evan Mawarire was arrested because he skipped bail.

Mawarire was arrested on February 1 when he returned from six months in exile in the US. He was charged with trying to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government and is currently out on bail.

Said the minister on Twitter: "Today, having had sight of the court record, I recognise that I was wrong. The true facts of the matter are that the pastor did not skip bail and was not arrested for this reason.

"I wish to apologise to Pastor Mawarire and to anyone else who was offended by this mistake," the minister said.

@UKinZimbabwe @CatrionaLaing1 @PastorEvanLive pic.twitter.com/0u0iD43U9w

— Supa Mandiwanzira (@SupaCollinsM) February 14, 2017