'Even Barack Obama wants to meet Mugabe'

Former Big Brother star, Makosi Musambasi says she now wants to meet President Mugabe.

"Who doesn't? Even Barack Obama wants to meet Robert Mugabe," she said adding : "There are a lot of cowards among us. A lot of people want to sit on the fence, nobody wants to be identified with where they actually belong.

"People say one thing in public, another in private. Zimbabwe is the hardest environment to live in because if you come out with who you are, you are stoned for it. At the end of the day it's my umbrella, [Mugabe] is who I want to see on my umbrella. I put who I want."

Makosi triggered a storm when she was pictured sheltering under an umbrella emblazoned with Mugabe's name.

The 32-year-old said she had been shocked to read claims that she had joined the Zanu-PF Women's League.

"This stuff about Women's League, I don't know what happens in the Women's League," she said.

Makosi intends to register as a voter ahead of general elections set to be held within the next three months.

"I have never voted, I'm a ballot virgin. I hope to vote this year. I imagine a lot of youths who have never voted will also be doing the same. If we continue to approach politics as this fierce animal not be spoken of, then not a lot of people will go out and vote, so people should put on their umbrellas and be proud to say where they belong," she said.

Makosi was granted refugee status in the UK when she claimed her life would be in danger in Zimbabwe following her antics on Big Brother.

Now she says : "You read a lot of rubbish that I ever said anything bad about Mugabe. I only spoke about this intolerant group of people who cry human rights but would not recognise them even if they hit them square in the face."