{"id":20961,"date":"2015-11-02T00:11:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/zimbabwe-mocking-falling-mugabe-lands-activist-in\/"},"modified":"2015-11-02T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:11:09","slug":"zimbabwe-mocking-falling-mugabe-lands-activist-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/zimbabwe-mocking-falling-mugabe-lands-activist-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Mocking ‘Falling Mugabe’ Lands Activist in Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

{It is the State case that on October 29, at Chonde barbershop in Chinhoyi CBD, Musonza upon meeting a Zanu PF activist wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the President’s face shouted: “Vanhu imi hamungarambe muchitongwa nekamudhara kavenemakore 91 years, uye kanoramba kachingodonha [You people, we cannot continue to be ruled by a 91-year-old man that continues to fall on his own.}<\/p>\n

Musonza pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Felix Mawadze. He was remanded to November 16 on free bail for trial.<\/p>\n

Kudzai Choga of Muchineripi and Associates appeared for Musonza, while Claudius Karinga prosecuted.<\/p>\n

Mugabe almost fell over backwards on Thursday as he tried to climb onto a one-step dais, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some aides rushing to his rescue at the India-Africa Summit in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

A video showing Mugabe tumbling has now gone viral on social networks, including Facebook and WhatsApp where he is now the subject of butt jokes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, government officials have dismissed speculation about Mugabe’s health after the elderly leader stumbled in public.<\/p>\n

Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba was quoted in the State-run The Herald newspaper yesterday as saying that the 91-year-old leader’s struggle to climb a ramp was a “very minor incident.”<\/p>\n

He said Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980, is in good health.<\/p>\n

Online videos show Modi offering Mugabe a hand as he regained balance.<\/p>\n

Opposition spokesman Obert Gutu said it was a sign that Mugabe is too old to rule.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Mugabe tripped and fell at the Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe. In September he read the wrong speech in Parliament.<\/p>\n

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