Zimbabweans are using the Short Message Service (SMS) to mock the longest serving President in Africa, Robert Mugabe as the crisis-riddled country began one-day polls to elect a new head of state, senators, parliamentarians and councilors.
Despite the high cost of sending text messages, Zimbabwean people are sending each other various messages depicting Mugabe as an opposition after April 1.
One of the messages read: “News Headline on 1 April 2008 – Mugabe has begun his new life as the leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition. The 84 year-old former president has vowed to fight back into office in elections due 2013”.
Another message read: “Do you know of anyone offering four bakkies for hire? Someone offering huge sums in US dollars wants to hire the trucks to relocate from State House to Zvimba”
Zvimba is Mugabe’s rural home.
A number of Zimbabweans have in the past been arrested and charged under the Criminal Law and Codification Reforms Act for insulting the person of the presidency.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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