#PRESIDENT ROBERT
MUGABE UNVEILED THE STATUE AT HIS OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN HARARE LAST FRIDAY AND
ZIMBABWEANS WERE NOT IMPRESSED...... ZIMBABWEANS MOCK PRESIDENT MUGABE AFTER HE
UNVEILS GIANT STATUE OF HIMSELF
The statue, made by
a famous Zimbabwean sculptor was widely criticized on social media, with people
questioning the sculptor's motives. Some even suggested it was a
reaction to
being forced to make the status while many attacked the sculptor accusing him
of a poor job.
However, Dominic Benhura
insisted his statue of the President was not intended to mock him. The sculptor
who has exhibited his work across the world, told the state-owed Herald
newspaper that "honestly, no one would abuse such an opportunity."
"That sculpture
was never meant to look exactly as the President's image. I do not do exact
figures. This is the style I have mastered. My collectors can identify my
pieces when they see them anywhere in the world because I chose to be different
and that is my signature" Mr Benhura explains
Higher Education
Minister Jonathan Moyo defended the sculpture while Mugabe praised it. He was
quoted as saying that he was so grateful that the statue stimulated "a
kind of wonder, love, a kind of appreciation and satisfaction"
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