ED in King Lobengula jibe

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week touched off a tribal storm after he joked that revered Ndebele king, Lobengula, was dull.

Addressing a gathering in Chivhu at Makumimavi Primary School on Thursday while commissioning 17 schools, Mnangagwa said King Lobengula was ignorant of innovation and killed a man who had shown him a mirror after seeing his reflection.

He then encouraged young people to be cognisant of new information and communication technologies so that they would not be like the “old man”.

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