Balloon demo crashes Mugabe birthday party
BALLOON DEMO CRASHES MUGABE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Beitbridge, South Africa-Zimbabwe borderAs promised, we are pleased to send you photos of the helium balloon protest taking place right now on the South African side of the Beitbridge border post.
President Robert Mugabe, who is holding a Z$3 trillion party and election rally on the Zimbabwe side, has reportedly seen the balooon and ordered his soldiers not to shoot it down as this would create an armed incident with South Africa.
The 5 metre (17 foot) long blimp, filled with helium, is flying above a protest by several hundred Zimbabweans who have gathered on the banks of the Limpopo River in South Africa. Some have crossed from Zimbabwe and waves of others are joining the event.
The South African police is maintaining crowd control at the site near the Bridge.
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Image 1 caption: One side of the helium blimp reads ‘Elections free and fair, or just hot air?’
Image 2 caption: A helium blimp hovers in the sky on the Limpopo River with his message facing into Zimbabwe where President Mugabe is holding a party for his 84th birthday.
Image 3 caption: Protestors check their props ahead of a birthday demo against 84-year-old President Robert Mugabe
Image 4 caption: The reverse side of the helium blimp reads ‘Bob, you’ve had your cake. Now beat it!’
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February 24th, 2008 01:30
It is sad that despite everything happenening around him, President Mugabe still thinks he has the solution to make things right for Zimbabwe.Any good things he might have done for his people is hard to remember because the bad outweighs the good.If he was approachable I would go down on my knees ,begging him to show kindness to the people who once loved him with all their trust.Somebody, please, please make him see sense and step down.
March 3rd, 2008 11:06
27 years in power yet he has brought more harm than good to Zimbabweans. He thinks Zimbabwe is a private limited company which is there to accrue profit for him and his cronies. he no longer has the moral to rule Zimbabwe and must go now or lest we can go the kenya way