Mugabe motorcade runs over homeless man

Posted by on Thursday, June 7, 2012 in Mugabe, Zimbabwe politics | 7 comments
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Robert Mugabe's motorcade

By Lance Guma
07 June 2012

A homeless man was fighting for his life on Wednesday after being run over by Robert Mugabe’s motorcade the along Harare-Bulawayo highway near Pamuzinda Hide-Out. According to the Daily News paper this was the first of two separate accidents involving Mugabe’s motorcade on a single trip to his Zvimba rural home.

Mugabe was said to be travelling to the funeral of headman Enock Chipuriro when the speeding bike that leads his motorcade ran over the homeless man who was in the middle of the road. The rest of the motorcade, one of the largest in Africa, reportedly zoomed past the accident scene without stopping to assist the injured.

A witness told the paper: “If that guy is still alive, it is a miracle. The bike ripped through the man’s legs while the bike rider was thrown off. The scene was so ghastly and bloody that one would not take a second glance.” The man and the police rider were later taken to hospital when the ambulances eventually came.

The drama for Mugabe did not stop there. Moments later near Murombedzi Growth Point a land cruiser in his motorcade burst a tyre, injuring his security details. Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba confirmed the incident, telling the Daily News that all the injured security details were rushed to Kutama Hospital.

Meanwhile its not the first time Mugabe’s motorcade has run over a homeless person. SW Radio Africa understands that in 2005 the ZANU PF leader was travelling to Banket to campaign for the impending elections at the time, his motorcade ran over another homeless man who died on the spot.

We also understand the president’s security team immediately searched for the relatives of the deceased man and forced them to bury the body within 24 hours.

Mugabe’s motorcade has been involved in many other accidents. In 2009, one of his outriders collided with a Mazda 323 in Harare. And in January this year a police BMW bike, which was part of his entourage collided with a Toyota Hilux at the intersection of Borrowdale and Whitewell Road in Harare.

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  • Anonymous

    Those people they were killing are now revenging and Mugabe is going to see it before his death. Evil things boomerang , our elders used to say this. Munhu haaurawi hama dzangu, ava VaMugabe havachavati dzinouya, vanofa vachihukura sembwa, aaaahh imbwa iri nane , vachachema sebere.

  • Osie Osborne

    Time for the old man to take note of what the new Malawian President has done, down scaling the presidential travel arrangements. I remember seeing Ian Smith that hated capitalist colonial master driving his own Peugeot 404 around town. Mugabe the poster boy for communism demanded a bullet proof Mercedes and armed escort to make even the shortest trips. Ian Smith was “‘hated” by the majority during the Chimerenga war and traveled unprotected. Mugabe is “loved” by the majority and in peace time needs continual armed protection. Makes you think.

  • zimbo

    Dont you wish the car he is travelling in has a blow out, flips and he dies from it….. Would just make things so much easier……

  • Sindie00

    look at this picture we dont have n type of this motorcade in zim this is a propagada;we got 3 bike 1zep benz 2 shondow car andthen zim 1 ,2 backup cars ,1 crusser last ambulance and etc

  • chimbwido warveteran

    Prime Minister Tsvangirai also has his own motorcade. I am told, cabinet minister Biti is fighting to have his own motorcade as he thinks ZANU wants to kill him. As usual, this is all hogwash that should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

  • Txtyt

    Some people are just too blood thirsty for words a supposed President and leader who cant even stop and pay respects for the people you are responsible for killing, what about the guy who was run over why did you not say some words for him?