President Mugabe has been ridiculed after he was pictured wearing two watches.
The Strange and Terrifying Case of Robert Mugabe’s Two Watches
One of the watches looks to be silver, one gold.
Tweeted ConcernedZimCitizen: “Can someone explain why our old president is wearing two watches here?”.
The responses came thick and fast. They were mostly from those who are less fond of the Zimbabwe president, who is now 92 and has been trying to clamp down on rising social discontent in the last few months.
Former finance minister @BitiTendai asked: “But on a very serious note under what circumstances does a man need and indeed proceed to put on 2 wrist watches?”
“To keep track of his life expectancy. I suppose,” said @edo_ug.
“Sanctions,” retorted @pchinjx echoing the official line trotted out by Mugabe’s government to explain shortages of most things since 2000.
User @CdeBKMpofu suggested Mugabe was trying to keep track of the “time difference between Singapore and Zimbabwe”. Some Zimbabweans joke that Mugabe is just a “visiting president” because he spends so much time – and presumably money – on foreign travel, including to Singapore, where he travels for medical attention.
