GRACE Mugabe turned 51 Saturday to gushing praises from officials and insolvent government owned companies while the State media published a 12-page supplement in her honour.
The Herald supplement carried adverts from struggling parastatals, which had been asked to pay for advertising despite the country’s crippling economic crisis.
For the second year in a row, the first lady was given near-presidential treatment by Zimbabwe’s state media.
Firms like the loss-making Air Zimbabwe have published full colour adverts in the Herald’s birthday supplement.
The ministry of defence calls her a pillar of strength to her husband, who is 92.
It’s not been confirmed exactly where the fi…
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