Zimbabwe’s
President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish
party by the spectacular Victoria Falls on Saturday, prompting many
Zimbabweans to question once again when he would leave office and who
would succeed him.
Thousands of supporters sat in large white
tents during the $1.3 million birthday celebration on a rolling golf
course near the waterfalls, organised by his ZANU-PF party. His party
has said the money was raised from individual and company donations.
The President celebrated with a cake that looked exactly like him, but some people have come out to say the cake looks gross.
One of Mugabe's giant cakes
Zimbabwean
President Robert Mugabe today celebrated his 91st birthday with a
lavish bash that was attended by thousands of his party's faithfuls.
Check out some of the photos from the party I just gathered from various
Zimbabwean social media accounts.
Mugabe's
party held at a luxury hotel in the famed Victoria Falls resort.
Elephants were reportedly slaughtered for the feast, which held on the
hotel’s golf course. Seven huge birthday cakes were on display and at a
point during the party, assisted by his wife Grace, the Zimbabwean
leader, who was surrounded by family members, threw 91 balloons into the
air.
Critics lampooned the scale of the
festivities, calling them “obscene” in a country where millions live in
poverty. Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain
in 1980, is the world’s oldest leader.
See more pics after the cut.
President
Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace (R) and other relatives cut one of his
birthday cakes at his 91st birthday party in Victoria Falls,
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, centre, is flanked by his daughter Bona, left, and wife Grace
Cake
Cakes
Cakes
Still one of the cakes
Another cake
Cake
Mugabe releasing the balloons
Big wigs of the Women's League take to the dance floor.
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