ZVAENDWA: ukaona Oppah Muchinguri audza ED kuti “Rest In Peace,” usakanganwe ndiye zvekare akaudza Chitepo (1975) akadzoka zvekare kubhaibhisa Tongogara(1979Political Reporter-Heads are rolling at Defence House in Harare after a major blunder in the Army’s communications department led to an embarrassing typo in an advert congratulating President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his 82nd birthday.
The advert, which appeared in this week’s Financial Gazette, included the phrase “MAY HIS SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE,” causing a storm of outrage and shock. Sources at Defence House claim that a witch hunt has begun within the communications department to trace what some believe may have been an act of sabotage.
“Even if the public relations department made a typo in the original draft, the proofreaders at the publication should have caught it before printing. The fault doesn’t lie entirely with the Army, as the media houses have our templates and could have simply used an old one for the advert,” said one source.
Efforts to obtain comments from both The Financial Gazette and the Army spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Alphios Makotore, were unsuccessful.
