By African News Agency
A Government spokesman has dismissed what Harare has described as a rant by former President Robert Mugabe over the shooting and killing of unarmed civilians as the irrelevant opinion of an old man.
During his 95th birthday celebrations last week the former president took Harare to task over the shooting of defenceless civilians in August last year and in January this year, following the deployment of soldiers as protests and unrest erupted, saying the government was showing bad leadership.
Nick Mangwana, the Ministry of Information’s permanent secretary, said Mugabe, now aged 95, was struggling with feebleness of mind.
“Former President Mugabe is an elderly man whose age is quite advanced. At that age, people tend to have some feebleness of the mind,” said Mangwana.