The
ad
erroneously
concluded
with
the
phrase,
“May
his
soul
rest
in
eternal
peace,”
mistakenly
implying
that
the
President
had
passed
away.
While
many
took
to
social
media
to
mock
the
error,
Modus
Media,
the
publisher
of
both
the
Daily
News
and
Financial
Gazette,
issued
a
formal
apology
to
the
President
and
the
Zimbabwe
Defence
Forces
for
the
oversight.
In
an
interview
with
ZBC
News
on
Friday,
Munyuki
clarified
that
the
mistake
arose
from
the
unintentional
use
of
a
previous
condolence
message
from
the
ZDF.
He
explained:
>
The
advert
was
actually
congratulating
the
President
for
having
turned
82.
But
unfortunately,
we
made
a
mortifying
blunder.
One
of
our
designers
picked
up
an
old
template
so
that
she
could
get
the
correct
symbols
and
court
of
arms
of
the
Zimbabwe
Defence
Forces.
But
unfortunately,
the
template
that
she
had
picked
was
the
one
where
ZDF
had
previously
expressed
a
condolence
message
to
one
of
the
fallen
heroes
and
so
she
removed
the
old
text
and
put
in
the
new
text
but
without
checking
that
there
was
still
something
that
she
had
to
do
on
the
foot
of
the
advert
and
that
was
“May
his
soul
rest
in
eternal
peace”.
Munyuki,
along
with
executives
from
Modus
Media,
met
with
Mnangagwa,
Defence
Minister
Oppah
Muchinguri
and
Central
Intelligence
Organisation
(CIO)
chief
Isaac
Moyo
at
State
House
on
Friday
to
formally
apologise
for
the
error.
President
Mnangagwa
reportedly
accepted
the
apology,
and
in
a
light-hearted
moment,
he
humorously
asked,
“Where
are
the
flowers
for
the
dead
man?”
This
quip
was
shared
by
his
spokesperson,
George
Charamba.
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published
in:
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