Harare - He demanded an apology and here
it is: Zimbabwe's flamboyant IT minister says he was "wrong" to claim
that protest pastor Evan Mawarire was arrested because he skipped bail.
The #ThisFlag leader called at
the weekend on Minister Supa Mandiwanzira to apologise over the claim, which
isn't true. The minister made it during a recent meeting with UK ambassador
Catriona Laing.
Mawarire was arrested on
February 1 when he returned from six months in exile in the US. He was charged
with trying to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government and is currently
out on bail.
Said the minister on Twitter:
"Today, having had sight of the court record, I recognise that I was
wrong. The true facts of the matter are that the pastor did not skip bail and
was not arrested for this reason.
"I wish to apologise to
Pastor Mawarire and to anyone else who was offended by this mistake," the
minister said.
See the tweet below:
There's just one problem: the
minister, who first clashed with Mawarire at a radio studio last May, has
blocked the pastor on Twitter.
Here's the response to the
apology from Mawarire himself.
"Thank you for your
apology minister Supa Mandiwanzira. Unfortunately he blocked me so can someone
plse convey my sincere thanks #Thisflag"
See the tweet below.
