Popular Elizabeth Tsvangirai Facebook fan page is fake: Tsvangirai spokesman
By Lance Guma
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HARARE – A fast growing Facebook fan page claiming to be that of Elizabeth Tsvangirai is fake according to Luke Tamborinyoka who is the spokesman for her husband and MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai.
The “Elizabeth Macheka Tsvangirai – The first lady” fanpage already has over 12 000 fans but in an exclusive interview with Nehanda Radio, Tamborinyoka told us the Facebook page is fake and they were not sure about the motive of the people running it.
“Our fear is that it is growing phenomenally every day and judging by the propaganda against Mai Tsvangirai mainly from the state media and instigated by the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) they might want to use that platform to post something damaging towards Mai Tsvangirai.”
On the 21st of August the fan page posted: “Our vote was stolen. Our voice was stolen. Our freedom was stolen, Our future was stolen, but remember they cannot steal our destiny. Our destiny is waiting patiently for us. Just because it can’t happen now does not mean it will not happen.”
On the 4th of September one Andrew Andrew asked “The question is, are you the real Elizabeth (Tsvangirai) or you just an admin of this group? To which the administrator of the page (claiming to be Elizabeth) responded by saying: “I have my own mouth & can speak for myself. I own this account.”
Tsvangirai’s spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka has however categorically stated that “Amai Tsvangirai completely disassociates herself from that account.”
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