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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 10 Nov 2017

    Four people are facing the charge of undermining the authority of the president after they allegedly booed Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe. http://bbc.in/2hnKa57 pic.twitter.com/hbTTDcsntO

    3:54 AM - 10 Nov 2017
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    • Kush Taj Gyasi Patience Dzvinyatsi 😒MBAttitude 💚Naija💚 🇺🇸🇳🇬👑 Alidu and his goat Stephen Wayo Prince Musonda Nawa  webster tendai dube Bismark Opare
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      1. B ka Ndiweni‏ @ndiweni_blessed 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        this and many more sins of this woman shall haunt her, matter of time! l personally want a piece of her

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      1. Tony Black‏ @TonyBlackaz 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Its only in Africa where people are arrested for booing and farting

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      2. Abuti Josef 🇿🇦‏ @AbutiJosef 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Aloysius2012

        Shm! Poor Zimbabweans find themselves in hot water trying to emulate the noisy South Africans. Mugabe is your god....can't booe his wife and get away with it.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Mhlorod‏ @VaMhloro 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AbutiJosef @BBCAfrica @Aloysius2012

        She came there and beat up yo own and u let her go. Shame too!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. J. Rodney Chesson‏ @JRodneyChesson 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        MUGABE, YOU AND GRACE BETTER RELEASE THOSE POOR PEOPLE! IF THEY CAN'T "BOO" ANYONE, WHAT OTHER DAMN RIGHTS DO THEY HAVE UNDER YOU? FREE THOSE PEOPLE "PRETTY DAMN QUICK!"

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      1. ayyah blue 🐆‏ @ayyahblue 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Why don't these guys shift to Uganda, its much cooler here and we need all the support we can get from frustrated individuals

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      1. Madhieu Thiep‏ @MadhieuThiep 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Citizens have a right to express their dissatisfaction with the Government and that doesn't necessarily mean disloyalty.

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      1. D. A. P. O‏ @Dapoo05 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Wat is wrong with dis family tori olorun

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      1. shelton 🇿🇼‏ @sheltonbiz85 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Maybe undermining the authority of the possible future president charge can stick....

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      1. Cde F. R Rainz‏ @Cde_Zulukandaba 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        One wonders, is she the president? There is no law against booing whatsoever.

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      1. Chief Nyajena‏ @jeff_nyajena 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Banana Republic, the citizenry doesn't have rights, surely how can a country criminalize booing? God spare us hell, we're in it already

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      1. AGBODJI DESIRE‏ @DesireAgbodji 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        it can only happen in Africa.

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      2. 🅣🅤🅝🅓🅔 🅐🅢🅐🅙🅤‏ @tundeokeagi 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Bad children, how dare they dishonour their mother.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. gabriel‏ @gabriel62717845 11 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        : Intercepting legality of freedom of self expression. May be they were not booing grace to grass. Those people can sue.

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      1. Isaphy F. Kunjombe‏ @Kunjy 11 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Another self procraimed dictator in the making

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      1. christopher khondowe‏ @christopherkhon 11 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        just expressing themselves. is it a crime to boo?

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      2. Ihuoma‏ @Ihuoma13 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        God why is it that Africa is being punished by wicked, self centered, stupid, senseless leaders. May thunder strike all our bad leaders! Iseeeee⛈🌩🌩

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      3. gabriel‏ @gabriel62717845 11 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Ihuoma13 @BBCAfrica

        : God did not put bad leaders,they failed to understand the need to express themselves and remove bad leaders by force

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      1. Jonathan Kapungwe‏ @JonathanKapung9 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Respect to the head of state when he/she is in power is very important.

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