President Robert Mugabe unveiled the statue at his official residence in Harare last Friday and Zimbabweans were not impressed.
The statue, made by a famous
Zimbabwean sculptor was widely criticized on social media, with people
questioning the sculptor's motives.
Some even suggested it was a reaction
to being forced to make the statue while many attacked the sculptor
accusing him of a poor job.
However, Dominic Benhura insisted his
statue of the President was not intended to mock him. The sculptor who
has exhibited his work across the world, told the state-owed Herald
newspaper that "honestly, no one would abuse such an opportunity.
"That sculpture was never meant to
look exactly as the President's image. I do not do exact figures. This
is the style I have mastered. My collectors can identify my pieces when
they see them anywhere in the world because I chose to be different and
that is my signature" Mr Benhura explains
Higher Education Minister Jonathan
Moyo defended the sculpture while Mugabe praised it. He was quoted as
saying that he was so grateful that the statue stimulated "a kind of wonder, love, a kind of appreciation and satisfaction"
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