MAD BOB BANS ‘NO UNDIES’ DANCER

ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe lambasted South African entertainer Zodwa Wabantu for not wearing underwear and said he was aware that a decision to ban her from participating at official government events made him a “killjoy”.

Mugabe was speaking at an interface rally in front of a 10 000-strong crowd in Bindura on Saturday.

“I’m sorry we disappointed many men,” he said, before questioning why Wabantu would attend parties without underwear.

“You just come without covering your decency. What do you want? Men to see you? We don’t want such‚” he said.

On her first visit to Zimbabwe two months ago‚ Wabantu was warned that Mugabe and other political figures would not tolerate her not wearing underwear.

She was billed to perform at the Harare International Carnival and said she would only go if she was allowed to be “who she is”.

The organisers backtracked‚ only for the government to step in after a local personality complained.

Wabantu was then going to perform at a club instead of a government festival‚ but that was also cancelled at the last minute.

On Monday, Wabantu said she believed that it was because of “political games”.

“The show was cancelled at the last moment. They said I must tell everyone that I am sick and they would send me money to cover the trouble.

“It’s a political thing. It was politics behind closed doors because apparently people were protesting that they want me to perform and sponsors were pulling out of the event because reports about me were drawing too much [negative] attention.”