Harare- A community icon and philanthropist Jabulani Charlie whose picture was erroneously flighted by the state owned Sunday Mail paper at the weekend, was on Wednesday attacked by a furious mob labeling him by the notorious Facebook activist, Baba Jukwa’s name.
Mr Charlie was saved at the last minute by a speeding kombi driving away from the spot he was at in Mbare yesterday morning.
Charlie’s photograph was published in the Sunday Mail at the weekend as a leading graphic on the Baba Jukwa scandal story in which the paper claimed that they were in possession of an email he allegedly sent to the faceless character. The email is said to have contained socialite Pokello Nare’s pornographic video with her then boyfriend Desmond Chideme (Stunner) a few years before. The video was however not published by Baba Jukwa.
The placing of the photograph lifted from his Facebook social portal in which the man was coincidentally wearing military-looking camouflage attire (albeit civilian) in the publication’s story, has since given a false impression that Charlie is the faceless character himself since Baba Jukwa has been associated with a group of ex-government servicemen called the Vapanduki group.
Charlie’s whereabouts were not known at the time of writing as friends said he had gone into hiding as a result of the threats on his life. He however has in recent years been seen hailed for notable sacrificial work for the community at large for no pay, and was recently in and out of the Chingwizi camp assisting the Tokwe0Mukosi flood victims.