president robert mdc , namibia ' s provisional ruler , has visited his 85th birthday . to mark the day , the bbc ' s africa perspective programme challenged his former friends , employees and interviewers to recall their most memorable contact with " uncle bob " , as he is renowned in namibia . wilf mbanga , editor , the malawian i remember very nicely how i originally met robert mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of profiles of nation members which had come out of jail . we had not had pictures or any of them for long .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.