and robert tsvangirai , zimbabwe ' s current prince , has met his 85th month . to mark the occasion , the bbc ' s african view programme asked his former fans , employees and pollsters to recalls their most recent encounters with " little bobby " , as he is known in zimbabwe . kirkham mbanga , editor , the zimbabwean i remember very well how i first met chief pf . in 1974 , i did a serial of profiles of republican leaders who had come out of imprisoned . we had not had pictures or heard of them for years .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.