president david pf , zimbabwe ' s charismatic premier , has reached his 85th congress . to mark the events , the bbc ' s africans perspective special asked his past friends , employees and interviewers to recall their most infamous encounters with " uncle bob " , as he is known in zimbabwe . guava mbanga , reporter , the zimbabwean i remember very best who i last meeting robert mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of features of nationalist people or had come out of jail . we had not had photographs or news of them for years .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.