Canaan Banana, president jailed in sex scandal, dies

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Zimbabwe's first post-independence president, Canaan Banana, who was jailed for sodomy, died yesterday of an undisclosed illness.

Banana (67) a former Methodist minister, was found guilty in 1999 of 11 counts of sodomy and abusing his power to sexually assault and carry out "unnatural acts" with men, most of whom were on his presidential staff.

Banana's trial, which included testimony of sex with gardeners, cooks and bodyguards, overshadowed his positive role in ending the ethnic violence in Matabeleland.

President Robert Mugabe announced Banana's death on state television, saying he felt "deep sorrow and sadness". But Banana's trial was an embarrassment to Mugabe, when it became clear that he knew of Banana's sexual misconduct and did nothing to stop it.

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