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Government has vehemently denied a letter circulating on social media purporting to instruct Printflow (Private) Limited to print 1 000 official portraits of First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa as “incoming President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.”
The document, dated July 14, 2026, has been dismissed by Government as a fabrication aimed at misleading the public.
Posting on his X handle last night, Permanent Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Mr Nick Mangwana, said the letter was fraudulent.
“This is a clear fake,” Mr Mangwana said. He listed several glaring inconsistencies that prove the document did not originate from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC).
“The OPC doesn’t order portraits from Printflow.
“The @InfoMinZW is responsible for distributing all official portraits to Govt Ministries, schools and even private shops requesting same.
“Dr Martin Rushwaya’s signature is nothing like what’s on this counterfeit document and he denies ever signing this nonsensical letter.
That’s not the OPC letterhead.
“That’s not the colour of OPC official communication paper,” said Mr Mangwana.
A Government source also highlighted technical flaws in the forgery.
“Confidential documents have a confidential stamp not typed on the document.
“There is an AI application called Gemini, they forgot to delete that water mark below the date stamp,” the source said.
The fake letter reads in part: “Fellow Zimbabweans, the letter that has just surfaced from the Office of the President and Cabinet is very clear and extremely disturbing. It is dated 14 July 2026 and instructs Printflow (Private) Limited to print one thousand (1 000) official portraits of Auxillia Mnangagwa as the incoming President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
“This is no longer speculation or rumour. It is now documented evidence. Exactly what I warned about regarding CAB3 has come to pass.”
Government has urged the public to disregard the document and to verify any purported official communication through the Ministry of Information and other official OPC channels.
Authorities said investigations are underway to establish the origin of the fake letter and those behind its circulation will be brought to book.
