Eight cakes, 91 cows and two elephants were on the menu at the extragavant bash held at Victoria Falls.

JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe celebrated his 91st birthday with a huge party over the weekend with not one, but eight huge cakes.

State media has described the longtime leader as one of a breed of dying politicians, and says young Zimbabweans are increasingly identifying with the president.

The Sunday Mail referred to President Mugabe as the 'birthday boy'.

The paper said the depth of appreciation for all that he had done for Zimbabwe was palpable at a huge party held at Victoria Falls on Saturday that was estimated to have cost $1million.

There was a little sign of disapproval at Mugabe's party when 91 cows and two elephants were on the menu.

One loyal supporter presented the Zimbabwean leader with a vintage British made black Ford Montero, a 1955 model with number plate, RGM 1963.

One of the cakes on display resembled the bespectacled Mugabe, while the others had shapes ranging from Great Zimbabwe, a football pitch with a ball in the nets and the Zimbabwean flag.