Shunned by Western investors, economically ravaged Zimbabwe has
turned its sights to the East to improve its finances.
International isolation and a bad credit record have forced Zimbabwean
president Robert Mugabe to seek economic support from China, the world's
second-largest economy.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Holiday Lesson Fees Stir Controversy Among Zimbabwe Parents, Officials
Education Minister David Coltart said his ministry does not oblige teachers
or students to participate in holiday tutoring, adding that such lessons
should only be scheduled when parents and teachers agree
The Zimbabwean government has warned schools against scheduling mandatory
holiday lessons it says are increasingly a way for teachers to bolster their
incomes.
or students to participate in holiday tutoring, adding that such lessons
should only be scheduled when parents and teachers agree
The Zimbabwean government has warned schools against scheduling mandatory
holiday lessons it says are increasingly a way for teachers to bolster their
incomes.
MDC-T Congress, Succession Battle Under The Spotlight
Harare - The democracy ball is rolling within the Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC-T) party led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as the party is
set for a congress this weekend to elect a new leadership.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
MLF To Discipline Mkandla Over Flag Burning Comments
Liberation Front (MLF) has summoned its national organising secretary Max
Mkandla to appear before the organisation’s disciplinary committee following
his controversial comments condemning the burning of the Zimbabwean flag by
South Africa based members last week.
The Zimbabwean Consulate Finally Delivers Passports To Zimbabweans in Cape Town
delivering passports to Zimbabweans who applied for them in Cape Town,
following months of misinformation, which caused much panic amongst Cape
Town based Zimbabwean applicants. We welcome this move, but note with
concern the inconsistency in the Zimbabwean consulate’s public statements.
We also note with concern that there remain applicants for the Zimbabweans
Dispensation Project who still need to apply for passports, who have not
been given any opportunity to do so in Cape Town.
MDC official accused of insulting Mugabe
HARARE - An MDC official in Matabeleland North province, Oliver Chikumba,
was last week arrested for insulting President Robert Mugabe after he
refused to sign the Zanu PF anti-sanctions petition.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Former Beauty Queen Arrested For Accusing Ministers Of Sexual Harassment
businesswoman and founder of Miss Rural Zimbabwe pageant, Sipho Mazibuko to
Ingutsheni Mental Hospital after she made a report accusing several
ministers and senior government officials of sexually harassing her for the
past five years.
Is Robert Mugabe now playing politics with his maker?
Christians all over the world were marking the death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ. What is even more worrying are reports of police intimidation
of Anglicans in Zimbabwe.
ZABG is in big trouble
The Zimbabwe Allied Banking Group failed to publish year-end results last
month amid reports that PricewaterhouseCooper has refused to certify its
financials as it is bankrupt.
month amid reports that PricewaterhouseCooper has refused to certify its
financials as it is bankrupt.
We have a fresh list of land grabbers: Zimbabwe newspaper
The MDC-T aligned Daily News say it is in possession of a fresh list of who
has grabbed what farms in the country which shows that land grabbers now own
five million hectares of Zimbabwe’s best agricultural land, or a third of
all the land seized from white commercial farmers and some black business
people over the past 11 years.
Mugabe's plan for snap Zimbabwe elections shot down
Harare - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's plans to hang on to power
through early elections this year have been shot down after his negotiators
agreed to an election roadmap that would push the ballot well into next
year, officials confirmed Sunday.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Zimbabwean Flag Burnt In South Africa.
More than 500 Zimbabwean exiles from
Matebeleland province took part in a controversial march for freedomorganised by the militant and secessionist Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF)
whose campaigns for a separate state have led to the arrest of the
movement's senior leaders in Bulawayo.
The march which was closely monitored by police attracted scores of South
Africans sympathetic to the plight of the people of Matebeleland. During the
march a Zimbabwean flag was burnt to ashes by the protesters saying it was a
symbol of oppression and discrimination against ethnic groups in
Matabeleland province.
“ Our march was very successful and attracted many South Africans who are
sympathetic to our cause, ” said MLF spokesman Sabelo Mavikinduku Ngwenya, a
lawyer by profession.The toyi-toying protesters singing struggle songs
brought business to a standstill along Sauer and Bree Streets.
The organisers of the march also sent a delegation to the Zimbabwe Embassy
in Pretoria to deliver the group,s document outlining how the state of
Mthwakazi would be created and which districts in Zimbabwe would be part of
that country.The delegation has been instructed to deliver the document
directly to Ambassador Phelekezela Mphoko, a struggle hero and Mugabe
loyalist.Mphoko also comes from Matabeleland province but has openly opposed
those campaigning for secession.
Officials at the embassy in Pretoria said they did not receive any document
from MLF.President Robert Mugabe is on record as saying Zimbabwe will never
be divided into two ethnic based states.But secessionists in Matabeleland
say the people of the region have suffered enough marginalisation and
discrimination under Zimbabwe,s unitary system.MLF leaders who include Paul
Siwela, John Gazi and Charles Thomas are currently facing charges related to
treason.If they go for trial and are convicted, they could face death
sentence.
Mujuru Apologises To Zuma.
Harare, April 19, 2011 - The Zimbabwean government, through Vice President Joice Mujuru, has apologised to South African President Jacob Zuma for its
recent attacks on the Southern African Development Community (SADC)recently.
Two weeks ago ZANU (PF) through its controversial prodigal son, Professor
Jonathan Moyo, attacked Zuma for announcing during a SADC Troika meeting
held last month in Livingstone Zambia that the regional bloc was going to
establish an election road map for Zimbabwe.
President Zuma is the SADC facilitator to Zimbabwe’s Global Political
Agreement, which formed the country’s coalition government.
Sources within the Foreign Affairs Ministry told Radio VOP that Vice
President Mujuru, last week visited the South African Embassy and
apologised.
“VP Mujuru after reprimanding Professor Jonathan Moyo personally met South
African diplomats at their Zimbabwean embassy and tried to extinguish the
fire. At the meeting she explained that Moyo’s utterances were not Zanu (PF)’s
position, but his (Moyo) opinion, “the source said.
Professor Johnathan Moyo had written in state-run Sunday Mail newspaper
blasting Zuma's proposed roadmap as a regime change tool.
In a full page hard-hitting opinion piece, Professor Moyo suggested Zuma
wanted to use the roadmap to overthrow Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert
Mugabe in the same way the South African leader voted for last month’s UN
resolution that imposed a no-fly zone over Libya.
Since then President Mugabe has been trying to re-build relations with Zuma
by praising SADC for its facilitation initiative to the implementation of
the GPA.
At its conference in December last year, President Mugabe’s Zanu (PF) party
resolved not to move any step further, saying sanctions had to be removed
first.
Mzila-Ndlovu pays the price for revealing dark secrets of the past.
Delving into ZANU PF’s dark secrets of the past led to the arrest of
National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration Minister, Moses
Mzila-Ndlovu, sources told SW Radio Africa on Tuesday.
Mzila-Ndlovu was arrested last week Friday after police accused him of
addressing an ‘illegal’ memorial service for Gukurahundi victims and
survivors, at a Roman Catholic Church Mass in Lupane on 13th April.
But MDC-N President Welshman Ncube told Newsday that the Bulilima West MP is
being persecuted for revealing that in 1984 the late CIO deputy Director
General, Mernard Muzariri, shot and killed Njini Ntuta, a former PF ZAPU MP
and Central Committee member. Mzila-Ndlovu is believed to have also talked
about this in Lupane last week, saying that Ntutha was shot at point-blank
range at his farm along the Victoria Falls Road, at the height of the
Gukurahundi massacres.
Ntuta was shot dead in the Nyathi area of Matebeleland North in November
1984. Three days before his death, Ntuta openly accused ZANU PF of being
behind the killing of six foreign tourists who had been kidnapped along the
Victoria Falls road.
In mid 1982 it was reported that six tourists had been kidnapped and troops
were sent into Matabeleland to find them. But their bodies were later found.
The government of then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe blamed the deaths of the
tourists on ZAPU, who were accused of sponsoring dissident activity in the
area at the time.
So when Ntuta, credited for being among the pioneers of free speech in
Parliament, accused ZANU PF of murdering the foreign tourists while blaming
it on ZAPU, he sealed his fate. Three days after his speech in the House of
Assembly the elderly Ntuta was chased from his homestead at his farm and
executed.
‘He was an old man who couldn’t outrun his assailants. He was first tortured
and was eventually shot dead at close range. This is what Mzila-Ndlovu told
people in Lupane last week and I hear it has left people in ZANU PF
indignant,’ a senior former ZAPU official said.
He added; ‘The state media blamed dissidents for his death but everyone
knows that dissidents did not target ZAPU leaders. In fact Mzila-Ndlovu is
believed to have directly said Muzariri shot Ntutha in cold blood.
Muzariri was never included on the EU or US targeted sanctions list,
despite being well known for masterminding violence and targeting the MDC.
National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration Minister, Moses
Mzila-Ndlovu, sources told SW Radio Africa on Tuesday.
Mzila-Ndlovu was arrested last week Friday after police accused him of
addressing an ‘illegal’ memorial service for Gukurahundi victims and
survivors, at a Roman Catholic Church Mass in Lupane on 13th April.
But MDC-N President Welshman Ncube told Newsday that the Bulilima West MP is
being persecuted for revealing that in 1984 the late CIO deputy Director
General, Mernard Muzariri, shot and killed Njini Ntuta, a former PF ZAPU MP
and Central Committee member. Mzila-Ndlovu is believed to have also talked
about this in Lupane last week, saying that Ntutha was shot at point-blank
range at his farm along the Victoria Falls Road, at the height of the
Gukurahundi massacres.
Ntuta was shot dead in the Nyathi area of Matebeleland North in November
1984. Three days before his death, Ntuta openly accused ZANU PF of being
behind the killing of six foreign tourists who had been kidnapped along the
Victoria Falls road.
In mid 1982 it was reported that six tourists had been kidnapped and troops
were sent into Matabeleland to find them. But their bodies were later found.
The government of then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe blamed the deaths of the
tourists on ZAPU, who were accused of sponsoring dissident activity in the
area at the time.
So when Ntuta, credited for being among the pioneers of free speech in
Parliament, accused ZANU PF of murdering the foreign tourists while blaming
it on ZAPU, he sealed his fate. Three days after his speech in the House of
Assembly the elderly Ntuta was chased from his homestead at his farm and
executed.
‘He was an old man who couldn’t outrun his assailants. He was first tortured
and was eventually shot dead at close range. This is what Mzila-Ndlovu told
people in Lupane last week and I hear it has left people in ZANU PF
indignant,’ a senior former ZAPU official said.
He added; ‘The state media blamed dissidents for his death but everyone
knows that dissidents did not target ZAPU leaders. In fact Mzila-Ndlovu is
believed to have directly said Muzariri shot Ntutha in cold blood.
Muzariri was never included on the EU or US targeted sanctions list,
despite being well known for masterminding violence and targeting the MDC.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
How has Mugabe been able to rule Zimbabwe for so long?
silence and even complicity—declined to continue its open-ended indulgence
of Robert Mugabe, it becomes possible to envisage a time when Zimbabwe will
be free of the hideous regime of one man and one-party rule. Other
contributing factors, such as Mugabe's age and the inspiring influence of
events at the other end of Africa, can be listed. But the democratic
opposition in Zimbabwe predates the "Arab spring" by several years and must
now count in its own right as one of the world's most stubborn and brave
movements.
Peter Godwin's most recent book, The Fear, updates the continuing story of
popular resistance. In my opinion it's not quite as powerful as his earlier
book, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, but it does convey the awful immediate
reality of a state where official lawlessness and cruelty are the norm. It
also maps the symptoms of regime-decay: If only for nakedly opportunist
reasons, there are increasing numbers of people among Mugabe's own clientele
who are looking to a future when the near-nonagenarian (he is 87) will no
longer be with us.
How did things descend to this nightmare level? Robert Mugabe did not come
to power through a coup. He emerged as the leader of a serious guerrilla
army, who then fought and won a British-supervised election. For his first
several years in office, he practiced a policy of reconciliation (at least
with the white population, if not with his tribal rivals in the Matabeleland
province). During the years of the revolution, I met Mugabe several times
and am still ashamed of how generally favorably I wrote him up. But he was
impressive then, both as soldier and politician and survivor of long-term
political imprisonment, and when I noticed the cold and ruthless side of his
personality I suppose I tended to write it down as a function of his arduous
formation. Also, in those days the reactionary white settlers would console
themselves with a culture of ugly rumors (such as Mugabe's supposed syphilis
and mental degeneration), which I was determined not to gratify.
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The syphilis story can't have been true or Mugabe would not be the
annoyingly long-lived man he has become. But something did go horribly
wrong, and among those who remember those years there is an unending parlor
game about exactly what that something was. Mugabe, some people say, was
never the same after the death of his charming Ghanaian-born wife, Sally.
Not only that, but the second wife was the sort who likes shopping sprees
and private jets and different palaces for summer and winter. (Thank
goodness for this class of women, by the way: They have helped discredit
many a dictator.)
Another early bad symptom was Mugabe's morbid fascination with, and hatred
of, homosexuality. He suddenly decided that Zimbabwe was being honeycombed
with sodomy and began to display symptoms of acute paranoia. Macabre as this
was, it hardly explains his subsequent decision to destroy his country's
agricultural infrastructure by turning it into a spoils system for party
loyalists, or his decision to send Zimbabwean troops on looting expeditions
into Congo.
Writing on all this some years ago, Peter Godwin opted for the view that
Mugabe wasn't explicable by any change in circumstances or personality. He
had had the heart and soul of a tyrant all along, and simply waited until he
could give the tendency an unfettered expression. Even though I have a
quasi-psychological theory of my own—that Mugabe became corroded by jealousy
of the adulation heaped on Nelson Mandela—I now think that this is almost
certainly right. In the Sino-Soviet split that divided African nationalists
in the 1960s and 1970s (with the ANC of South Africa, for example, clearly
favoring the Soviet Union) Mugabe was not just pro-Chinese. He was pro-North
Korean. He enlisted Kim Il Sung to train his notorious Praetorian Guard, the
so-called "Fifth Brigade," and to design the gruesome monument to those who
fell in the war of liberation. Some of his white-liberal apologists used to
argue that Mugabe couldn't really be a believing Stalinist because he was
such a devoted Roman Catholic. But this consideration—while it might help
explain his obsession with sexual deviance—might weigh on the opposite scale
as well. Catholics can be extremely authoritarian, and Mugabe has, in
addition, done very well from his Vatican connection. He broke the ban on
his traveling to Europe by visiting the pope as an honored guest. The church
unfrocked Pius Ncube, the outspokenly anti-Mugabe bishop of Bulawayo, for
apparently having an affair with his (female) secretary. Festooned and
bemerded with far graver sins, Mugabe remains a Roman Catholic in good
standing, and it's impossible to imagine what he would now have to do to
earn himself excommunication.
If you want a catalog of those sins, turn to Godwin's books. But don't read
them just for outrage at the terrible offense to humanity. They also
describe a new sort of Zimbabwean, emancipated from racial and tribal
feeling by a long common struggle against a man who doesn't scruple to
employ racial and tribal demagoguery. In those old days of arguing with the
white settlers, one became used to their endless jeering refrain: "Majority
rule will mean one man, one vote—one time!" They couldn't have been more
wrong. Since gaining independence three decades ago, the Zimbabwean people
have braved every kind of intimidation and repression to go on registering
their votes. They have made dogged use of the courts and the press, which
continue to function in a partial way, to uphold pluralism and dissent.
Mugabe has lost important votes in Parliament and—last time—his electoral
majority in the country at large. Only the undisguised use of force and the
wholesale use of corruption have kept his party in office. One day, the
civic resistance to this, which was often looked-down upon by people
considering themselves revolutionary, will earn the esteem and recognition
it deserves.
Mugabe back in Singapore for medical attention.
Reports say that Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace flew urgently to Singapore
on Friday. It’s alleged that Grace is there to receive medical treatment for
a painful hip.
Reports from Harare claim the first lady recently slipped and fell in the
bathroom at their Borrowdale house and has not fully recovered from the
fall. Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba confirmed to the Zimbabwe Standard
newspaper that Mugabe and his wife were in Singapore, but would not disclose
the purpose of the trip.
Since January Mugabe has flown to Singapore three times, allegedly for
checkups following an eye cataract operation.
The Standard said that Charamba did hint that Grace Mugabe was seeking
medical attention, saying that she had not fully recovered from a
complication she suffered 14 years ago, while giving birth to her youngest
son Chatunga.
But there is renewed speculation that this is a cover-up for the fact that
it is Robert Mugabe who is seriously ill, since he was seen struggling to
walk at the recent SADC Troika summit in Livingstone, Zambia. The 87
year-old had to use a golf cart to move around the summit venue and there
were 6 medical personnel on call at all times in the group that accompanied
him to the summit.
While Charamba and ZANU PF party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo insist there is
nothing wrong with Robert Mugabe, there are persistent rumours that he has
cancer of the prostate.
Striking Air Zimbabwe pilots were once again recalled on ‘national duty’ to
fly the couple to Singapore.
on Friday. It’s alleged that Grace is there to receive medical treatment for
a painful hip.
Reports from Harare claim the first lady recently slipped and fell in the
bathroom at their Borrowdale house and has not fully recovered from the
fall. Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba confirmed to the Zimbabwe Standard
newspaper that Mugabe and his wife were in Singapore, but would not disclose
the purpose of the trip.
Since January Mugabe has flown to Singapore three times, allegedly for
checkups following an eye cataract operation.
The Standard said that Charamba did hint that Grace Mugabe was seeking
medical attention, saying that she had not fully recovered from a
complication she suffered 14 years ago, while giving birth to her youngest
son Chatunga.
But there is renewed speculation that this is a cover-up for the fact that
it is Robert Mugabe who is seriously ill, since he was seen struggling to
walk at the recent SADC Troika summit in Livingstone, Zambia. The 87
year-old had to use a golf cart to move around the summit venue and there
were 6 medical personnel on call at all times in the group that accompanied
him to the summit.
While Charamba and ZANU PF party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo insist there is
nothing wrong with Robert Mugabe, there are persistent rumours that he has
cancer of the prostate.
Striking Air Zimbabwe pilots were once again recalled on ‘national duty’ to
fly the couple to Singapore.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Zimbabwe attack ''erratic'' Zuma over Mugabe , Libya
HARARE- Zimbabwe's official newspaper attacked South
African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday, calling him an erratic liability
after he called on Harare to end a crackdown on the opposition.
The comments reflect President Robert Mugabe's displeasure at Zuma, who
condemned events in Zimbabwe in unusually strong language at a regional
summit last week.
"President Jacob Zuma's erratic behaviour is the stuff of legends," the
Sunday Mail said in an editorial. "The problem with Mr Zuma now is that his
disconcerting behaviour has become a huge liability, not only to South
Africa but also to the rest of the continent."
Along with the leaders of Zambia and Mozambique, Zuma demanded an end to the
crackdown on Zimbabwe's opposition which is blamed on Mugabe's ZANU-PF
party. In recent weeks, Mugabe's security officials have cancelled
opposition rallies and detained some rival figures, heightening tension
before a possible general election this year.
The Sunday Mail is Zimbabwe's main government mouthpiece and is unlikely to
have published such comments, the strongest yet against Zuma, without
official sanction.
The paper accused Zuma, the Southern African Development Community's main
Zimbabwe negotiator, of being a dishonest broker and of betraying Africa by
voting for a no-fly zone over Libya at the United Nations Security Council.
"Mr Zuma's duplicity is astounding. With such leaders, Africa is in mortal
danger," the paper said in its attack on the president, who leads the
African National Congress (ANC).
"The same President Zuma who voted for the bombardment of Libya is now
speaking out against the use of military force by the United States,
Britain, France and their allies. His ludicrous stance has left political
scientists scratching their heads in puzzlement. Does South Africa have a
foreign policy at all or has the ANC entered the era of Mickey Mouse
posturing?"
Writing in the same newspaper, Jonathan Moyo, a member of Mugabe's ZANU-PF
Politburo said: "President Zuma is now tainted beyond recovery by the Libyan
situation and his commitment to the African cause has become questionable."
African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday, calling him an erratic liability
after he called on Harare to end a crackdown on the opposition.
The comments reflect President Robert Mugabe's displeasure at Zuma, who
condemned events in Zimbabwe in unusually strong language at a regional
summit last week.
"President Jacob Zuma's erratic behaviour is the stuff of legends," the
Sunday Mail said in an editorial. "The problem with Mr Zuma now is that his
disconcerting behaviour has become a huge liability, not only to South
Africa but also to the rest of the continent."
Along with the leaders of Zambia and Mozambique, Zuma demanded an end to the
crackdown on Zimbabwe's opposition which is blamed on Mugabe's ZANU-PF
party. In recent weeks, Mugabe's security officials have cancelled
opposition rallies and detained some rival figures, heightening tension
before a possible general election this year.
The Sunday Mail is Zimbabwe's main government mouthpiece and is unlikely to
have published such comments, the strongest yet against Zuma, without
official sanction.
The paper accused Zuma, the Southern African Development Community's main
Zimbabwe negotiator, of being a dishonest broker and of betraying Africa by
voting for a no-fly zone over Libya at the United Nations Security Council.
"Mr Zuma's duplicity is astounding. With such leaders, Africa is in mortal
danger," the paper said in its attack on the president, who leads the
African National Congress (ANC).
"The same President Zuma who voted for the bombardment of Libya is now
speaking out against the use of military force by the United States,
Britain, France and their allies. His ludicrous stance has left political
scientists scratching their heads in puzzlement. Does South Africa have a
foreign policy at all or has the ANC entered the era of Mickey Mouse
posturing?"
Writing in the same newspaper, Jonathan Moyo, a member of Mugabe's ZANU-PF
Politburo said: "President Zuma is now tainted beyond recovery by the Libyan
situation and his commitment to the African cause has become questionable."
Humiliated Zanu (PF) probes MPs Who Voted For Moyo
KAROI, April 3, 2011- Zanu (PF) has allegedly started probing itslegislators who are accused of voting for MDCT-T candidate for the election
of speaker of parliament Lovemore Moyo.
Party sources told our Karoi correspondent that the process of sniffing out
suspects has begun and when the investigations are over, the culprits will
face the music.
“ We know that some of the suspected legislators who betrayed the party and
voted for Moyo have criminal records and we will use that to arrest them, ”
said one of the sources.
The former liberation movement already has 8 suspects who, after being found
guilty will be suspended from the party.The sources added that they
suspected three MPs from Mashonaland West, four from Matabeleland and
Manicaland provinces among others.
''We are casting our nets wide although one MP from Mashonaland West was
assisted by President's office
after his car broke down on his way to parliament, Zanu (PF) lost the
election besides that effort '' added the sources. Radio VOP has the
suspected MP's name. Zanu (PF) spokesperson Rugare Gumbo denied that they
have launched a witch-hunt against the MPs suspected of voting for Moyo
instead of their own candidate Simon Khaya Moyo, a former Zimbabwe
Ambassador to South Africa who is also the party,s national chairman.
'' We accepted defeat and as a party that brought independence and democracy
we are looking forward to forth coming elections. No one will be arrested
over these elections,” Gumbo was quoted as saying.Police have not commented
about rumours that they have been asked to provide information about the
criminal records of some of the legislators accused of betraying the party.
Fresh fears over Mugabe's health
Mugabe on arrival at Zambezi Sun Hotel for the closed door meeting of the just-ended SADC Organ Troika summit
LIvingstone, Zambia — President Robert Mugabe moved around in a golf cart during the Thursday summit of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) troika on peace and security, sparking fresh speculation about the 87-year-old ruler's health.
Travelling with a large entourage that included six medical people, Mugabe had difficulties disembarking from the Air Zimbabwe chartered flight at Livingstone International Airport.
With one bodyguard in front and one on the left, Mugabe walked slowly to the dais where he was again assisted to climb up for the singing of the national anthems.
Even disembarking from the golf cart required his optimum concentration and holding of supporting metal bars while his counterparts walked freely.
Last month, Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba, in what should be a first in the former guerilla leader's presidency, announced that his boss had undergone a surgical operation to remove cataracts in his eyes in Singapore.
The announcement followed intense speculation during Mugabe's annual leave that he was suffering from prostate cancer and had visited a hospital in the Far East.Zanu PF has chosen Zimbabwe's only ruler since independence to represent it in presidential elections expected later this year.
But analysts' doubt that he would be fit enough to see through the usually vigorous election campaign.
His major rival would be the 59-year-old Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who beat Mugabe in the first round of the 2008 presidential elections but failed to garner the majority required to claim the presidency.
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