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.
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