Mugabe returns from Singapore

President Mugabe
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The coalition government is rocked by the news that another cabinet meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been suspended amid reports that President Mugabe is battling for his life in Singapore, sources in government revealed last night. A senior member of Zanu-PF official whose identity cannot be revealed said the President is undergoing intensive treatment in Singapore and he also confirmed that some members of his family have since joined him after boarding a private jet on Saturday evening.Read more

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The 88-year-old President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the country Zimbabwe for more than three decades returns home from Singapore accompanied by his wife Grace, looking healthy, defying rumours that he is seriously ill. President Robert Mugabe has laughed off rumours saying that he is close to death. Why do we spread rumours? It's all lies told by a press driving an imperialist agenda," Shamu told a group of reporters at the airport. “It was said that President Mugabe was as fit as a fiddle," Information Minister Webster Shamu told reporters.  President Robert Mugabe made no comment to journalists, who had camped out in drizzle at the airport. As a PR student I think that the media was supposed to have full evidence on the issue before spreading rumours about it, because it affects the nation as a whole. Read more

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Mugabe reportedly went to Singapore to oversee university postgraduate studies arrangements for his daughter Bona, but this has not helped quell speculation that the president had health issues to contend with. Questions have been raised as to whether it was necessary for Mugabe to personally oversee Bona’s registration or could have done that on his behalf. Singapore University registration starts in September. His meetings are fewer while his visits to Singapore for medical checks have increased. Mugabe has prostate cancer that has spread to other organs. Mugabe was flown to Singapore last week after collapsing at his home, but his spokesman said he had gone there to assist his daughter on her application for Post-Graduate studies.