The Vice President appeared in public when he attended the burial ceremony for Retired General Solomon Mujuru at Heroes’ Acre on Saturday. The ZANU PF politician was allegedly looking weak and used a cane as well as two assistants to help him walk.
Meanwhile the co-Minister for Home Affairs Theresa Makone, who was rumoured to have been hospitalized on Monday after being taken suddenly ill, is reported to be well enough to return to work. Earlier reports suggested that “Mai Makone” had suffered a minor stroke, but this was denied by the MDC-T spokesperson, Douglas Mwonzora.
Mwonzora explained that Makone attended a meeting of senior party officials in Mutare on Sunday but had not made it to the rally at Sakubva Stadium because she became suddenly ill.
“I think she spent a day in hospital at the trauma centre. Unfortunately when she came out she stayed at her daughter’s house so we could not find her at home and believed she was still in hospital”, Mwonzora explained. Makone is also the national chairperson of the MDC-T women’s league.
The MDC-T Harare Province Information Secretary, Obert Gutu, dismissed other reports that had suggested Makone stormed out of the VIP tent at the Sakubva rally after an altercation with members. Gutu told SW Radio Africa on Friday that focusing on minor issues is ‘not productive’ and there were no incidents at the rally, which was packed with MDC supporters.
Bad health appears to be plaguing several senior officials within the unity government with Robert Mugabe, according to some reports, suffering from prostate cancer. The ageing dictator has made numerous trips to Malaysia for treatment and looked visibly weak during some recent public appearances. But he denies the reports and insists he is healthy.
The Lands and Resettlement Minister, Herbert Murerwa, is also reported to be seriously ill and has been in a hospital in South Africa for almost a month now, allegedly suffering from colon cancer. Reports quoted ZANU PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, who said Murerwa “had an operation”.
As usual it’s extremely difficult to get the facts and the truth, from a government that denies that its citizens have the right to know.
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