President Robert Mugabe’s health hit the news forums on Wednesday again after fresh state pictures (above) showed him requiring physical assistance to greet the widow of former Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union, Mrs Rhoda Hungwe. “So our dear leader can’t raise his hand now he has to be assisted,” commented a ZimEye reader.
In February, a Zimbabwean opposition supporter asked the constitutional court to rule on Mugabe’s mental and physical fitness to do his job.
Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, who describes himself as a long-time member of the Movement for Democratic Change and qualified lawyer, presented an affidavit to the court in Harare on Friday. In the document, he outlined a series of blunders and media speculation that have raised questions about Mugabe’s ability to govern the southern African nation.
“Having a president that may lack capacity to carry out the job threatens democracy, undermines the constitution and all the rights therein and puts in jeopardy the very foundation, security and future of the nation,” Chinyoka said in the statement.
He cited as examples the 91-year-old leader reading out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament in September, repeating the state-of-the-nation address he delivered a few weeks earlier, as well as photos from last year that showed Mugabe descending stairs from a podium when he mis-stepped and fell.
Mugabe’s medical trips abroad, for what his office describes as check-ups, have also fueled speculation about his well-being and who may succeed him. The ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party is divided into camps, with supporters jockeying for his wife Grace Mugabe, who says she could be chosen, or Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
No one answered the phone at the attorney-general’s office in Harare when Bloomberg News called outside regular hours for comment.
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KIKIKI, SOME IDIOTS ARE BUYING THIS NONSENSE, IF THE REPORTER AND MOST OF THE IDIOTS WHO BELIEVE IN THIS HOG WASH ARE SUBJECTED TO MEDICAL TESTS, MUGABE WILL COME OUT HEALTHIER THAN THEM. hahahahah.It even show besides being physically sick most of you here are mentally retarded, hahahahah. Arwadziwa zwawataura newewo futi.
Cde are you blind or mad. Hamuone picture here. Open your eyes.
Cde are you blind or mad. Hamuone picture here. Open your eyes.
Get yourself some reading glasses, Prof Mzvinavhu. Your eyesight has gone bad.
Get yourself some reading glasses, Prof Mzvinavhu. Your eyesight has gone bad.
I dont see the aiding in the picture. Its only your far fetched political attack in our dear leader.
I dont see the aiding in the picture. Its only your far fetched political attack in our dear leader.
I don’t find any reason why do you put this to press. Vapfanha practice journalism of reason look for better stories to market your paper
Hapana, chakaipa bedzi kuti vanopakwa vari kwaZvimba or Old People’s Home, apo makonana manje.
Hapana, chakaipa bedzi kuti vanopakwa vari kwaZvimba or Old People’s Home, apo makonana manje.
The aid was worried that the despot could fall over as blood rushes to the head when you bow down to greet or offer condolences. At any rate, the man passed his sell by date decades ago.
The aid was worried that the despot could fall over as blood rushes to the head when you bow down to greet or offer condolences. At any rate, the man passed his sell by date decades ago.
Nhai mukoma Bhobho madini zvenyu kuchizorora, amaiguru vachikupakai bota murere zvenyu!! Pakaipei? Hapana kuipa!
Nhai mukoma Bhobho madini zvenyu kuchizorora, amaiguru vachikupakai bota murere zvenyu!! Pakaipei? Hapana kuipa!