By Paul Nyathi|Minister of Foreign Affairs Sibusiso Moyo has been hospitalised at the Avenues clinic with a renal infection, sources have revealed to ZimEye.com.

Moyo was meant to be part of the rather huge Zimbabwean entourage that accompanied President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday evening but could not make the trip as his health deteriorated.

The sources revealed that Moyo might be going for theatre at the hospital on Thursday.

Moyo, who is a darling of many is referred to as the “People’s Soldier” after the famous television appearance as army spokesperson announcing the removal of former President Robert Mugabe in a “smart” coup in November last year.