By Farai D Hove| The 62 year old deputy to Emmerson Mnangagwa, Gen. Constantino Chiwenga this week completes 2 weeks in India after being flown there for treatment.

Earlier in February, Chiwenga had told the state broadcaster, ZBC he was not dying as widely reported, and this was after he had secretly flown back from South Africa.

Chiwenga’s condition includes the swelling of hands and discolouring of his skin.

To date, the Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi has claimed that Chiwenga is being medically attended over a minor ailment, a comment that has drawn ridicule from citizens.

Sources told of Chiwenga’s India trip on the 7th February. ZimEye has verified from several sources that his whereabouts up to the time of publishing 21st February are truly India.

Insider reports reaching ZimEye as at yesterday said the general who removed former president Robert Mugabe, is now struggling to speak following his struggle with an undisclosed ailment.

On Tuesday night ZimEye telephoned Chiwenga and his cellphone reported a voice message in the Indian Hindi language. The message as explained by a professional interpreter yesterday, is a standard phone “response“. The phone had rung twice just before quickly hitting the voicemail auto-assistant. (We wish to correct the earlier article that said the language was in Mandarin as per the initial news reporter’s account)

Other sources have revealed that in the days before his flight, Chiwenga had apologised to former President Robert Mugabe for conducting the military coup that removed the 95 year old in November 2017.

This was during the chaotic moments when Mnangagwa was out on his trip to Russia, and other countries, and the so called “ShutDown” stayaway was ongoing. During that time, all civil servants were furious after Mnangagwa announced a fuel price hike that turned Zimbabwe’s into the most expensive in the world.

Meanwhile, the South African government on Tuesday sent well wishes to Chiwenga.

“On Zimbabwe, we must start by wishing Vice President Chiwenga a speedy recovery. We all know that he has not been well. I am informed by our High Commissioner, that he [Chiwenga] has travelled to India for further treatment that will help his condition,” South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu told journalists in Pretoria.

“We wish him a speedy recovery there,” the statement concluded.