By Own Correspondent| A senior Zapu official has revealed that the party’s leader Dumiso Dabengwa is still in South Africa where he is receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment.

Party spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa who told a local publication that Dabengwa is expected to undergo an operation soon.

He added that Dabengwa’s surgical operation had to be deferred from January owing to complications.

Said Maphosa:

We are here with Dr Dabengwa. He has been in South Africa for some time now. He is recovering from an ailment that I will, however, not be able to disclose for now. There was a bit of complication around the operation and the doctors advised that the operation that he (Dabengwa) was supposed to undergo in January be deferred to another date they will advise at a later stage. Once he is certified as okay, he will come back home and take over from where he left.-ZimbabweIndependent