ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa has been spotted being pushed in a wheel chair into a Harare bound plane at Joshua Mqabuko International Airport in Bulawayo raising concerns on his health.

Dabengwa who has been in South Africa for treatment has not been seen in public since he left for South Africa late last year.

A friend of family revealed that he has a liver disease which normally causes fatigue, weakness and weight loss. Dabengwa was wheeled to a FastJet plane to Harare on Monday morning while being supported by his wife, Zodwa.

Dabengwa pulled out of ZANU PF in 2009 and revived the old ZAPU that was led by the late Joshua Nkomo. ZAPU was signed into ZANU PF in 1987 and Dabengwa was appointed Home Affairs Minister.

Dabengwa is among ZAPU members who were detained at Chikurubi Maximum Prison from 1982 to 1986, accused of plotting to overthrow the government of former Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.