After decades of fighting innocent and unarmed civilians, Robert Mugabe is now reportedly battling with death in a Singapore hospital. Confidential info released by WikiLeaks last month said Mugabe has prostate cancer that has spread to other organs. According to the report, he was also urged by his physician to step down in 2008, but had ignored the advice.
Reports are that he has agreed to hand over power to his defence minister, Emmerson Mnangaqwa. In case you were worried that this guy was going to be just as bad as Mugabe, then you need not worry at all. Fondly referred to as “The Crocodile”, Mnangaqwa was appointed campaign manager by Mugabe during the 2008 presidential election. According to a long-serving Zanu PF minister, Mugabe offered Mnangaqwa the future presidency on condition that he ensured things went Mugabe’s way in the second round.
Mugabe has visited Singapore eight times in the last year.
The New Zimbabwe, however, denied the claims of his ill health, saying he would be back in the country on Wednesday. His spokespeople have also strongly denied that he is terminally ill, saying that the frequent trips to Singapore have been necessitated by cataract surgery, or simply “private visits”.
[Source: News24]
