Mugabe close to death in Singapore: reports
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Mugabe close to death: reports
10 Apr, 2012 11:57 AMZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is reportedly fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital with his wife and close family by his bedside.
The 88-year-old dictator, who is believed to be suffering from prostate cancer, flew to Singapore late last month on what his aides described as a "private visit".
A senior member of Mr Mugabe's Zanu PF party told The Zimbabwe Mail that Mr Mugabe was enjoying an Easter break with his family in Asia, and denied that he was seeking treatment for a medical condition.
However, rumours are swirling that the ageing leader, now in power for three decades, is seeking treatment for prostate cancer following several bouts of therapy in Asia in recent years.
Mr Mugabe was said to be close to death last night and was surrounded by close family, including his wife, Grace, Britain's Daily Mail reported.
It came as sources close to Mr Mugabe told The Daily Telegraph in London that Mr Mugabe had reached a secret "gentleman's agreement" to hand over power in Zimbabwe to his feared Defence Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former spy chief nicknamed "The Crocodile" and known for his ruthless style.
Mr Mnangagwa was widely blamed for the brutality following the 2008 presidential election after Mr Mugabe's rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, took an early lead in the voting.
Mr Mugabe's aides said he was also in Singapore to oversee arrangements for his daughter Bona to begin post-graduate university study, The Zimbabwe Mail reported.
"The President is on his Easter holidays, like everyone else," the unidentified aide told the newspaper.
"He returns to his post this week, at the same time as those who are asking about his whereabouts from their holiday hideouts."
Under Mr Mugabe’s rule, Zimbabwe has been racked by political turmoil.
The former guerilla leader was hailed a hero when he led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 from the white-minority Rhodesian regime.
But after a promising start to his leadership, the country experienced a spectacular economic collapse. Mr Mugabe has since been accused of murdering thousands of Zimbabweans and crushing all opposition to his rule to retain a stranglehold on the presidency.
http://www.monashweekly.com.au/news/world/world/general/mugabe-close-to-death-reports/2515883.aspx
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The last two years has been a good one, many dictators and terrorists died. =) I think God is looking on planet Earth afterall.
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But Bush and Blair not dead.
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Wrong
the dictators & terrorists died because we wanted them dead
to aid us in this aim, we have top agents everywhere
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
Wrong
the dictators & terrorists died because we wanted them dead
to aid us in this aim, we have top agents everywhere
but Saddam Hussien took so long to die after the initial Iraq war... he survived for more than a decade before recently these 2 years die... then Mugabe also took over the country very long time, this year he is going to die, very good... not to mention all the middle east uprising recently... so last time they survive so long, this 2 years all of them die... very good. -
leads me to think... LKY going to die this year... very good...
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My wish is for Bush and Blair and the rest of the neo con gang to be executed for war crimes.
Court finds Bush and Blair guilty of war crimes
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if you noticed something, this was not reported at all in Singapore
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lots of stuff are not reported in PAP state media.
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singapore media is censored, that's why their readership dropping... who wants to read something that we all know is controlled and bias... we don't want to read puppet writings on the paper... we want to read actual journalists writings... not from puppets...
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Mugabe arrives home under intense health scrutiny03:08 PM Apr 12, 2012
HARARE (Zimbabwe) - President Robert Mugabe arrived home from Singapore this morning as his party denied reports he had suffered a health emergency.
Mugabe, 88, was met at the main Harare airport by party leaders and military chiefs under normal protocol. He did not speak to waiting reporters.
Mugabe's party dismissed reports that he had been gravely ill as "a lot of hogwash" by hostile Western media organizations.
He is scheduled to chair a ministerial meeting later today, two days later than first scheduled, the party said.
Mugabe has made ten trips to Singapore in the past 16 months, reportedly for medical treatment. Said to be under treatment for prostate cancer, has called for elections this year and has been nominated as his party's only presidential candidate.
This time around, Mugabe left Harare on March 31 to supervise post graduate studies for his daughter Bona, 22, in Singapore, his office said.
Intense speculation on his health came after a popular Nigerian preacher claimed to prophesy the imminent deaths of elderly, autocratic southern African rulers. Malawi's 78-year-old president then died on April 5.
Information Minister Webster Shamu had invited reporters to the Harare airport to witness Mugabe's arrival. He said the media had "spread rumors."
"As you can see, the man is fit ... Why do we lie and why do we panic?" he said, castigating reporters.
Mugabe landed in a private jet chartered by a diamond mining company. The state airline he routinely used was grounded by debts in January.
Reporters said his arrival was brisk and businesslike. Mugabe held the hand of his wife Grace and was dressed as usual in an impeccable dark business suit.
Mugabe has appeared robust at recent public appearances. In broadcasts marking his 88th birthday in February he said he was "as fit as a fiddle." He joked then he had been resurrected more often than Jesus Christ after detractors frequently pronounced him dead.
In the broadcasts, he also acknowledged he had not groomed a successor in his fractious ZANU PF party, a shaky coalition with former opposition leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangrai formed by regional mediators after violent, disputed elections in 2008.
Persistent reports of his failing health have intensified infighting in the party between factions led by Vice President Joice Mujuru and Defense Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mujuru's group has been weakened by the death of her husband, a former guerrilla leader and army commander seen as a major ZANU PF power broker.
Gen. Solomon Mujuru was burnt beyond recognition in a mysterious house fire last year and though questions remained over how he died a court ruled there was no foul play in his death.
Mujuru's family has demanded his remains are exhumed from a national shrine for independent forensic analysis.
Mugabe led the nation to independence from Britain in 1980. Critics blame his policies for an economic meltdown in Zimbabwe and an upsurge in political violence, intimidation and human rights abuses over the past decade. APhttp://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC120412-0000121/Mugabe-arrives-home-under-intense-health-scrutiny
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Originally posted by the Bear:
if you noticed something, this was not reported at all in Singapore
Sensitive news mah.
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i was hoping Mugabe and LKY can hold hands and kick the bucket together..........