{"id":363137,"date":"2011-04-03T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T12:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/zimbabwe-fresh-fears-over-mugabes-health\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T12:29:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T12:29:03","slug":"zimbabwe-fresh-fears-over-mugabes-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/zimbabwe-fresh-fears-over-mugabes-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Fresh Fears Over Mugabe&#8217;s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52.697004608295\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestandard.co.zw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/b51f4db9standard180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)\" title=\"Visit Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p> 3 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>LIvingstone, Zambia \u2014 President Robert Mugabe moved around in a golf cart during the Thursday summit of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) troika on peace and security, sparking fresh speculation about the 87-year-old ruler&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>Travelling with a large entourage that included six medical people, Mugabe had difficulties disembarking from the Air Zimbabwe chartered flight at Livingstone International Airport.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>With one bodyguard in front and one on the left, Mugabe walked slowly to the dais where he was again assisted to climb up for the singing of the national anthems.<\/p>\n<p>During the summit at Zambezi Sun Hotel in the resort town in southern Zambia, Mugabe moved around in a golf cart.<\/p>\n<p>Even disembarking from the golf cart required his optimum concentration and holding of supporting metal bars while his counterparts walked freely.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Mugabe&#8217;s spokesman George Charamba, in what should be a first in the former guerilla leader&#8217;s presidency, announced that his boss had undergone a surgical operation to remove cataracts in his eyes in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement followed intense speculation during Mugabe&#8217;s annual leave that he was suffering from prostate cancer and had visited a hospital in the Far East.<\/p>\n<p>Zanu PF has chosen Zimbabwe&#8217;s only ruler since independence to represent it in presidential elections expected later this year.<\/p>\n<p>But analysts&#8217; doubt that he would be fit enough to see through the usually vigorous election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>His major rival would be the 59-year-old Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who beat Mugabe in the first round of the 2008 presidential elections but failed to garner the majority required to claim the presidency.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104030039.html\" title=\"Zimbabwe: Fresh Fears Over Mugabe's Health\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zimbabwe: Fresh Fears Over Mugabe&#8217;s Health<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 3 April 2011 LIvingstone, Zambia \u2014 President Robert Mugabe moved around in a golf cart during the Thursday summit of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) troika on peace and security, sparking fresh speculation about the 87-year-old ruler&#8217;s health. Travelling with a large entourage that included six medical people, Mugabe had difficulties disembarking from the Air Zimbabwe chartered flight at Livingstone International Airport. With one bodyguard in front and one on the left, Mugabe walked slowly to the dais where he was again assisted to climb up for the singing of the national anthems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe: Fresh Fears Over Mugabe&#039;s Health - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/zimbabwe-fresh-fears-over-mugabes-health\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe: Fresh Fears Over Mugabe&#039;s Health - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"3 April 2011 LIvingstone, Zambia \u2014 President Robert Mugabe moved around in a golf cart during the Thursday summit of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) troika on peace and security, sparking fresh speculation about the 87-year-old ruler&#039;s health. 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