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Robert Mugabe said to be fighting for life in Singapore hospital

2012-04-09

ZIMBABWEAN dictator Robert Mugabe was yesterday said to be fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital with an undisclosed illness, amid reports he had agreed to hand over power to his feared Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The Zimbabwe Mail, quoting a senior official of Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, said the President was undergoing intensive treatment in Singapore and that some members of his family had joined him after boarding a chartered private jet on Saturday.

The alarm was raised when the government postponed a cabinet meeting set for today.

Mugabe spokesman George Charamba said in a statement: "The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, wishes to inform all members of cabinet that sitting has been moved from Tuesday, April 10, to Thursday, April 12, 2012."

Mugabe, 88, was ostensibly in Singapore to oversee enrolment in a postgraduate course at Singapore University for his daughter Bona. University registration starts in September.

Posted by:tipper

#7 jeez! You people dancing poor Bob's grave!

*drops pants and boxers....*

Posted by: Frank G 2012-04-09 20:47

#6 forgive me, I couldn't help myself.....sound like anyone we might know?

Once Mugabe had taken office, many white Rhodesians were impressed by his friendly and business-like attitude. He was not at all what they had expected, going by his reputation. He wanted the whites to stay, and work together with him, he said. Smith met with him several times to discuss problems that needed to be solved in order to retain white confidence in the future of the country. During the first few months Mugabe appeared sensible and anxious to address and solve these problems, which included increasing communist propaganda in the media and attacks on white farmers by ZANU terrorists. Mugabes promises to take action, however, were not fulfilled, and slowly Smith began to wonder if
he was not resorting to the tactic of feigning ignorance and passing the buck to his various ministers when in fact they were following his instructions. Recently I had experienced a growing uneasy feeling that he was gradually reverting to his true colours as a dedicated communist. (p. 365 Die Groot Betrayal)

Posted by: Besoeker 2012-04-09 20:20

#5 The haliburton cancer division doesn't get all the glory the earthquake division does but they get the job done.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-04-09 20:20

#4 Pinky shake, Dr. Steve.

Posted by: Glenmore 2012-04-09 20:05

#3 They say these things happen in threes. First we had Chavez, now Mugabe, who's next?

Posted by: Glenmore 2012-04-09 20:04

#2 Cheez, first Hugo now Bob. Tell me Short Round has just had an MI and I'll be a happy, happy man...

Posted by: Steve White 2012-04-09 20:04

#1 Evidently the garlic isn't working. Thanks Tipper! This made my evening.

Posted by: Besoeker 2012-04-09 19:55

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