Renewed fears over Tsvangirai's health

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is back in South Africa for medical attention, just a few weeks after his last trip.

Tsvangirai announced last year that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer and that he had begun chemotherapy.

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader returned to Harare a few weeks ago after being rushed to South Africa where he spent a month receiving medical treatment.

According to reports, he was now back again.

A senior MDC official confirmed Tsvangirai's latest trip, saying that he caught a scheduled flight to Johannesburg on Friday morning. The official, however, maintained that that "it wasn't an emergency, just a check-up", said EWN

Tsvangirai has not been seen in public since he returned to Zimbabwe on October 13.

Tsvangirai's spin doctor, Luke Tamborinyoka, as said: "He (Tsvangirai) came back knowing full well he would return for a review and he went for the review as scheduled."

Tamborinyoka also wrote on his Facebook page on Friday dismissing private press reports that Tsvangirai was critically ill.



Tsvangirai's illness has raised concerns among the opposition, with some senior officials saying that he should consider stepping down to make way for a younger and fit leader.