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Mugabe apologises
23 May 2015 at 11:05hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe yesterday once again revealed that Zanu-PF infighting and his punishing schedule were taking a toll on him as he arrived late for a government function in Harare.
Mugabe - who spent part of this week in Botswana after his return from a trip to Mali in West Africa - had to apologise profusely after delaying the handover of agricultural equipment financed by the Brazilian government for close to five hours.
He said he had slept in the early hours of Friday morning (yesterday) after attending the tense Zanu-PF politburo meeting that expelled 10 and suspended 13 party stalwarts.
The suspended Zanu-PF officials were accused of working with fired Vice-President Joice Mujuru to topple the 91-year-old leader.
"I am sorry I came late, I would like to apologise for delaying because I slept around 4am as we had a long meeting which ran until midnight I would say," he said.
Mugabe said when he arrived home from the politburo meeting, he found his daughter Bona and husband Simba Chikore waiting to see him.
Mugabe - who spent part of this week in Botswana after his return from a trip to Mali in West Africa - had to apologise profusely after delaying the handover of agricultural equipment financed by the Brazilian government for close to five hours.
He said he had slept in the early hours of Friday morning (yesterday) after attending the tense Zanu-PF politburo meeting that expelled 10 and suspended 13 party stalwarts.
The suspended Zanu-PF officials were accused of working with fired Vice-President Joice Mujuru to topple the 91-year-old leader.
"I am sorry I came late, I would like to apologise for delaying because I slept around 4am as we had a long meeting which ran until midnight I would say," he said.
Mugabe said when he arrived home from the politburo meeting, he found his daughter Bona and husband Simba Chikore waiting to see him.
Source - newsday
