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Mugabe death dominates Zanu-PF rallies
06 Jun 2017 at 06:44hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe media has in the recent past been awash with speculative stories centring on President Robert Mugabe's deteriorating health, NewZimbabwe.com reported.
Some have gone further to make claims the 93-year-old leader was on his death bed.
President Mugabe and his spokespersons have repeatedly scorned the claims with the veteran leader saying, tongue in cheek, that he has died many deaths and kept resurrecting.
Zanu-PF youth league secretary Kudzanai Chipanga also reminded locals of Mugabe's mortality through comments that the nonagenarian leader shall continue ruling from his grave.
"Even in the event of your (Mugabe) death, to us the post of president shall remain yours alone," Chipanga told a Zanu-PF youth rally last Friday.
"We will all be coming to the heroes' acre to have our politburo with cabinet ministers also conducting their meeting with you at the same spot. No other person's name deserves to be in the ballot box other than that of Gushungo."
While some have spoken openly about Mugabe's death, feuding Zanu-PF camps have used a different language to communicate the same message through a fierce tussle for control of the party ahead of Mugabe's exit.
Some have gone further to make claims the 93-year-old leader was on his death bed.
President Mugabe and his spokespersons have repeatedly scorned the claims with the veteran leader saying, tongue in cheek, that he has died many deaths and kept resurrecting.
Zanu-PF youth league secretary Kudzanai Chipanga also reminded locals of Mugabe's mortality through comments that the nonagenarian leader shall continue ruling from his grave.
"Even in the event of your (Mugabe) death, to us the post of president shall remain yours alone," Chipanga told a Zanu-PF youth rally last Friday.
"We will all be coming to the heroes' acre to have our politburo with cabinet ministers also conducting their meeting with you at the same spot. No other person's name deserves to be in the ballot box other than that of Gushungo."
While some have spoken openly about Mugabe's death, feuding Zanu-PF camps have used a different language to communicate the same message through a fierce tussle for control of the party ahead of Mugabe's exit.
Source - newzimbabwe
