'Mugabe as strong as an iron bar'

Grace Mugabe on Tuesday said her husband President Robert Mugabe is as "strong as an iron bar" which continues to endure despite old age.

According to NewZimbabwe.com, Grace Mugabe said this when she was consoling the family of the late revolutionary singer, Dickson Chingaira, popularly known as Cde Chinx, at his (Chinx) state donated Sentosa home in Harare.

"We are not in control of our destiny, yes, we are not. Only God knows the length of our lives, that this one is not even going to see another day, or this one will live for that long," said Grace to mourners in a message delivered in both English and Shona.

"Some of us stay with President Mugabe who is as strong as an iron bar; yes an iron bar; and up to today on his two legs he is still walking and that is what God has chosen for his life," said Grace.

Grace Mugabe's comments come at a time when Mugabe is rarely in the country as he is ever in Singapore for "routine medical" attention for an ailment which he does not want the public to know.

The aged leader has increased his medical trips to Singapore at the taxpayer's expense.