Photo of 'unwell' Grace Mugabe emerges

Photos of an unwell Grace Mugabe has emerged from the social media.

Contrary to President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace's claims upon her return from an extended stay in Singapore six weeks ago that she only had an operation to remove a nagging appendix, close family sources say she is suffering from a much more serious ailment - colon cancer.

Family sources say about 30cm of her colon (large intestine) affected by cancer was removed during the operation.

Grace, who is Zanu-PF Women's League boss, left the country last week on Wednesday via South Africa on commercial flights.