The Zimbabwe government on Thursday shut down reports that 91 year old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, had collapsed and moved to 'the great beyond' in Singapore after
rumours spread rapidly about his alleged ill health. Under the headline
“President well, fine”, the state-run Herald newspaper said stories
about Mugabe’s health emerged each year when he took his annual leave
outside the country.
“You cannot doubt that there will be a story on the President’s
alleged death every January,” presidential spokesman George Charamba
told the paper. Charamba blamed the ZimEye news website for starting the
rumours. “This is the way the website seeks to improve its hits in
order to get dirty money… There is a financial incentive to the grim
lie,” he added.
The Herald said that Mugabe was in the “Far East” but did not specify which country.
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