ZANU PF, which has dominated the country’s political landscape for over three decades without a break, is now at a crossroads as President Robert Mugabe’s health problems, worsened by old age, mount ahead of the next crucial elections which could mark the beginning of the end.
Mugabe this week left for Singapore again — suggesting his prostate cancer condition is increasingly critical — for further medical checks after his recent visit there which he claimed was on family business, official sources said.
Informed reports say Mugabe is suffering from prostate cancer which metastasised, spreading to other organs of the body, while creating tumours.
Doctors have reportedly advised Mugabe to retire to avoid straining himself and worsening his condition, mainly before the 2008 elections. The situation has now worsened since then.
Gaddafi was a tyrant and a big ally of Mugabe - Gaddafi’s death means one less comrade less for Mugabe, - said Iden Wetherell, an editor of the Zimbabwe Independent.