HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 15 2017 – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman has hit back at critics who accuse him of being asleep at public events when his eyes appear to be closed, saying the 93 year old is in fact protecting them from bright lights.
George Charamba was quoted by the state-owned Herald newspaper as saying that Mr Mugabe travels regularly to Singapore to receive specialised treatment for an eye condition.
He added that “the rest of his body gets attended to” in Zimbabwe by a physician who is not only Zimbabwean but “is actually black”.
The increasingly frail-looking Mr Mugabe’s health has been the source of intense speculation, and his critics say his trips to Singapore show he has no confidence in Zimbabwe’s hospitals.
Mr Charamba drew parallels with South Africa’s late President Nelson Mandela, whose eyes were sensitive to flash photography
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