Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:42a.m.
A newspaper in Zimbabwe is reporting that the country's dictator Robert Mugabe is close to death in a Singapore Hospital.
The Zimbabwe Mail says the Mugabe's family has flown to the hospital to be with him.
He's reported to have agreed to hand over power to Zimbabwe's defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The alarm was raised when the government postponed a cabinet meeting set for today.
"The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, wishes to inform all members of cabinet that sitting has been moved from Tuesday, April 10, to Thursday, April 12, 2012," said Mugabe spokesman George Charamba.
Officials say Mugabe is in Singapore to oversee the arrangements for his daughter Bona to study at university. However, there have been reports that he was flown to Singapore after collapsing in his home last week.
Two years ago Wikileaks revealed a US State Department email that said Mugabe, 88, was fighting an aggressive form of cancer that had spread to a number of organs.
3 News / RadioLive
A newspaper in Zimbabwe is reporting that the country's dictator Robert Mugabe is close to death in a Singapore Hospital.
The Zimbabwe Mail says the Mugabe's family has flown to the hospital to be with him.
He's reported to have agreed to hand over power to Zimbabwe's defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The alarm was raised when the government postponed a cabinet meeting set for today.
"The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, wishes to inform all members of cabinet that sitting has been moved from Tuesday, April 10, to Thursday, April 12, 2012," said Mugabe spokesman George Charamba.
Officials say Mugabe is in Singapore to oversee the arrangements for his daughter Bona to study at university. However, there have been reports that he was flown to Singapore after collapsing in his home last week.
Two years ago Wikileaks revealed a US State Department email that said Mugabe, 88, was fighting an aggressive form of cancer that had spread to a number of organs.
3 News / RadioLive