- Title: Zimbabwe's Mugabe says not going anywhere, not dying
- Date: 29th July 2017
- Summary: CHINHOYI, ZIMBABWE (JULY 29, 2017) (REUTERS) ZANU PF SUPPORTERS MILLING AROUND VARIOUS OF ZANU PF SUPPORTERS DANCING ZANU PF BANNER VARIOUS OF ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AND HIS WIFE GRACE ARRIVING IN VEHICLE ZANU PF SUPPORTERS CHEERING MUGABE WALKING ONTO MAIN STAGE PICTURE OF MUGABE ON ZANU PF BANNER MUGABE AND GRACE MUGABE STANDING FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM GRACE STANDING FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM
- Embargoed: 12th August 2017 18:18
- Keywords: President Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe president health Mugabe resignation Mugabe not dying Grace Mugabe
- Location: CHINHOYI, ZIMBABWE
- City: CHINHOYI, ZIMBABWE
- Country: Zimbabwe
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016RRRHHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Saturday (July 29) said he was neither stepping down nor dying and that there was no one with his political stature who could immediately take over from him.
The 93-year-old leader has been in charge in the former British colony since independence in 1980. His health is closely watched by Zimbabweans, who fear the country could face chaos if he dies without anointing a successor.
Mugabe told tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in the town of Chinhoyi, in his home province, that if he had an ailment he would "go to the doctors like anyone else", but said his heart and liver were "very firm, very strong".
He has travelled to Singapore three times this year for what officials say is routine medical treatment. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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