President Robert Mugabe with his wife Grace. Mugabe told tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in the town of Chinhoyi, in his home province, that doctors were recently surprised by his "strong bone system." I am not going," Mugabe told supporters on the grounds of a local university, 100 km (60 miles) west of the capital Harare. I will have an ailment here and there but bodywise, all my internal organs ... very firm, very strong," Mugabe said as he leant on the lectern. The issue of who will succeed Mugabe has deeply divided the ruling party, with two factions supporting Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mugabe's wife Grace.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 30, 2017 00:33 UTC