President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace says that her pain has continued troubling since her diagnosis for colon cancer earlier in the year.
Speaking during an address in Harare where she attempted to ward off worries about her ill health casting a white face that she is fit as a fiddle, Grace said she regularly seeks medical treatment as the pain has continued across the months and it keeps coming. “At times I have pain here and there but it can be treated, that’s why I sometimes go for treatment and come back fully recovered,” she said, albeit bravely.
There are fears Mrs Mugabe’s cancer may have grown into other tissues beyond the intestines. This has been correlated by the persistent pains.
Grace made these revelations as she addressed women at the start of the Zanu-PF Women’s League national executive council meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare yesterday. But she pulled a brave face saying she had the same energy as last year when she addressed rallies across the country in her “Meet the People” tours.
“I’m happy we’re meeting while we’re all in good health. I’m very healthy,” she said.
She continued, “I still have the same energy as I had last year.
“That’s why we thank God because at times you become ill and you don’t know what it is and you end up with much bigger problems, but when you know and you’re treated you become well and continue working for the country,” Mrs Mugabe.