George Charamba

The Zimbabwean government has hatched a disaster management plan to ensure that President Robert Mugabe’s highly feared and anticipated departure does not trigger a security crisis.

Weeks before Michael Sata’s death

The secret plot includes a document utilised when former Zambian President  Michael Sata was hit by a deadly ailment and journalists and junior government officials were for several weeks and months kept clueless on the head of state’s condition. This is the way Michael Sata died…. the government kept suppressing the news and short circuiting all manner of inquiry until the day it was finally conceded Sata’s spirit would never return. Less than 3 months before president Sata’s death in October 2014, ZimEye.com exclusively revealed how Zambian officials were busy suppressing secret details on Sata’s impending death, albeit at the same time secretly discussing ways to quietly replace the President – see the Zambian Watchdog report here.
Sources told ZimEye.com securocrats have in their possession strict instructions to ensure that upon Mugabe’s departure no one knows about it for over a week. “This is the only way to honourably handle news about the President,” a source said.
When Mugabe’s colleague, the late President Michael Sata was secretly whisked out of Zambia on the 19th October 2014, it took over 9 days for the government to anmounce his illness and departure on the 29th October.
Sata was finally pronounced dead at London’s King Edward VII hospital on the 29th October 2014.
Weeks later, even the disease that caused his death was kept a secret.
Sata was disliked by his citizens for in particular the draconian way in which he treated protesters raiding, arresting, and brutalising many.
Zimbabweans were on Wednesday night thrown into speculation upon revelations that Mugabe was rushed out of his Swaziland meeting en route to Singapore and the jet was mysteriously forced to make an emergency landing way before the destination. “If it’s a routine check up, why would anyone’s plane make an emergency stop in Dubai?,” asked one forumist on Friday night.
At the time of writing it was not clear where the president is amid a convolution of speculative reports after his spokesman, George Charamba falsely claimed he was not rushed out of Swaziland for treatment.