{"id":9867,"date":"2012-04-12T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/update-2-fit-as-a-fiddle-mugabe-returns-from-singapore\/"},"modified":"2012-04-12T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:10:08","slug":"update-2-fit-as-a-fiddle-mugabe-returns-from-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-fit-as-a-fiddle-mugabe-returns-from-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-&quot;Fit as a fiddle&quot; Mugabe returns from Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Mugabe chairs weekly cabinet meeting<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Defies talk of serious ill health<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Singapore trip had sparked speculation<\/p>\n<p> (Adds Mugabe chairing cabinet)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Nelson Banya<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>HARARE, April 12 (Reuters) &#8211; President Robert Mugabe<br \/>\nreturned home on Thursday, looking fit after a trip to Singapore<br \/>\nthat had ignited speculation the veteran Zimbabwean leader was<br \/>\nseriously ill.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 88-year-old President, who has ruled the southern<br \/>\nAfrican country for more than three decades, landed at Harare&#8217;s<br \/>\nmain airport in a chartered plane accompanied by his wife Grace.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Information minister Webster Shamu blamed western media for<br \/>\nspreading rumours about Mugabe&#8217;s health. Media had speculated<br \/>\nthat Mugabe went for vital medical attention in Singapore where<br \/>\nhe travelled for check-ups eight times last year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you can see, he is fit as a fiddle. Why do we spread<br \/>\nrumours? It&#8217;s all lies told by a press driving an imperialist<br \/>\nagenda,&#8221; Shamu told a group of reporters at the airport.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Three hours after his arrival just after 7 a.m. (0500 GMT),<br \/>\nMugabe was chairing a weekly cabinet meeting that rescheduled<br \/>\nfrom Tuesday, senior government officials told Reuters.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Mugabe chairs weekly cabinet meeting * Defies talk of serious ill health * Singapore trip had sparked speculation (Adds Mugabe chairing cabinet) By Nelson Banya HARARE, April 12 (Reuters) &#8211; President Robert Mugabe returned home on Thursday, looking fit after a trip to Singapore that had ignited speculation the veteran Zimbabwean leader was seriously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-9867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}