'He has not been feeling well. At the age of 95, I think he is reasonably in good health.'
A few weeks before that, Mugabe had fired him as relations between the two soured amid allegations that Mnangagwa, who at the time was the country's first vice-president, was plotting to unseat Mugabe through a military-backed faction in the ruling Zanu-PF party. During his birthday celebrations with close family, the former strongman described Mnangagwa as a “cruel” man and called on him to remove the army from civilian matters.
Since coming to power in November 2017 and subsequently winning a disputed poll on July 30 last year, Mnangagwa has been battling to save the economy from collapse. "Zimbabwe’s political system returned in some ways to its pre-coup status quo, as the ruling Zanu PF party won deeply flawed general elections following the military’s ouster of longtime President Robert Mugabe in 2017.
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