AFRICAN EYE

  By Rawlings Magede Early this week, Mary Mubaiwa, former wife to Zimbabwe’s Vice President, Constantine Chiwenga appeared in court facing several charges ranging from attempting to kill VP Chiwenga when he was battling for his life at a South African in hospital. She has been on routine   remand for 15 months now with the court failing to put her on trial.Everytime,she has appeared in court, images of her swollen legs and hands have gone viral with many netizens expressing shock as to what could be eating up the former wife of one of Zimbabwe’s powerful politicians. To this end, very little information is known about the cause of the disease that is eating her up. The lack of such information has made discussion around the health of public officials futile. During the tenure of former President Robert Mugabe, there were rumours to the effect that the he had prostate cancer. Even in his death, the cause of death remains secretive. That information is only known by a selective few