ONE of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s staunchest supporters, war veteran leader Chenjerai Hunzvi is critically ill in hospital in Harare, state news agency ZIANA reported on Saturday. Police were guarding Hunzvi – who has spearheaded the invasions of around 1 700 white-owned farms – in an intensive care unit in the city’s main hospital, ZIANA said. Last week Hunzvi collapsed and spent several days in hospital in the city of Bulawayo, reportedly suffering from malaria, the news agency said. It was not clear what illness Hunzvi was suffering from on Saturday. Hunzvi’s illness comes a week after the death of another ZANU-PF stalwart, defence minister Moven Mahachi. Mahachi was killed less than a month after gender and employment minister Border Gezi. Both died in car crashes. – AFP
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