President Robert Mugabe missed a step and tumbled off the podium at the Harare International Airport moments after arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Zanu PF leader who was recently appointed African Union (AU) chairman will be turning 91 on February 21 and his age showed when he collapsed.
As has become the custom hundreds of party supporters, Zanu PF leaders and cabinet ministers lined up to greet the returning president and they all watched him tumbling down the stairs. The panic by his security aides was there for all to see.
Mugabe was assisted to stand up by some ministers and appeared unhurt by the embarrassing fall. The President continued to greet the service chiefs and government officials who had come to see him, before he boarded his official vehicle and left.
Tellingly the First Lady, Grace Mugabe, who normally supports the president to walk is still in the Far East allegedly recovering from an operation. Some reports however suggest the two fell out over an alleged affair with Higher Education Minister Oppah Muchinguri.
See previous story: Grace furious with Mugabe over alleged ‘lover’ Muchinguri
According to reports many journalists were forced to delete pictures of the President lying on the ground after he fell. We will post pictures of the fall as and when we get them.
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