{"id":15739,"date":"2019-11-08T18:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T16:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=15739"},"modified":"2019-11-08T18:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T16:10:03","slug":"vp-chiwenga-now-in-good-shape-expected-home-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/vp-chiwenga-now-in-good-shape-expected-home-soon","title":{"rendered":"VP Chiwenga Now \u2018In Good Shape\u2019, Expected Home Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/Constantino_Chiwenga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Constantino Chiwenga<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is now fit enough to be able to fly back home, though he is not yet fully recovered,\u00a0<em>The Independent<\/em>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>He will return to Zimbabwe either at the end of November or at the beginning of December. An official resident in Beijing, where VP Chiwenga is being treated, told\u00a0<em>The Independent<\/em>\u00a0that the former military general has significantly regained weight. Said the official:<\/p>\n<div class=\"JRyvVZF6 amp-wp-1267f15\">\n<p>He is now in very good shape. Remember, when he was airlifted to China he was in a terrible state and was severely emancipated. He was weighing 55 kilogrammes and could not eat, but he is now weighing about 90kgs.<\/p>\n<p>The official added that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constantino_Chiwenga\">Chiwenga<\/a> has made amazing progress and is now able to eat on his own, and can even eat meat.<\/p>\n<p>Chiwenga reportedly underwent two delicate operations to clear part of his oesophagus which was blocked, with President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/Emmerson_Mnangagwa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Emmerson Mnangagwa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0confirming that the indisposed VP has successful surgery in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President\u00a0Constantino Chiwenga\u00a0is now fit enough to be able to fly back home, though he is not yet fully recovered,\u00a0The Independent\u00a0reports. He will return to Zimbabwe either at the end of November or at the beginning of December. An official resident in Beijing, where VP Chiwenga is being treated, told\u00a0The Independent\u00a0that the former military general [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[104,445],"class_list":{"0":"post-15739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-chiwenga","10":"tag-vice-president"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VP Chiwenga Now \u2018In Good Shape\u2019, Expected Home Soon - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vice President\u00a0Constantino Chiwenga\u00a0is now fit enough to be able to fly back home, though he is not yet fully recovered,\u00a0The Independent\u00a0reports.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/vp-chiwenga-now-in-good-shape-expected-home-soon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VP Chiwenga Now \u2018In Good Shape\u2019, Expected Home Soon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vice President\u00a0Constantino Chiwenga\u00a0is now fit enough to be able to fly back home, though he is not yet fully recovered,\u00a0The Independent\u00a0reports.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/vp-chiwenga-now-in-good-shape-expected-home-soon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-08T16:10:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Constantino-chiwenga-e1519060405328.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/vp-chiwenga-now-in-good-shape-expected-home-soon\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/vp-chiwenga-now-in-good-shape-expected-home-soon\",\"name\":\"VP Chiwenga Now \u2018In Good Shape\u2019, Expected Home Soon - 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