Mugabe turns 93, vows to dominion on despite wellness fears

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe turned 93 on Tuesday amidst growing concerns over his frailty together with failing health.

The ruling ZANU-PF party is to pass almost $2.5 meg on the birthday celebration, local media reports said.

Opposition parties condemned the events every bit a waste matter of coin land "93 per centum of Zimbabweans are wallowing inward poverty caused yesteryear his incompetence together with misrule", NewZimbabwe.com reported.

Celebrations for the world's oldest national ruler, who has vowed to stay inward power, will endure held on Sabbatum at Matobo National Park exterior Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city.

Thousands of officials together with supporters of Mugabe's ZANU-PF political party are expected to attend.

Large game animals are oft slaughtered for the occasion.

In previous years, Mugabe has reportedly been offered elephants, buffalo together with impala for the feast.

'Call to resign must come upwardly from party'

Mugabe has ruled out retiring soon, maxim that ZANU-PF officials believe at that spot is no "acceptable" alternative.

"The telephone band to pace downward must come upwardly from my political party ... In such circumstances, I volition pace down," the state-owned Lord's Day Mail paper quoted Mugabe every bit maxim inward an interview aired slow Monday.

"They desire me to represent elections ... If I experience that I can't produce it whatever more, I volition say together with thence to my political party together with thence that they preserve me. But for now, I mean value I can't say so," he said. "The bulk of the people experience that at that spot is no replacement, a successor who to them is acceptable.