The health condition is known as pneumothorax.
Pneumothorax, according to health literature, refers to a
condition in which the space between the wall of the chest cavity and the lung
is filled with air, causing all or a portion of the lung to collapse. Air
usually enters this space, called the pleural space, through an injury to the
chest wall or a hole in the lung.
Its cause may include cyanide poisoning, trauma to the
chest cavity, a fractured rib, or trauma from a bullet or knife. Other causes may also include cigarette
smoking, drug abuse and certain lung diseases.
During the March 26 by-election campaign period, Robert Jnr
attended one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rallies in Epworth, which sent
tongues wagging with people saying that he was putting his life in danger.
Former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi yesterday
tweeted: “It was always careless, too soon to trust your own fathers’
persecutors, cozy up to them with such reckless abandon and think you would be
safe in such company. Preserve the family lineage and cut the political
adolescence! We pray for wisdom.”
Asked by NewsDay to explain his tweet, Mzembi said: “It has also happened even in the Bible where
the enemy wants to wipe out a whole lineage an Old Testament kind of thinking.
Sadly, kids are also getting naïve. Yes, I have had my own personal experience,
many of them and one of them is that I had to spend seven hours on a bench in
Cape Town while they removed some dangerous poison from my body. Why do you
think we are out here? They (Mnangagwa’s regime) are not sincere or noble.”
Efforts to get a comment from Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa
were fruitless yesterday.
Information secretary Ndabaningi Mangwana, however,
responded to the speculation with a tweet: “I think we should respect
individuals’ right to confidentiality
when it comes to health issues, especially where one is a private citizen. The
young man is not a public official.”
Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu dismissed
the allegations that Robert Jnr could have been poisoned by the regime.
“I am out of town and, therefore, not very up to date with
the issue. Whatever the case may be, we don’t comment on individuals’ health
and Zanu PF has nothing to do with this,” Mpofu said. Newsday
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