President Mugabe left the country yesterday for Singapore for a procedural eye cataract operation. He left soon after he officially opened a Cabinet session. 

Presidential spokesperson George Charamba said the President was going for a second operation, this one to his left eye, which was procedural. 

Charamba said the President would be back in the country at the weekend, "well in time for the 21st February Movement celebrations scheduled for Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera next Sunday".  

Vice President Joice Mujuru is the Acting President.

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