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Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was quietly flown to China last week for treatment, ZimLive reports.<\/p>\n

Chiwenga was last seen in public on June 25 when he attended an event to commission a farm mechanisation scheme by John Deere at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Hatcliffe, Harare.<\/p>\n

The 63-year-old former army commander was absent on July 6 when President Emmerson Mnangagwa met provincial ministers in Harare, and again on July 10 when the Zanu PF Politburo met at the party\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n

Chiwenga has been in and out of hospital over the past 12 months and been to India, South Africa and China for treatment.<\/p>\n

His illness has never been publicly disclosed.<\/p>\n

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