SA speaks out on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s illness rumours

Patrick NtuJanuary 8, 2024

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President Cyril Ramaphosa participates in a dialogue with Colin Coleman, Goldman Sachs’ Sub-Saharan Africa’s Chief Executive Officer, at the Goldman Sachs’ investor conference at the Four Seasons Hotel, The Westcliff in Johannesburg.nnThe conference brought together chief executive officers, chief information officers, chief financial officers and chairpersons of leading companies and financial institutions across all industry sectors from South Africa and other parts of the continent. 15/05/2019, Elmond Jiyane, GCIS

The South African presidency has dismissed social media reports claiming President Cyril Ramaphosa had been taken ill and was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Pretoria.

This is after Mr Ramaphosa failed to attend a meeting organised by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday in Mpumalanga province.

The ANC announced that Mr Ramaphosa had been excused from the meeting due to an unexplained “emergency”.

The announcement sparked rumours and speculations about the president’s health.

“The president is fine, he was never hospitalised, and there was no emergency,” presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.

Mr Magwenya said the president decided to spend the rest of the day at home “ahead of a busy week”, terming the rumours “malicious”.

Source:BBC

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