Deputy President David Mabuza is neither 'incapacitated' nor lying in a sick bed at an 'ICU' but is merely heeding medical advice by staying away from question and answer sessions with MPs in parliament.
“It's been going on for a very long time, where the deputy president has been ill. It's a real concern that we do not get proper communications ... but also what happens with these questions and the work of the leader of government business?
This did not sit well with Papo, who blasted the DA MP for raising the matter, arguing that Mabuza's absence had been communicated to National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise and agreed to. “Must the deputy president defy medical advice so that he can deal with the public outcry ... the deputy is not incapacitated but he was asked to not actually answer because when you deal with having to speak for long time, three hours, four hours, that actually happens,” said Papo.ANC MP Hope Papo
“He talks, he's walking and about ... but that doesn't mean if the medical team say you must be off, you create an impression that the deputy president is in ICU. He's not in ICU, he's in dynamic contact with the speaker. So every time this matter comes, Mr Julius casts aspersions on the deputy president and I think it's an issue which the speaker and the presiding officers must deal with.
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