Former president Jacob Zuma has been hospitalised, his family said on Tuesday.
Khanya said: “He is in a Johannesburg hospital. I was with him yesterday and he told me that he would be leaving Nkandla. We are not sure when he is coming back.”
A source close to Zuma, who did not wish to be named, said, “They drove there and they will be there for the whole week. Although I'm not sure about the seriousness, he is sick. But that man is a survivor, he will pull through.” The 79-year-old former head of state has been in and out of hospital since 2014. Khanya previously told TimesLIVE that Zuma had been unwell since he was “poisoned” in 2014.
In October, the Sunday Times reported that Zuma was spotted out and about for the first time since he was granted medical parole, at Sibaya Casino in Durban. The Sunday Times received a tip-off that Zuma was meeting close allies there, among them former Luthuli House staffer
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