There is no name yet for Jacob Zuma’s medical condition, but he obviously doubts the NHI can cure it
It’s still a good hour till sunrise, but I’m already wide awake and melting, desperately trying to catch up on the drama sparked by former president Jacob Zuma’s failure to appear in the Pietermaritzburg high court on Tuesday.
Like everybody else, I had expected the court to be brought up to speed on the former head of state’s latest series of appeals and adjourn to another holding date while the challenges to the ruling that Zuma can’t have a permanent stay of prosecution play themselves out. And like the rest of the country, I was shocked and surprised, to borrow a phrase from the current head of state, Cyril Ramaphosa, by the actions of the court.
The old man can, obviously, go for medical treatment anywhere he wants, even if he is out on bail, be it Havana, Moscow, Dubai. I would have thought, however, that as a tired and tested what what — sorry that should have read, tried and tested what what — of the former liberation movement, and as a former head of state, Zuma would have stuck around and gone for treatment at home. Shown some faith in the legacy he has left us, and all that.
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