David Mabuza skips Q&A session but is ‘not in ICU’, spokesperson says
This follows a similar postponement in July, when Mabuza asked for a rescheduling of his appearance in the National Assembly and NCOP on medical grounds
20 August 2020 - 15:57
Deputy President David Mabuza is neither “incapacitated” nor lying in a sick bed in an intensive care unit, but is merely heeding medical advice by staying away from question-and-answer sessions with MPs in parliament, his parliamentary counsellor, Hope Papo, said Thursday.
Papo, an ANC MP, told a meeting of the National Assembly’s programme committee on Thursday that the DA was being “insensitive” after it inquired about the deputy president's whereabouts...
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