South Africa Denies Zuma Health Rumors
Voice of America - 5 hours ago
June 22, 2014 10:32 AM Last updated on: June 22, 2014 10:32 AM
Peter Clottey
FILE - South African President Jacob Zuma delivers his State of the
Nation address at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, June 17,
2014.
The spokesman for South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has dismissed
reports the country's leader is in poor health, following his recent
visit to the hospital.
President Zuma spent two days in a hospital after the ruling African
National Congress (ANC) party said it gave the leader a break
following a "hectic campaigning" period before the May 7 general
election.
Mac Maharaj insists Zuma is in good health and has been working hard
and long hours at the office.
His comments followed a local newspaper report, which cited sources
from the ANC suggesting Zuma is suffering from high blood pressure,
diabetes and heart problems. Maharaj rejected the newspaper report as
rumor mongering.
"The doctors attending to the president are satisfied, there is no
reason or cause to be concerned about his health," said Maharaj. "He
is fine he is back fully on duty, at the same time we would like to
state clearly that we do not engage in gossip and rumors around his
health."
Some analysts have demanded assurances from the presidency arguing the
president appeared to have lost weight after he was recently
hospitalized.
But Maharaj disagreed, saying the administration has been forthright
with South Africans about Zuma's health conditions.
"When the president needed rest we said so publicly, the doctors
confirmed it to us. Then the doctors carried out tests, made it a
major examination, he was kept in hospital for 24 hours for thorough
check up, and they discharged him satisfied with the results, and he
is now back with his public engagements, as well as his office work."
"Tiredness is something that affects everybody," Maharaj said. "The
president is working extraordinarily long and hard hours."
But some opponents have demanded the presidency provide proof of
Zuma's good health, by making it public. Again, Maharaj dismissed the
demand as without merit.
"Why do we have to prove rumors and gossips to be unfounded? If we
were to spend our time engaging in rumors and gossip, we will spend
all our lives just repudiating rumors, and then having to prove,
whereas the gossip does not require to be proved," Maharaj said.
Supporters of the ANC say the newspaper report is politically
motivated to speculate that President Zuma is unlikely to serve his
second full term in office due to poor health. But opponents contend
the president's reported poor health conditions should be of concern
to all South Africans.
"I don't want to engage with the gossip and rumor mongering around the
president's health. I do not want to give them credibility," said
Maharaj.
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