BREAKING: SA DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLLAPSES- VIDEO
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has received a thorough medical assessment and is in good health, according to Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba.
Mashatile collapsed during his speech at the N’wamitwa Day celebrations near Tzaneen, Limpopo.
Ramathuba says Mashatile experienced dehydration due to high temperatures.
“The Deputy President has been checked and there is no need for you and I to worry. As a result of the heat the Deputy President has experienced dehydration, and he has got no other condition for you and I to worry about. The challenge he is facing is something that the doctors have been able to manage, and he is in good spirits as we speak,” SABC News reported.
During N’wamitwa Day, Paul Mashatile, addressed the gathering in his role as chairperson of the Presidential Task Team on Traditional and Khoisan Leadership.
Before he collapsed and was escorted from the stage by security and emergency personnel, he expressed a powerful message: “We must collaborate to build a more equitable and united South Africa, as we approach another 30 years of democracy. Let us renew our commitment to the National Development Plan, aiming to end poverty and reduce inequality by 2030.”
N’wamitwa Day marks the inauguration of Her Royal Highness Hosi Dr. N’wamitwa II on 29 August 2008, celebrating her as a trailblazing woman leader among the Vatsonga people.
