Mashatile booked off for week following ‘health incident’
Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s medical team has booked him off for a week following his collapse in Tzaneen over the weekend.
He collapsed while delivering his address at the N'wamitwa Day celebrations.
Mashatile was due to appear in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday evening but requested a postponement.
His spokesperson, Keith Khoza, said the deputy president was following the doctor's orders when he requested a postponement of the question-and-answer session.
"While the deputy president is no longer in any danger and is in high spirits, he is following the medical team’s advice and has withdrawn from scheduled official duties for the current week.
"The deputy president, as he has demonstrated since his appointment to office during the sixth administration, takes parliamentary oversight extremely seriously and has worked tirelessly during his time in office to boost the national executive’s accountability to the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.
“He will work closely with the NCOP chairperson to find a suitable date for the rescheduling of the session as soon as possible."
Khoza added that the Mashatile will inform MPs on efforts to improve municipal governance and service delivery, land reform and the rollout of plans to fight crime.
"The Office of the Deputy President and the NCOP will communicate the alternative arrangements for the postponed session as soon as they are agreed and finalised."
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