Zuma discharged from hospital – Moneyweb

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been discharged from hospital after undergoing “a routine medical checkup”, his party said.

Zuma, 84, was admitted to a hospital in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal on 6 October.

The state of his health raised questions about the extent to which he would be able to campaign ahead of municipal elections scheduled for 4 November.

Zuma was diagnosed with fatigue and it was recommended that he rest, his uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) said in a statement on Saturday.

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‘Back at work’

He had taken the necessary time to recuperate under the care of his doctors, and was now healthy and had returned home and resumed work, it added.

Zuma led South Africa for almost nine scandal-marred years, before being forced from office in 2018 under threat of impeachment.

He went on to found MKP, which finished third in the country’s 2024 general elections with almost 15% of the vote.

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