: “He is out of hospital, but has been instructed to rest because doctors say he is overworking himself”.has reported twice in recent months that Zuma has been receiving treatment in Cuba: first in early December 2019, and. The December report appeared to be lent credence by photographs circulating on social media at the time which seemed to show Zuma photographed on a flight back to South Africa, although the dates of the pictures could not be confirmed.
The NPA responded the following day with a request for medical evidence of Zuma’s condition and treatment, which was ignored by Zuma’s legal team until Dr Motene’s document was produced in court on Tuesday. It was on the basis of the unreliability of Zuma’s sick note that state prosecutor Billy Downer asked Judge Pillay to issue a warrant of arrest for Zuma.
Legal experts have said that the judge has the discretion to determine what would constitute substantive proof of Zuma’s ailment, but one option would be to summon the doctor treating Zuma to testify. in Cuba: a move attributed both to the well-documented excellence of the Cuban healthcare system and to the fact that the “hermetic” nature of the island would prevent details of his treatment being leaked to the media.has claimed that Zuma chose Cuba on the grounds that he did not trust South African doctors and believes his condition stems from long-term poisoning: an allegation that the NPA said in September 2019 it would not prosecute due to lack of evidence.
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