He said he was hospitalised in Gauteng because his children work there and had pleaded with him to be closer to them.
“When the news broke that the premier tested positive, it was reported in the news that you were hospitalised outside your province. Is that true?” she asked. He then saw a doctor in Mahikeng who referred him to a hospital in the same city. He said he was also referred for testing in Mahikeng and had an X-ray there.
“If I were to take the argument of honourable Mkhaliphi to its logical conclusion, I should not even have gone to a private hospital,” he quipped.“Inevitably all my kids who work in Johannesburg heard about this attack, which we are all so scared of and they pleaded and pleaded and said why doesn't our dad come nearer to where we are so that we can be able to ...