Zuma skips MKMVA gala dinner due to 'ill health'
16 December 2016
Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma, who was meant to give a keynote address at the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association's (MKMVA) gala dinner on Thursday night, did not attend due to ill health.
State Security Minister David Mahlobo, who represented Zuma at the event, said the president had been advised by doctors to "just take a small break".
"He would have loved to join us, unfortunately you know he works so hard and he could not defy doctors when if he was not feeling well," Mahlobo said.
The gala dinner was held at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park on Thursday night to commemorate the founding of the ANC liberation army 55 years ago.