Durban - The Democratic Alliance on Friday called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a new leader of government business in Parliament given the prolonged ill health of deputy president, David Mabuza.
Mabuza was also absent from office for several months due to ill health when he was still Mpumalanga premier. Thursday’s postponed oral questions session was the seventh time since September 19, 2019, that Mabuza had failed to answer questions in parliament. He said that while the opposition would"never invalidate anyone's health", Mabuza's ill health"seems to perpetually hamper the execution of his duties in this regard and is derailing the work of parliament and potentially the work of government".