Mashatile thanks South Africans for their well-wishes after collapse at Tzaneen event

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Cape Town – Deputy President Paul Mashatile has expressed gratitude to South Africans for their support after collapsing during a keynote address in Tzaneen, Limpopo.

The 62-year-old was quickly attended to by his VIP protection team and declared healthy after feeling lightheaded from the heat.

Mashatile is now recovering at home, with spokesperson Keith Khoza confirming that he is in good spirits, EWN reported.

“We want to use this opportunity to thank the team that supports the Deputy President, from the Presidential Protection Service and the Presidential Medical Unit for their speedy response in attending to the Deputy President and ensuring that he is in good health,” the report quoted Khoza as saying.

“The Deputy President has been checked and there is no need for you and I to worry. As a result of the heat the Deputy President has experienced dehydration and he has got no other condition for you and I to worry about. The challenge he is facing is something that the doctors have been able to manage and he is in good spirits as we speak,” SABC quoted Ramathuba as saying.

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