PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesman Vincent Magwenya has dismissed rumours making the rounds on social media about the president being attacked by a stroke.
Ramaphosa was supposed to attend a church service at Church on the Hill in Mbombela, Mpumalanga on Sunday, 7 January, but he didn't show up.
His deputy, Paul Mashatile, who was scheduled to address congregates at Alliance Church of God in Barberton, had to stand in for Ramaphosa.
Magwenya said a malicious rumour was doing the rounds about the president's health and that he had been hospitalised.
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"The president is fine. He was never hospitalised and there was no emergency. He attended a meeting and decided to spend the rest of the day at home ahead of a busy week," said Magwenya.
ANC spokeswoman Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri told the media earlier on Sunday that Ramaphosa had to attend to an unspecified emergency. However, she said she was not in a position to reveal what the urgent matter was that the president was attending to.
Ramaphosa has been in Mpumalanga since Thursday, 4 January attending National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings.
According to a source known to Daily Sun, Ramaphosa looked frail during an NEC meeting on Saturday, 6 January.
The president is expected to lead a wreath-laying ceremony at Louisville Cemetery on Monday, 8 January, and also have breakfast with struggle icon families at Mbombela Stadium.
