Zambians online have expressed doubts about the nature of a visit to South Africa by president Edgar Lungu, who is scheduled to meet his counterpart, president Cyril Ramaphosa and also have a routine health check-up.
According to a press statement released by Lungu’s Special Assistant for Press and public Relations , Amos Chanda, the president will discuss the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), before going to hospital for his routine annual medical review.
#Zambia President @EdgarCLungu travels to South Africa for meeting and medical check up. pic.twitter.com/BpfwvlJtHc
— Mwebantu (@Mwebantu) January 8, 2019
Seeking healthcare abroad
Zambians were however more interested in the news of the president’s health visit, using the opportunity to call out the government for not doing enough to provide quality healthcare in the country.
Several African leaders often resort to seeking medical care abroad. Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa and vice-president Constantino Chiwenga often seek medical care in South Africa.
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe’s prefered healthcare destination is Singapore, while Gabon’s president Omar Ali Bongo is currently recuperating in Morocco.
#Zambia President @EdgarCLungu travels to South Africa for meeting and medical check up. pic.twitter.com/BpfwvlJtHc
— Mwebantu (@Mwebantu) January 8, 2019
JUST IN: PRESIDENT LUNGU TRAVELS TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR MEETING AND HOSPITAL CHECK UP
Posted by Mwebantu on Tuesday, 8 January 2019
JUST IN: PRESIDENT LUNGU TRAVELS TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR MEETING AND HOSPITAL CHECK UP
Posted by Mwebantu on Tuesday, 8 January 2019
JUST IN: PRESIDENT LUNGU TRAVELS TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR MEETING AND HOSPITAL CHECK UP
Posted by Mwebantu on Tuesday, 8 January 2019
