February 2020: Former president Jacob Zuma allegedly barred one of his wives, Thobeka Madiba, from his Nkandla compound about three weeks ago after accusing her of taking his sim cards without his permission. sundayworld.co.za/news/trouble-i…
August 2020: Former president Jacob Zuma is being taken to court by one of his wives who is demanding maintenance money for her and her schoolgoing daughter. google.co.za/amp/s/www.iol.…
March 2021: Lawyers acting for a former president claimed this week they had been “ambushed” when his bank statements were handed in to court timeslive.co.za/politics/2021-…
March 2021: Judge Skinner, agreed with the contentions of the estranged wife’s advocate that they showed many large payments going into his account and that he was not just receiving his pension (of about R145,000 a month) as he claimed in his papers. google.co.za/amp/s/www.time…
A former president has been ordered to pay his estranged wife R95,000 a month, plus other expenses, as interim maintenance ahead of their divorce.
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So, my mum has now been in hospital for over five weeks. She is now in the cardiothorastic ICU at Milpark. Yesterday our hearts filled with some relief as she was taken off the Ecmo machine and is now breathing independently. Alhamdulillah
Having a loved one in hospital with Covid is a terrible experience for all involved. At times we had gone days without updates from doctors, and depended on the whim of the nurses to tell us how mum was doing.
And we empathise with the nurses especially at this time who must navigate their own safety while caring for people who are gravely ill and infectious.
So, here I am sipping a coffee in the winter morning sun after recovering from Covid-19. Alhamdulillah.
It’s been a nightmare. And it all still feels surreal. I completed my final day at M&G and began an intensive immunosuppressive treatment for my recently diagnosed autoimmune disease so I was meant to self-isolate anyway. My mum had administered the treatment to me.
The next day, we got a call that changed our lives. My cousin had tested positive for Covid-19. We had been in contact with her. It felt wrong. It couldn’t possibly be. But we all went for tests.