Zuma recovering well in hospital

The Jacob Zuma Foundation says the former president is in high spirits and is recovering well in hospital.

This after Zuma was admitted to a hospital in Pietermaritzburg last week.

The foundation has thanked government for issuing a statement calling for privacy for the ailing former President.

BREAKING NEWS | SABC News has reliably learned that former President Jacob Zuma was admitted to a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal last night.

More details are available on https://t.co/N9V5BF4stZ. https://t.co/WIKQq9dXQJ — SABC News (@SABCNews) October 7, 2026 Foundations spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi, also thanked the public for wishing Zuma well, while also pleading for the former president’s privacy to be respected, especially by the media.

Manyi says, “The concern and the anxiety that is out there is warranted, so we want to underscore that.

As of yesterday, three o’clock, the person that spoke to him, that was with him- is reporting that he is in very high spirits, he’s good, he’s fine, he’s joking- he’s actually trying to look at what are the other programmes happening because he wants to go and sing umshini wami back on the stage.

So, there is no alarm, and in fact, we are also very concerned about these journalists that are busy camping outside the hospital, we think that it is actually un-African.” VIDEO |BREAKING NEWS: Former President Zuma admitted to KZN hospital