Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi Rushed to Steve Biko Academic Hospital, SA Wishes Him Well

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi Rushed to Steve Biko Academic Hospital, SA Wishes Him Well

  • Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi was recently rushed to Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane
  • Motsoaledi is set to undergo a medical procedure, although it's unclear what the procedure is
  • South Africans wished him well and some joked that he should pay for his medical services himself, not with taxpayers' money

Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News's current affairs journalist, offered coverage of current affairs and societal issues during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has been admitted to the Steve Biko Academic Hospital
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is in hospital and it's unclear why. Images: aco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty Images and Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
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Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has been admitted to Steve Biko Academic Hospital. The details of his condition have not been made public. South Africans joked and hoped that he was sent to a public facility.

Aaron Motsoaledi admitted to hospital

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According to eNCA, Aaron Motsoaledi has been admitted to the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane. It is believed that he is undergoing a medical procedure.

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SA wishes him well

Netizens on Facebook jokingly wondered how he felt being in a public hospital and wished the minister well.

Jasmine Graaf exclaimed:

“He pulled a muscle in his head.”

Tafatzwa Dambuza wrote:

“Get well soon, minister. Hope you pay out of your pocket.”

Bulelani Khambule said:

“We continue to pray for all those in hospitals and prisons.”

Meyiwa trial remarked:

“Get well soon, my dearest and hardworking minister.”

Ferial Haupt added:

“No, he is going to a Russian hospital. They all get treated in Russia. They only serve the public hospitals to the rest of SA.”

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Sabatha Zulu wrote:

“He will heal. We always do.”

Garret October suggested:

“Inject a lie detector in him.”

Home Affairs has an inadequate immigrant-counting system

In more news, Briefly News reported that Aaron Motsoaliedi exposed the inability of the Department of Home Affairs to count illegal immigrants. Motsoaledi admitted that the department does not have a system to track foreigners entering the country illegally.

This led South Africans to believe that the latest statistics, which showed that there are just over one million illegal immigrants in the country, may have been skewed.

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. He joined Briefly News in 2023. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za