Posted on 09/16/2026 6:04:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has withdrawn from public engagements after returning from the BRICS summit in India, his office said on Wednesday, citing ill health.
Ramaphosa, 73, returned from New Delhi on Monday and was advised by his doctors to rest and recover. His absence comes as Deputy President Paul Mashatile continues recovering from a minor medical procedure, leaving both of South Africa’s top leaders away from public duties.
Meanwhile, unverified claims about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s health have surfaced following his visit to New Delhi for the BRICS summit.
Wanjun Xie, chairman of the China Democracy Party, alleged in a post on X that Xi fainted during the summit and was flown back to China for emergency medical treatment. Xie further claimed that Xi was taken to Beijing’s Chinese PLA General Hospital, also known as Beijing 301 Hospital, after returning on a special flight.
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Beware the curry!
Must have breathed the air.
Well I certainly hope that rat bastard Ji had a stroke. Per Google flight time from New Delhi to Beijing is 6 hrs, 20 minutes. That’s a long time to wait to begin treatment for even a minor stroke.
Today, the CIA settles all family business.
Be a shame if they all dropped dead.
Legionnaires?
India is a very very bad place
Assassination attempts or just a regular trip to India ?
Gandhi’s revenge
Bathed in the healing waters of the Ganges. Along with the all the other corpses.
Putin in diaper propaganda?
Remember when President George H W Bush fainted ,threw up
Chi-chi and now the South African President.
Anybody else?
Maybe China will go to war with India ? or are they already at war ?
Old people do tend to die... It’s a natural kind of thing.
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