Abbey Mzayiya, better known as Happy Sindane, was expected to be discharged later this week, the Pretoria Academic hospital said on Tuesday.
Mzayiya (19), who has been in hospital fighting for his life since he was run over by two cars on April 3, has been described as ”doing very well”.
”He is walking well and talking well,” said hospital spokesperson Amelia Lodi.
At one stage doctors feared Mzayiya would not live to tell his tale as he lay attached to a ventilator in the intensive care unit.
His main injuries — caused by a minibus and a car driving over him — included lung damage and swelling around the brain.
When the accident occurred Mzayiya was apparently lying in the road outside the Sinzanani Trust Village place of safety in Bronkhorstspruit where he lived. It is not known why he was lying in the road, but it is possible he may have been drinking or had suffered an epileptic fit.
Mzayiya is expected to return to his adoptive grandfather, Koos Sindane, in Mpumalanga.
But Beeld newspaper has reported that Mzayiya is to be booked into a rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse on the East Rand before he does return. — Sapa