Former South African President
Nelson Mandela remained in a Pretoria hospital for a third day
for treatment of a lung infection after being admitted for a
fourth time since December.
“Former President Nelson Mandela remains in hospital, and
his condition is unchanged,” the presidency said in an e-mail.
The statement was first official comment on Mandela’s health
since June 8, when President Jacob Zuma’s office said he had
been admitted and his condition was “serious but stable.”Read more after the cut....Mandela, 94, was treated in hospital in April for pneumonia and had to have fluid drained from around his lungs. He also had gallstones removed this year.
Mandela served for five years as South Africa’s first black president after his African National Congress party won all-race elections that ended apartheid in 1994. He spent 27 years in prison, most of it on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, where he contracted tuberculosis. Also known by his clan name, Madiba, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
“President Jacob Zuma reiterates his call for South Africa to pray for Madiba and the family during this time,” the presidency said. May God grant him grace to recover. Amen
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