{"id":5149,"date":"2013-06-12T05:43:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T05:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5149"},"modified":"2013-06-12T05:43:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T05:43:18","slug":"jacob-zuma-tries-to-reassure-south-africans-over-mandelas-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5149","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Zuma tries to reassure South Africans over Mandela’s health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nelson Mandela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Africa President Jacob Zuma appeared on state television Tuesday to reassure an uneasy nation that Nelson Mandela, although in a serious condition, is receiving the best of care.<\/p>\n

In a brief recorded interview Zuma reiterated that the anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa was in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

“We are all feeling it, that our president, the real father of democracy in South Africa is in the hospital,” Zuma, looking relaxed and clad in a sweater, told the South African Broadcasting Corporation.<\/p>\n

Mandela was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Saturday, to receive treatment for a lung infection.<\/p>\n

“Yesterday I met the team of doctors who are treating him. They gave me a very thorough briefing and really I was very confident that they know what they are doing and they’re doing a very good job,” Zuma said.<\/p>\n

“Whilst it is very serious but he’s stabilised and we are all praying for him really to recuperate quickly.”<\/p>\n

Although Mandela was only president for one five-year term, he bestrides South African politics.<\/p>\n

In prison for 27 years for his beliefs, he became the undisputed face of the anti-apartheid movement.<\/p>\n

“We need him to be with us and I’m sure that all the messages that have been pouring in to wish him a quick, speedy recovery, they are highly welcome,” Zuma said.<\/p>\n

“But that also indicates the love of our people to him and we certainly join everyone to say he should recover quickly.”<\/p>\n

“And I’m sure, knowing him as I do, he’s a good fighter and he’ll be with us very soon.”<\/p>\n

Mandela’s latest hospitalisation, the fourth in seven months, has been met with a sense of resignation among many South Africans, who have come to terms with their icon’s mortality. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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