{"id":5934,"date":"2013-06-24T07:25:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T07:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5934"},"modified":"2013-06-24T07:25:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T07:25:23","slug":"quiet-at-mandelas-johannesburg-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5934","title":{"rendered":"Quiet at Mandela’s Johannesburg house"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nelson Mandela’s houe in Houghton, Johannesburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All was quiet outside Nelson Mandela’s home in Johannesburg in the early hours of Monday morning, after the announcement that the former president’s condition was critical.<\/p>\n

Shortly after 2am, a silver Jeep arrived at the house. The driver pulled up outside the black gates, flashed the vehicle’s headlights and, when there was no response, hooted twice. The gates opened.<\/p>\n

Two broadcasting teams arrived at the house on Sunday night, but left a short while later.<\/p>\n

The street was otherwise quiet, with only the occasional armed response patrol.<\/p>\n

Stones bearing the messages “God Bless Madiba”, “Thanx father” and “I love you Madiba”, roses and cards shone under a streetlight in front of the house.<\/p>\n

They have been left by well-wishers in the days since Mandela was hospitalised on June 8 for treatment of a recurring lung infection.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, the anti-apartheid icon and Nobel peace prize laureate’s house was dark with only an entrance light visible through the large windows facing the road.<\/p>\n

“The condition of former president Nelson Mandela, who is still in hospital in Pretoria, has become critical,” the presidency said in a statement issued earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It made the announcement after a visit by President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

“They were briefed by the medical team, who informed them that the former president’s condition had become critical over the past 24-hours,” said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj.<\/p>\n

Zuma and Ramaphosa also met Mandela’s wife Graca Machel to discuss Mandela’s condition.<\/p>\n

“The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve, and are ensuring that Madiba is well looked after and is comfortable,” Zuma said in the statement.<\/p>\n

After 10pm, more than 10 journalists and technical staff from various broadcasters milled outside the Medi-Clinic Heart hospital in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

Some of the crews were off-loading and setting up broadcasting equipment, including lights and generators.<\/p>\n

A Tshwane metro police car, with flashing blue lights was parked nearby.<\/p>\n

It was quiet outside the Nelson Mandela Foundation a few streets from the former statesman’s house. Three cars were parked behind the closed gate. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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