{"id":5975,"date":"2013-06-24T11:19:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T11:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2013-06-24T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T11:19:36","slug":"mandela-remains-critical-zuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5975","title":{"rendered":"Mandela remains critical: Zuma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former president Nelson Mandela’s condition remains critical, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.<\/p>\n

“Mandela remains in a critical condition in hospital and doctors are doing everything possible to ensure his well-being and comfort,” Zuma said in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Zuma and deputy ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa visited Mandela at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

“… I was told by the doctors, that Madiba’s health had changed in the past 24 hours and he was now critical,” Zuma said.<\/p>\n

“They were doing everything… to make him feel comfortable.”<\/p>\n

Mandela was asleep when Zuma visited.<\/p>\n

“It was late when we got to the hospital and he was already asleep. We were there, looked at him, and we saw him,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We had a discussion with the doctors and his [Mandela’s] wife, Graca Machel… and then we left.”<\/p>\n

Zuma said he was not in a position to give further details.<\/p>\n

Answering questions from reporters, Zuma said Mandela’s condition would not affect United States President Barack Obama’s planned visit to South Africa.<\/p>\n

“If there was such a visit… and somebody fell sick, I don’t think we would stop the visit… So we [are] not going to stop because Madiba is sick,” Zuma said.<\/p>\n

“So Obama is coming… ,” Zuma said.<\/p>\n

Obama was due to arrive in South Africa on Friday.<\/p>\n

In reply to another question about Mandela’s condition, Zuma reiterated: “I am not a doctor… when a person is critical, he is critical… I am not in a position to say how critical… .”<\/p>\n

Mandela, 94, was admitted to hospital on June 8 for treatment of a recurring lung infection.<\/p>\n

The briefing by Zuma was initially scheduled as an off-the-record editors’ briefing on the economy and youth, but evolved into a fully fledged press conference. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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