{"id":6268,"date":"2013-06-27T10:21:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T10:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6268"},"modified":"2013-06-27T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T10:21:54","slug":"mandelas-family-members-arrive-at-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6268","title":{"rendered":"Mandela’s family members arrive at hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mandela family members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Family members arrived on Thursday at the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is critically-ill with a recurring lung infection.<\/p>\n

His daughter Makaziwe Mandela arrived in a red Range Rover, entering the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital’s Park Street gates at 10.15am.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Democratic Alliance spokesman Mmusi Maimane arrived to place flowers and a card at a “wall of well-wishes”, which is fast running out of space.<\/p>\n

Maimane said he wanted to express his gratitude to the anti-apartheid icon and to show support for the medical team caring for him.<\/p>\n

“Nelson Mandela is not only the former president, the liberator. There’s an overwhelming feeling in the country when all of us think about what is happening here.<\/p>\n

“We’ve come to relay our thoughts to the family as well,” Maimane said on his way to the Celliers Street entrance.<\/p>\n

The Salvation Army also showed its support for the former president.<\/p>\n

“This is a struggle of an old man who left a mark for the country; we say to him that God loves him. Lift up your head and look up to God and don’t lose hope,” said Salvation Army leader William Langa.<\/p>\n

He and the Salvation Army choir sang and prayed outside the hospital for Mandela’s recovery.<\/p>\n

Well-wishers of different nationalities also arrived at the hospital to place flowers and messages of hope.<\/p>\n

“We just want to him to get better,” Spaniard Lupita Marcos, now living in South Africa, said with tears in her eyes.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the presidency announced that President Jacob Zuma had cancelled a scheduled trip to Mozambique on Thursday, after visiting Mandela and finding him “still in a critical condition”.<\/p>\n

Zuma was supposed to attend a Southern African Development Community regional summit.<\/p>\n

He left the hospital at 10.15pm on Wednesday in a black BMW, escorted by a number of official cars with blue police lights.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, scores of journalists milled around outside the hospital.<\/p>\n

Several, mainly international broadcasters, were conducting live crossings.<\/p>\n

Numerous tents, generators, broadcasting cameras on tripods, and outside broadcast vans have become a feature on the street’s pavement since Mandela was admitted on June 8.<\/p>\n

Tshwane metro police officers were parked nearby. Police and hospital guards continue to man the hospital’s entrances, and search cars entering the premises. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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