{"id":6309,"date":"2013-06-28T07:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T07:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2013-06-28T07:17:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T07:17:15","slug":"obama-due-to-land-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6309","title":{"rendered":"Obama due to land in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Obama in Senegal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Obama called Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, a “personal hero” during a visit to Senegal this week at the start of his three-country whistle-stop tour through Africa.<\/p>\n

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US officials says they will comply with the Mandela family’s wishes with regard to Obama visiting the ailing 94-year-old icon or meeting his relatives.<\/p>\n

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“If and when he passes from this place, one thing I think we’ll all know is that his legacy is one that will linger on throughout the ages,” said Obama, who is due to land in the evening.<\/p>\n

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Makaziwe Mandela, the former president’s eldest daughter, told SABC television that her father was “waning” but is still responding to his children’s voice and touch.<\/p>\n

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“When you touch him he still responds, and for us as his progeny as long as tata (father) is still responding when we talk to him and touch him, I think that gives us hope,” she said.<\/p>\n

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South Africans have been laying wreaths of flowers outside the Pretoria clinic where Mandela is hospitalized and also near his home in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

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Candles burned late into the night as people, often emotional, held vigils at the gate to the Pretoria clinic.<\/p>\n

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Mandela family members have thanked the public repeatedly for their prayers and well-wishes, saying it is giving them strength during a difficult time.<\/p>\n

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Mandela was hospitalized on June 8 for a recurring lung infection. His situation turned critical on Sunday. He has been hospitalized several times in recent years.<\/p>\n

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President Jacob Zuma on Thursday said Mandela’s condition was “critical but is now stable.”<\/p>\n

A steady stream of family members and relatives have visited Mandela in hospital this week. – SAPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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