{"id":6427,"date":"2013-07-01T04:27:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T04:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2013-07-01T04:27:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T04:27:16","slug":"anc-finds-winnie-mandelas-comments-regrettable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6427","title":{"rendered":"ANC finds Winnie Mandela’s comments ‘regrettable’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ANC was unaware that the family of former statesman Nelson Mandela was unhappy about a publicised visit President Jacob Zuma made to Mandela’s house shortly after he was released from hospital in April, the party said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said comments made by Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela about the visit were regrettable.<\/p>\n

“As the ANC we are in contact on a daily basis with the Mandela family and these issues that have been publicly aired by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela have not been raised in any of these occasions,” said Mthembu.<\/p>\n

The AFP reported on Sunday that Madikizela-Mandela told Britain’s ITV News television that the visit by Zuma and other ANC delegates was insensitive.<\/p>\n

“I honestly cannot put in words how hurt the family was. It was one of the most insensitive things for anyone to have done,” she was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

Zuma said at the time Mandela was “up and about”, a description that was clearly at odds with televised footage that showed the revered ex-leader frail and dazed, sitting frozen in an armchair, said the AFP.<\/p>\n

Prior to the visit, Mandela had been out of the public eye for some time.<\/p>\n

In excerpts published on the ITV website, Madikizela-Mandela added: “It compromised the family, compromised his dignity and it should have never been done.”<\/p>\n

Mthembu said the visit was one of many that the ANC had made to Mandela to continue to show support to him and his family.<\/p>\n

“We have to demonstrate [an] active interest in the life of [former] President Mandela who remains our leader and our icon,” said Mthembu.<\/p>\n

He said the ANC would continue to pray for Madiba who was in a critical but stable condition at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

Mandela has been in hospital since June 8 and is being treated for a recurring lung infection. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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