Johannesburg: Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has appeared on television for the first time in almost a year, with South African President Jacob Zuma saying the ailing leader was in "good shape." Led by Zuma, an African National Congress delegation met the 94-year-old statesman at his residence on Monday.
Local television networks later broadcast footage of the meeting that took place at Mandela's home here. "He's looking very good, he's in good shape," the ANC leader told the South African Broadcasting Corporation after the meeting, the first update on his health since being discharged from a hospital earlier in April.
However, the visuals have been treated with some scepticism as the footage shows the ageing leader looking frail, distant and unresponsive during the meeting. The video shows Mandela sitting in an armchair with his head propped up by a pillow and legs covered with a blanket.
It also shows the former President staring straight ahead while the delegation members talk amongst themselves and to him. After the meeting, the ANC issued a statement saying they were satisfied with Mandela's health....
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12:18 PM, Apr 04, 2013
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10:50 AM, Apr 01, 2013
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06:50 PM, Mar 30, 2013
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08:20 AM, Mar 30, 2013
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05:52 AM, Mar 04, 2013
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12:16 AM, Mar 04, 2013
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01:23 PM, Dec 27, 2012
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05:10 AM, Dec 27, 2012
South Africa's presidency says former leader Nelson Mandela, who has been in a hospital since December 8, is looking better and in good spirits. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said on December 26 that 94-year-old Mandela's condition "remains as it was yesterday." ...
06:11 PM, Dec 26, 2012
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04:48 PM, Dec 20, 2012
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10:01 PM, Dec 08, 2012
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