Cape Town: Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized for a week, continued to show signs of improvement, his grandson said on Saturday, reported Xinhua. "Madiba (Mandela) is recovering very well and looks good," Mandla Mandela said in Qunu, Eastern Cape Province, the native village where Mandela grew up.
Mandla was speaking at a funeral of Mandela's cousin Florence Mandela who died at the age of 97.
"I thank the nation and the world for the prayers for Madiba, and the doctors and the office of the ANC (African National Congress) for keeping the family updated," Mandla said.
On Thursday, President Jacob Zuma said Mandela's condition "continues to improve but his condition remains serious."...
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06:06 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Johannesburg: Nelson Mandela was in a "serious but stable" condition as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon and former South African President continued to receive hospital treatment for a third day for a recurrent lung infection, the government said on Monday. "Former President Nelson Mandela remains in hospital, and his condition is unchanged," the presidency said in a brief statement on the health of the revered Nobel laureate. "President Jacob Zuma reiterates...
06:05 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Pretoria: South African President Jacob Zuma was not involved in a wedding scandal in which a private plane of the affluent and well-connected Indian Gupta family landed at a sensitive military airbase, an investigation revealed on Sunday, reported Xinhua. "In any event, the president is not involved in authorizing the landing or not landing of aircraft at airports," Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe told reporters in Pretoria. There...
04:16 AM, May 20, 2013
Johannesburg: The public broadcast of a video showing South African President and African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma and other officials visiting ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela at his home in Johannesburg has drawn severe criticism from public. Social media and talk radio shows have been buzzed with angry comments that the party had been disrespectful by showing footage of Mandela, who is looking vacant, grey-skinned and unsmiling. The...
11:03 AM, May 01, 2013
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...
02:53 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Johannesburg: Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is making "continuous improvement" in a hospital where he was admitted last week for pneumonia, President Jacob Zuma said after visiting the revered statesman on Thursday. "President Jacob Zuma visited former President Nelson Mandela in hospital on Thursday, 4 April 2013, and received a briefing from doctors which indicate continuous improvement in his condition," Zuma's office said in a statement....
08:48 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma "interacted on several occasions" during the BRICS summit in Durban though the two sides did not hold delegation-level talks, an official said in New Delhi on Wednesday. Seeking to refute reports that the Indian delegation failed to hold a separate meeting with Zuma, who held bilateral talks with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, a spokesperson of the Ministry...
03:18 AM, Apr 04, 2013
The condition of South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia. ...
10:50 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released on December 26 from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said. The 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon will continue to receive medical care at home. Mandela had been in the hospital since December 8. In recent days, officials have said he was improving and in good spirits, but doctors have taken extraordinary care with...
01:23 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital, ending a nearly three-week stay during which he was treated for a lung infection and had surgery to remove gallstones, the government said on Wednesday. ...
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
Gerald Majola is taking his bosses as well as President Jacob Zuma and Sports Minister to court in an attempt to get his position back. ...
02:43 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Johannesburg: South Africa pledged on Thursday to work with the United Nations and Arab states to help bring stability to Libya, after earlier refusing to recognise the country's new rulers. "South Africa stands ready to assist in any way possible so that Libya can return to normalcy," President Jacob Zuma said. "This office will work with the United Nations, the League of Arab States and other stakeholders to stabilise Libya...
03:40 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Tripoli: Muammar Gaddafi is ready for a truce to stop the fighting in his country, visiting South African president said on Monday after meeting the Libyan ruler, but he listed familiar Gaddafi conditions that have scuttled previous cease-fire efforts. The South African president. Jacob Zuma, said Gaddafi is ready to accept an African Union initiative for a cease-fire that would stop all hostilities, including NATO airstrikes in support of rebel...
07:10 AM, May 31, 2011
CNN-IBN's Sanjay Suri tells you what can be expected from the meeting. ...
12:07 AM, Sep 25, 2009
Zuma is the fourth democratically elected president of South Africa. ...
06:04 PM, May 09, 2009
The South African Prez stepped down 7 months before his term was to end. ...
09:48 AM, Sep 22, 2008
