Nelson Mandlea recovering wll: Jacob Zuma
Johannesburg: Nelson Mandela continues to recover in hospital from a lun infection but remains in a serious condition, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.
Zuma was addressing a gathering for Youth Day in Madadeni in the KwaZulu-Natal province in remembrance of the 1976 Soweto youth uprisings against apartheid.
Mandela’s repeated bouts of illness have reinforced a creeping realization among South Africa’s 53 million people that they will one day have to say goodbye to their first black president.
Mandela, popularly known by his clan name “Madiba”, has a history of lung problems dating back to his time at the windswept Robben Island prison camp near Cape Town. He was released from prison in 1990 after 27 years behind bars and was president from 1994 to 1999.
