A 'repellent photo op', a troubled ANC, and Mandela
As Nelson Mandela begins his fourth week in hospital, the deepening sense of disillusionment with the ruling ANC party is coming to the fore.
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As Nelson Mandela begins his fourth week in hospital, the deepening sense of disillusionment with the ruling ANC party is coming to the fore.
A central figure in the ANC both before and after apartheid, Ronnie Kasrils, the former defence minister in Nelson Mandela’s first government and later intelligence minister speaks to Jon Snow.
South African President Jacob Zuma says he hopes Nelson Mandela could soon be discharged, as the former South African president spends his 22nd day in hospital.
Nelson Mandela’s condition has improved, says South African President Jacob Zuma. But one of Mandela’s daughters accuses the media outside his Pretoria hospital of acting “like vultures”.
Nelson Mandela “remains in a critical condition” in hospital, and doctors are doing everything to ensure his “comfort”, South African President Jacob Zuma tells a news conference.
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South Africans pray for their national hero as he continues to battle a lung infection in a Pretoria hospital.
The former South African president, Nelson Mandela, is in hospital after a recurrence of his lung infection.
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