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Mandela’s wife thanks world for supporting ailing husband

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Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel thanked the world on Monday for its messages of support for the ailing anti-apartheid icon which she said had eased “the burden of anxiety.”

Posted: June 17th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Nelson Mandela ‘continues to get better’—Zuma

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Nelson Mandela “continues to get better” after more than a week in hospital battling a lung infection although his condition remains serious, South African President Jacob Zuma said Sunday.

Posted: June 16th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela ‘looks good’ in hospital, says grandson

In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. The South African presidency says Nelson Mandela was re-admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection Thursday March 28, 2013. AP FILE PHOTO

Nelson Mandela seems to be on the road to recovery from a recurrent lung infection, a grandson said Saturday after visiting the anti-apartheid hero in hospital.

Posted: June 15th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela ‘responding better’ to treatment—Zuma

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Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment in hospital early Wednesday, South African President Jacob Zuma told parliament.

Posted: June 12th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela’s condition ‘very serious’ but stable—Zuma

A shopper walks past a sign advertising a shop that sells commemorative coins with the face of Nelson Mandela in the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Doctors are doing all they can to improve Nelson Mandela's health as the 94-year-old icon spent a fourth day in the hospital for a recurring lung infection, South Africa's president said Tuesday, as two of Mandela's daughters visited their father. AP/Ben Curtis

South African President Jacob Zuma has sought to reassure an uneasy nation that Nelson Mandela, although in a “very serious” condition as he battles a recurrent lung infection, is receiving the best of care.

Posted: June 12th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela remains in serious condition, gov’t says

A person walks past a mural of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday June 10, 2013. South Africa's president says Mandela remains in serious but stable condition during his fourth day in the hospital. AP Photo

South Africa’s president says that Nelson Mandela remains in serious but stable condition during his fourth day in the hospital.

Posted: June 11th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela spends fourth day in hospital

In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. The South African presidency says Nelson Mandela was re-admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection Thursday March 28, 2013. AP FILE PHOTO

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a fourth day in a hospital, where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection.

Posted: June 11th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Let Mandela go, friend urges after his 2nd night in hospital

Former South African President Nelson Mandela  AP FILE PHOTO

South Africans were urged to let go of their beloved hero Nelson Mandela on Sunday after the ailing 94-year-old spent a second night in hospital with a recurrent pneumonia infection.

Posted: June 9th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Plans to turn Johannesburg into Africa’s ‘New York’

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) members protest against the electronic road tolling system whilst traffic moves slowly on the motorway,  in Johannesburg, South Africa,  Friday, May 31, 2013. Protesters oppose the electronic tolling system in Gauteng by the government road agency South African National Roads Agency Limited, SANRAL which aims to see Gauteng's road users billed electronically when using the province's highways. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

City authorities in Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic hub, have unveiled an ambitious plan to undo urban inequalities of the apartheid era and turn the continent’s wealthiest city into the “New York of Africa”.

Posted: June 9th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela ‘serious but stable’ as back in hospital

Hussein Gallo, 7, stands by a mural of Nelson Mandela in the Soweto township in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday June 7 2013. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a lung infection, the government said Saturday, prompting an outpouring of concern from admirers of a man who helped to end white racist rule. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nelson Mandela spent Saturday night in hospital in a “serious but stable” condition with a renewed lung infection that has triggered worldwide concern for the South African hero.

Posted: June 9th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela in ‘good shape’ – African National Congress

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South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela is in “good shape” after his recent hospitalization, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said Monday, after President Jacob Zuma visited the democracy icon.

Posted: April 29th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Norwegian exchange student raped in Cape Town

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A Norwegian teenager has been raped and robbed at gunpoint by two armed men in South Africa’s top tourist city of Cape Town, police said Tuesday.

Posted: April 9th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Nelson Mandela in hospital with lung infection

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Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said Thursday.

Posted: March 28th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

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