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Thursday, 4 April 2013

Mandela shows ‘continuous’ improvement – Zuma


JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Nelson Mandela is showing “continuous improvement” in hospital where he is being treated for pneumonia, the South African president said on Thursday.
Nelson Mandela made his first appearance in six months when he received a symbolic flame to mark the ruling ANC party's centenary at his rural home in Qunu, in an event shown on television. A healthy-looking Mandela, seated on an armchair, smiled as the African National Congress (ANC) chairwoman Baleka Mbete presented him with the flame emblazoned with the party colours. AFP
Nelson Mandela
“Madiba is stable and we are thankful that he is responding well to treatment and that he is much better,” President Jacob Zuma said after visiting the ailing anti-apartheid hero in hospital, referring to the 94-year-old by his clan name.