Breaking News : Mandela’s condition in a critical situation

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela
who is receiving treatment for a
recurrent lung infection is now in
critical condition, South Africa’s
presidency said Sunday.
“The condition of former president
Nelson Mandela, who is still in
hospital in Pretoria, has become
critical,” Mac Maharaj, presidential
spokesman, said in a statement.
The condition of 94-year-old who was
admitted to hospital on June 8 has
worsened in the past 24 hours.
President Jacob Zuma broke the news after
visiting Mandela in hospital Sunday evening
and was told by doctors “that the former
president’s condition had become critical
over the past 24 hours.”
Mandela, who became South Africa’s first
black president in 1994, is due to celebrate
his 95th birthday on July 18. He has been
hospitalised four times since December,
mostly for the pulmonary condition that
has plagued him for years.