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Mandela In Fight From ‘Deathbed’
South Africa’s ailing first black President Nelson Mandela is putting up a courageous fight from his “deathbed”, his daughter Makaziwe Mandela says.
She told national broadcaster SABC that the anti-apartheid icon was “still with us, strong, courageous”.
“Even for a lack of a better word… on his deathbed he is teaching us lessons – lessons in patience, in love, lessons of tolerance,” she added.
Mr Mandela, 95, is receiving home-based medical care.
He was discharged from hospital in September after being treated for nearly three months for a recurring lung infection.
Mr Mandela is widely respected for his role in fighting racism in South Africa, and for forgiving his former white captors after his release from prison in 1990.
He spent 27 years in jail and was elected South Africa’s first black president in 1994. He stepped down after five years in office.
“Every moment I get with him I’m amazed,” Ms Mandela told SABC.
“There are times where I have to pinch myself that I come from this man who is a fighter even though you can see he is struggling, but the fighting spirit is still there with him.”
Mr Mandela’s grandson, Ndaba Mandela, told SABC that the ex-president was “not doing well in bed”.
Last month, Mr Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said he was no longer talking “because of all the tubes that are in his mouth to clear [fluid from] the lungs”.
The South African presidency has repeatedly described Mr Mandela’s condition as critical but stable.
BBC
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on December 4, 2013. Filed under AROUND AFRICA.
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666
December 4, 2013 at 8:36 pm
Mandela jst come to hell, we’v alread prepared yo sit here in hell dnt wst pipoz tym.
olent
December 4, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Mandela pls jst go pls wil remembr u.
Dr.Chishimba
December 5, 2013 at 8:33 am
Madiba you are a great hero of the land one in a million!
m twe
December 5, 2013 at 9:44 am
he has seen his day let him kick the bucket
Cool
December 5, 2013 at 9:53 am
Get well soon Mandela,you are a hero.
Cathy
December 5, 2013 at 11:42 am
“not doing well in bed” is someone thinking the way am thinking?
Trixy
December 5, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Putting a 90 something year old man on life support is not fair….The family know as well as we do that the chances of Mandela recovering to full life is almost 5%. The granddaughter even referred to the bed he is sleeping in as a “death bed”….meaning the family know that he is going to die sooner or later. Death is inevitable. I do not want to sound mean, but prolonging Mandela via a life support will not add or subtract to the fact that he is a HERO. History has already been written and it cannot be rubbed. There is only one Nelson Mandela and there will never be another. For crying out loud this man has spent most of his life fighting…as a freedom fighter and as a prisoner for over 20 years….surely I think its time to let him rest….
DEMON!
December 6, 2013 at 5:47 am
Sorry hell does not want him here! may his soul rest in peace!
DEMON!
December 6, 2013 at 5:48 am
Sorry hell does not want him here! may his soul rest in peace! he was a true son of africa!
oscarkapalaula
December 6, 2013 at 5:54 am
Imwe Madiba nafwa…
Edward Snowden
December 6, 2013 at 6:52 am
Rest in peace MADIBA. What more can one say!!!
Trixy
December 6, 2013 at 9:20 am
Oh My God….after saying what I said above!!! Anyway it was time….let him rest in peace.