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Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment in hospital, the South African president has said.

Jacob Zuma told parliament on Wednesday that he was happy with the progress being made by the 94-year-old former president after a "difficult few days".

"We urge South Africans and the international community to continue to keep president Mandela and the medical team in their thoughts and prayers," he said.

Mandela was itted to hospital in Pretoria on Saturday with a recurring lung infection.

It is his fourth hospital stay since December, and there is a growing realisation among South Africa's 53 million people that they will one day have to say goodbye to the father of the "Rainbow Nation" that Mandela tried to forge from the apartheid-era.

His eldest daughter Zenani, who is South Africa's ambassador to Argentina, was seen on Wednesday entering the heavily guarded clinic where only close family are being allowed.

Zenani as well as the elder statesman's two other daughters, Makaziwe and Zindzi, and his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, have visited him daily this week as have other family .

His current wife, Graca Machel, called off a trip to London last week to be with her ailing husband.

Meanwhile, well wishers continued to arrive at his home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton to leave cards and offer their best wishes.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/06/201361254312654889.html

May God grant him speedy recovery.One of my Primary wish is to see him live someday before he es on.He remains my Political Icon

Reserved....

I wish him a safe recovery. My prayers are with him.

Gud

Well that's good news.

For all of you spreading rumours that he is dead......God is watching you in 3D

My B.day mate pls Get well soon
We know you will leave one day
But one more b.day wont hurt

him wan break Methuselah record?

I don hear

He should just die!

Spoofpro0f: He should just die!

mtsssw heartless

Spoofpro0f: He should just die!

sadist.

Get well soon madiba. We love u

Wish him quick and good health.

That's great. Get well soon

Spoofpro0f: He should just die!

u too should just die!

I wish him quick recovery

ighoosagie: him wan break Methuselah record?

Same thing I was thinking. The dude is too old, he's outlived his children and some his grandchildren and he's still hanging on...

That's gud news... We stil need men like u in dis planet,@mandela

I started hearing his name from the time I was born
I still the day he was released from prison
There was great rejoicing in Nigeria

we are all goingto die someday. let us live a life worthy of God's blessing at the end of it all. (ECCL 12:13,14)

Thank God for the news. Wishing him quick full recovery.

u see urself ? white fowl u don show ya sef. abi na only u remain 4 ya fmly ni?

Spoofpro0f: He should just die!

And somebody quickly created a thread saying this man was dead. Always eager to add threads. May God forgive you.

Get well soon.

Diasporan: May God grant him speedy recovery.One of my Primary wish is to see him live someday before he es on.He remains my Political Icon

You might have to hurry up so your wish can be granted but meanwhile,I wish him soonest recovery

Why're they always rushing Nelson to the hospital all the time? The man is tired; They should just allow him to die in one peace.

Speedy recovery tata Madiba..

Abdul Adam56: mtsssw heartless

What is heartless there? The man never reach to die? Or do you think what he's living now is a life? His bedroom looks like a freakin ICU, he loads his system with drugs and he's in a hospital every other day, the man is suffering and people are still trying to drag what's left of his life just so some oyibo can say 'that's Mandela's relative...' '...his village...his country', all for selfish recognition. Sometimes death is better than life.

It is well with Mandela even in the well. Quick recovery

May God help Nelson mandela abeg oh.