JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela remains in a serious but stable condition, the South African government said on Monday, three days after the revered peace icon was rushed to hospital with a recurrent lung infection. "Former president Nelson Mandela remains in hospital, and his condition is unchanged," the presidency said in a statement. The frail 94-year-old was taken to a Pretoria hospital in the early hours of Saturday for a lung infection, with the government then describing his condition "serious but stable". It is the fourth hospital stay in seven months for the man beloved as a global symbol of peace and forgiveness and the father of the "Rainbow Nation." And with his latest health scare, South Africans are beginning to come to terms with the mortality of their anti-apartheid hero and first black president. (AFP)
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