The 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader went to hospital just before midnight last night, the country’s current leader President Jacob Zuma said in a statement today.
The statement says Mandela is being treated for a ‘recurrence of his lung infection’ and that doctors are ensuring he has the best possible treatment.
Zuma wished Mandela a speedy recovery and he urged South Africans and the world to pray for the former leader and his family.
Mandela has become increasingly frail in recent years.
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