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2012-12-10 14:34<\/span><\/p>\n

Johannesburg – South Africans united to offer prayers for ailing national icon Nelson Mandela<\/a> on Monday, who is spending a third day in hospital for undefined tests.<\/p>\n

Discussion about the health of the anti-apartheid leader featured prominently in newspapers, church services, social media feeds and conversations across the rainbow nation.<\/p>\n

Madiba<\/a>, as he is affectionately known by South Africans, retains a prominent place in the national psyche, despite leaving office more than a decade ago – a lifetime ago in the quick-moving politics of this born-again nation.<\/p>\n

“Nation prays for Madiba<\/a>” was the front-page headline in the Sowetan daily attempting to capture the zeitgeist of a nation.<\/p>\n

“The fact is that when Madiba<\/a> sneezes, South Africa – and the rest of the world – catches a cold,” the paper said in an editorial.<\/p>\n

“We love Madiba<\/a>, we feel every inch of anxiety, stress and pain with the rest of his close and distant family. And like concerned loved ones, we want to know how he is doing.”<\/p>\n

Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto township, a centre of the struggle against apartheid and where Mandela has a house, said prayers during their Sunday service, according to the New Age.<\/p>\n

The country’s opposition parties joined the chorus of prayers to wish Mandela well.<\/p>\n

“When Mandela is admitted to hospital, all of us get affected because we love and care for him,” said DA spokesperson Mmusi Maimane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Congress of the People expressed the hope that the tests being conducted find Mandela in good health.<\/p>\n

But there was also a level of resignation about Mandela’s fate – in contrast to the panic of previous health scares – and a sense that Mandela must now be left in peace.<\/p>\n

“Dear South Africans, Please let Nelson Mandela<\/a> go, he is old now and deserves to rest,” @ComradeESETHU<\/a> from Cape Town tweeted.<\/p>\n

“Such sensationalism in the media. Yes, I admire Mandela but the man is 94 years old! Whether sick or not, he’s not going to live forever,” said @SediNtuli<\/a> from Grahamstown.<\/p>\n

The anti-apartheid hero and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was flown from his home village to a hospital in the Pretoria on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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