Family members and clan elders have been gathering since Tuesday to discuss Mr. Mandela’s health. The family could now face an agonizing decision over how long to continue the life support – a difficult dilemma for a family that has been badly divided on other issues in the past.
“He is using machines to breathe,” clan elder Napilisi Mandela told the AFP news agency on Wednesday after visiting Mr. Mandela in hospital. “It is bad, but what can we do.”
Mr. Zuma visited Mr. Mandela at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday, his second late-night visit to the former president since Sunday. He said he found Mr. Mandela still in critical condition and decided to cancel a planned trip to neighbouring Mozambique, where he was to attend a regional summit.
His granddaughter Ndileka Mandela says he's stable but critical as at 10.00 Thursday.
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