S Africa: Mandela's condition 'serious this time'
Former South African President Nelson Mandela's medical condition was "serious this time", a government spokesman told local television on Saturday.
The 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero and the country's first black president was taken to hospital early on Saturday for a recurring lung infection. "The situation is serious this time but doctors have assured us he is comfortable," presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj told television station eNCA. (Reuters)
