President
Zuma of South Africa, this morning reported that South
Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has improved overnight. His
statement came after he visited Mandela in a hospital in Pretoria. He said Mandela's
medical team told him the former president "remains critical but is now
stable."
He said "I canceled my visit to
Mozambique today so that I can see him and confer with the doctors. He is much
better today than he was when I saw him last night,"
Although earlier, Mandela's oldest
daughter said that although her father is critically ill, he opens his eyes and
responds to touch.
Mandela,
94, is considered a revolutionary founding father of South Africa's modern
democracy, has been undergoing treatment since June 8 for a recurring lung
infection.
President Obama calls him a personal
hero, I call him a personal hero too!
I raise my glass to a great man,
Nelson Mandela!!!