Nelson Mandela was known to be in a critical yet stable condition after being taken to hospital early on Saturday with a repeatedly occurring  lung infection.

The 94-year-old Former South African President as well as anti-apartheid leader who became the first black leader of Africa’s biggest economy in 1994 subsequent to historic all-race elections, has been in hospital three times since December due to the fact of the severity of the infection prolonging for several days. Today morning his condition seems to have worsened at the same time was rushed to a Pretoria hospital. At the moment he is known to be in a critical yet stable condition.

As a matter of prominence through the wording of the government statement while stressing on the usage of the word “serious”, is a deliberate measure to express importance to South Africa’s 53 million people, connecting to whom Mr Mandela continue to be as specified a powerful symbol of the battling in opposition to decades of white-minority rule.

Praying for his fast recovery!

Image Source: Nelson Mandela

(AW:Samrat Biswas)