Pretoria – Several news crews were waiting outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria on Sunday night after news broke that former president Nelson Mandela’s condition is now critical.

After 22:00, more than 10 journalists and technical staff from different broadcasters were milling outside the hospital.

Some of the crews were offloading and setting up broadcast equipment, including huge lights and generators after the presidency’s update.

A Tshwane metro police car, with flashing blue lights parked near the journalists’ fleet.

Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said earlier in the evening that Mandela’s medical team has said the elder statesman’s condition had become critical over the past 24 hours.”

– SAPA