Johannesburg – South Africans appeared resigned on Monday to the inevitability of one day saying goodbye to Nelson Mandela after the 94-year-old former president’s condition in hospital deteriorated to critical.

With his latest hospitalisation – his fourth in six months – a realisation has set in that he will not be around forever.

His deterioration this weekend, two weeks after being admitted in a serious but stable condition with a lung infection, has caused a perceptible switch in mood from prayers for recovery to preparations for a fond farewell.

“If it’s his time to go, he can go. I wish God can look after him,” said nurse Petunia Mafuyeka, as she headed to work in Johannesburg.

“We will miss him very much. He fought for us to give us freedom. We will remember him every day. When he goes I will cry.”

Prayers

In a statement, President Jacob Zuma’s office urged South Africa and the world to pray for Mandela “during this difficult time”. But there was some concern among the public about doctors trying to prolong the life of one of the 20th century’s most influential figures.

“I’m worried that they’re keeping him alive. I feel they should let him go,” said Doris Lekalakala, a claims manager. “The man is old. Let nature take its course. He must just rest.”

Since stepping down in 1999 after one term as president, Mandela has stayed out of active politics in the continent’s biggest and most important economy and his passing is expected to have little political impact.

His last public appearance was waving to fans from the back of a golf cart before the final of the Soccer World Cup in Johannesburg in July 2010.

During his retirement, he has divided his time between his home in Johannesburg and Qunu, the village in the Eastern Cape where he was born.

The public’s last glimpse of him was a brief clip aired by state television in April during a visit to his home by Zuma and other senior officials of the ruling ANC.

At the time, the 101-year-old liberation movement, which led the fight against white-minority rule, assured the public Mandela was “in good shape”, although the footage showed a thin and frail old man sitting expressionless in an armchair.

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Johannesburg – Former president Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter says the family is taking it one day at a time as her father remains in a critical condition in a Pretoria hospital, but she believes he is at peace

“All we do every day is take one day at a time and pray to the good Lord,” Makaziwe Mandela told CNN.

“All I pray for as a daughter is that the transition is smooth…. He is at peace with himself. He has given so much to the world. I believe he is at peace.”

The family was unsettled by some media reports.

“Nelson Mandela’s blood runs through these veins. Our veins. Give us the space to be with our father. Whether these are the last moments with us to be with our dad, or there is still a longer, but they must back off.”

CNN reported that she also addressed how much medical treatment her father should receive.

“In our culture, the Tembu culture… you never release the person unless the person has told you: ‘Please my children, my family, release me.’ My dad hasn’t said that to us.

“So these people who want to talk about, you know, release him: he hasn’t said we should release him and we haven’t come to the end yet. It is only God who knows the end.”

Critical condition

Meanwhile, people waited with bated breath for news about Nelson Mandela on Monday morning after the presidency said his condition was critical.

“The condition of former president Nelson Mandela, who is still in hospital in Pretoria, has become critical,” the presidency said on Sunday night.

The 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon has been in hospital since 8 June, fighting a lung infection.

The announcement followed a visit by President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa who were told by the medical team that Mandela’s condition had become critical in the past 24-hours.

They also met Mandela’s wife Graca Machel to discuss his condition.

“The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well looked after and is comfortable,” Zuma said. “He is in good hands.

Zuma asked that everybody pray for Mandela, his family and the medical team caring for him.

The ANC noted the news “with concern”.

“The ANC joins the presidency in calling upon all of us to keep president Mandela, his family and his medical team in our thoughts and prayers during this trying time,” it said.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s condition was soon trending on Twitter.

News crews returned to the hospital and to his home in Houghton to be in place for any updates.

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JOHANNESBURG – Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema claims there are senior leaders within the ANC who are working with his new party and who will come out into the open when the time is right.
Malema recently announced he was creating a new political party called the Economic Freedom Fighters, which will campaign for nationalisation of mines and land expropriation.

Speaking on Talk at Nine of Radio 702/567 CapeTalk’s on Sunday Malema, said he was being helped by senior people within the ANC.

“Some of them have opted for the strategy of insulting us so that they protect themselves so they don’t appear as if they are part of us.”

He claimed they would reveal their hand later.

“In the end, once everything’s been concluded and there’s positivity, they can come out and openly say this is who we associate with.”

Malema still cuts a confident figure but seems to have lost some of the style he had while ANC Youth League leader.

Meanwhile, the political firebrand and four co-accused face several charges, including corruption and racketeering.

He was in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court last week hoping to get a date as soon as possible to ‘clear his name’.

However, the legal teams were unhappy with the manner in which the state managed to secure a trial date overnight.

On Thursday, Malema told the court his prosecution was flawed and fraught with political interference.

He accused President Jacob Zuma of being behind his prosecution.

(Edited by Refilwe Pitjeng)
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Pretoria – There was minimal movement of vehicles on Monday morning at the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is in a critical condition.

The hospital’s entrance in Celliers Street was closed and police were manning the other entrance in Park Street.

News crews converged on the hospital on Sunday night after the presidency announced that Mandela’s condition had deteriorated. Most of them had left by 03:00 on Monday.

Even so, more than 20 vehicles, including the outside broadcast vans of local and international media, occupied the parking along Celliers Street.

A few reporters braved the biting early morning cold to chat near the hospital’s Park Street entrance. Some of them held cameras.

Several police officers were stationed inside the hospital premises. A police Toyota Quantum was parked in the grounds, near the entrance on Park Street.

Two security guards manned the entrance and numerous police vehicles patrolled the area.

‘Critical’ condition

“The condition of former president Nelson Mandela, who is still in hospital in Pretoria, has become critical,” presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement issued on Sunday night.

It was issued after a visit by President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa.

“They were briefed by the medical team who informed them that the former President’s condition had become critical over the past 24-hours,” said Maharaj.
Zuma and Ramaphosa also met Mandela’s wife Graca Machel to discuss his condition.

“The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well-looked after and is comfortable,” Zuma said in the statement. “He is in good hands.”

Zuma appealed to South Africans to continue praying for Mandela and his medical team.

Mandela, 94, was admitted to hospital on June 8 for treatment of a recurring lung infection.

Well-wishers have adorned the hospital’s security wall with get-well cards, balloons, flowers and paintings.

All quiet at Mandela home

Meanwhile, all was quiet outside Mandela’s home in Johannesburg in the early hours of Monday morning.

Shortly after 02:00, a silver Jeep arrived at the house. The driver pulled up outside the black gates, flashed the vehicle’s headlights and, when there was no response, hooted twice. The gates opened.

Two broadcasting teams arrived at the house on Sunday night, but left a short while later.

The street was otherwise quiet, with only the occasional armed response patrol.

Stones bearing the messages “God Bless Madiba”, “Thanx father” and “I love you Madiba”, roses and cards shone under a streetlight in front of the house.
They have been left by well-wishers in the days since Mandela was hospitalised.

On Sunday night, the anti-apartheid icon and Nobel peace prize laureate’s house was dark with only an entrance light visible through the large windows facing the road.

– SAPA

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Johannesburg – People waited for news about Nelson Mandela on Monday after the Presidency said his condition was critical.

“The condition of former president Nelson Mandela, who is still in hospital in Pretoria, has become critical,” the Presidency said on Sunday night.

The 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon has been in hospital since June 8, fighting a lung infection.

The announcement followed a visit by President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, who were told by the medical team that Mandela’s condition had become critical in the past 24 hours.

They also met Mandela’s wife Graca Machel to discuss his condition.

“The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well looked after and is comfortable,” Zuma said. “He is in good hands.”

Zuma asked that everybody pray for Mandela, his family and the medical team caring for him.

The ANC, which Mandela once led, noted the news “with concern”.

“The ANC joins the Presidency in calling upon all of us to keep president Mandela, his family and his medical team in our thoughts and prayers during this trying time,” it said.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s condition was soon trending on Twitter.

News crews returned to the hospital and to his home in Houghton to be in place for any updates.

The Presidency said Zuma and Ramaphosa had been assured that when the ambulance carrying Mandela broke down, “all care was taken to ensure that his medical condition was not compromised”.

He had “expert” medical care, with seven doctors in the convoy and a fully-equipped military ICU (intensive care unit) ambulance with staff and nurses.

The doctors dismissed media reports that Mandela had suffered cardiac arrest.

“There is no truth at all in that report,” said Zuma.

Meanwhile, Mandela’s eldest daughter Makaziwe Mandela told CNN the family was taking one day at a time.

“All we do every day is take one day at a time and pray to the good Lord,” she told CNN.

“All I pray for as a daughter is that the transition is smooth… He is at peace with himself. He has given so much to the world. I believe he is at peace.”

The family was unsettled by some media reports.

“Nelson Mandela’s blood runs through these veins. Our veins. Give us the space to be with our father. Whether these are the last moments for us to be with our dad, or (if) there is still longer, they must back off.”

CNN reported that she also addressed how much medical treatment her father should receive.

“In our culture, the Tembu culture, you never release the person unless the person has told you: ‘Please my children, my family, release me.’ My dad hasn’t said that to us.

“So these people who want to talk about, you know, release him: he hasn’t said we should release him and we haven’t come to the end yet. It is only God who knows the end.” – Sapa

Petros reportedly calls in investigative help from the spirit world.

Gauteng police chief Lieutenant General Mzwandile Petros has allegedly roped in a sangoma to investigate after a break-in at his Parktown, Johannesburg, office this week.

Captain Nomathemba Mgwebile, the sangoma who works as an executive secretary in Petros’ office, was brought in to “sniff out” those responsible for the burglary on Monday.

Petros’ office was broken into on the eve of Major General Tirhani Maswanganyi’s murder this week, but nothing was stolen from it.

The suspects dug a hole through the ceiling of one of the toilets and walked into the police chief’s office.

Three independent sources told City Press that Petros called Mgwebile to perform sangoma rituals in an attempt to identify those responsible for the incident.

Mgwebile, who is known as “Vumani Mahosi” and moved with Petros to Gauteng when he was appointed from the Western Cape in 2010, told a team of investiga-tors she smelt “the smell of a wet dog” in Petros’ office.

“But we don’t know what she meant by that. I think it’s sangoma language,” said a police officer with direct knowledge of the investigation.

The officer said Petros had refused to use his office since the incident as he suspected spy cameras were planted and his office line was bugged.

Detectives combed the entire office looking for any spy cameras, but found nothing.

“They did not find spy cameras and nothing was stolen from his office. They did not find fingerprints, but found footprints,” the officer said.

When the detectives reported to Petros that they did not find anything, the dog- and crime-intelligence units were summoned to the office.

Telkom officials were allegedly also called in to check whether Petros’ telephone line was bugged.

Investigators also questioned the security personnel guarding the building about the incident, who told them they believed it was an inside job.

The officer said: “This is what worried Petros, as everything points to an inside job. He is unpopular among many police officers and this justifies his suspicion that those opposed to him might be behind this incident – also because it happened a day before Maswanganyi’s murder.”

Speculation about Mgwebile doubling as Petros’ sangoma has been a hot topic of discussion among Gauteng police officers since his arrival in the province in 2010.

In 2011, the Sunday Times reported that Petros cancelled a crime-fighting strategy meeting attended by about 200 senior police officers after Mgwebile warned they were plotting against him.

Mgwebile allegedly arrived at the meeting, shouted “Vumani bo” (The ancestors are speaking) and knelt down.

Petros then ordered everyone to leave the boardroom, consulted with Mgwebile and told the officers the “spirits” had told Mgwebile that some of the generals and brigadiers were plotting to kill him. He then cancelled the meeting.

City Press understands that Mgwebile was called in to another meeting of senior police officers in recent months.

Petros’ spokesperson, Brigadier Neville Malila, didn’t respond to specific questions about Mgwebile’s role, her involvement in criminal investigations and whether part of her job is to advise Petros.

Referring to the Sunday Times article, Malila said: “It is not the first time that these allegations surfaced, and we thought it was dealt with before in 2011 and has been dealt with as there was no basis for the allegation.”

Malila confirmed that Petros’ office was broken into.

“The office can confirm that an office door was found open on Tuesday morning, June 18 2013, and, upon further investigation, footprints were found. As we are duty-bound to report incidents of this nature, it was reported.

“It is unknown if anything was taken. Investigations are under way,” said Malila.

Malila confirmed that Petros did not report for duty this week, but said it was because he was mourning Maswanganyi’s death.

He also denied that there was a link between the burglary and Maswanganyi’s murder.

“This office and the SA Police Service . . . are mourning the death of one of our most respected generals and there is no evidence or reason to suggest that there are linkages between this incident and the death of (Maswanganyi),” said Malila.

“The provincial commissioner was out of office for the better part of the week as he is mourning, not only the loss of a colleague but the loss of a relative.” – Additional reporting by Adriaan Basson

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