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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
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Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung infection.
The former South African president is in a "serious but stable condition", a spokesman for the current President, Jacob Zuma, says.
Mr Mandela, 94, has been ill for some days but deteriorated overnight and was transferred to a hospital in Pretoria.
Mr Mandela led the fight against apartheid, became the country's first black president, and is regarded as the father of democratic South Africa.
He has recently suffered a series of health problems and this is his fifth visit to hospital in two years.
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As long as he is still alive... we still have hope. South Africa is nothing without him”
Mamoshomo Tswai
Trader, Pretoria
In April he was released from hospital after a 10-day stay caused by pneumonia.
His illness was described on Saturday as a recurrence of a lung infection, which has troubled him repeatedly.
Mr Mandela was taken to hospital, from his home in a suburb of Johannesburg, at about 01:30 local time (23:30 GMT Friday).
Mac Maharaj, South Africa's presidential spokesman, told the BBC he was receiving expert medical care.
Doctors were doing everything possible to make him comfortable and better, he added.
Mr Maharaj said at least one close member of Mr Mandela's family was with him in hospital.
"Naturally the immediate members of the family have access to him and it's always good for the patient that he has been accompanied by one or other of them, and that has happened," he said.
Damaged lungs
"President Jacob Zuma, on behalf of government and the nation, wishes Madiba a speedy recovery and requests the media and the public to respect the privacy of Madiba and his family," Mr Maharaj said in a statement, using the clan name by which Mr Mandela is often known.
On the streets of Pretoria, people expressed their affection for their former president and their concern.
Mamoshomo Tswai, a trader, said: "As long as Tata [father] is still alive then poor people like me, people who are down down, single mothers like me, we still have hope. South Africa is nothing without him."
But another informal trader in Pretoria, who did not want give their name, said: "We must just accept that he is old. We love him, we all do, but we must start to accept that he is a very old man."
Mr Mandela served as president from 1994 to 1999.
He was previously imprisoned for 27 years, and is believed to have suffered damaged lungs while working in a prison quarry.
He contracted tuberculosis in the 1980s while being held in jail on the windswept Robben Island.
He retired from public life in 2004 and has been rarely seen in public since.
There was a row in April when South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) - Mr Mandela's party - filmed a visit to see him and broadcast the pictures of him with President Zuma and other party figures.
Critics called it an invasion of his privacy.
Mr Mandela awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 jointly with former President FW de Klerk for ending apartheid and bringing democracy to South Africa.
The former South African president is in a "serious but stable condition", a spokesman for the current President, Jacob Zuma, says.
Mr Mandela, 94, has been ill for some days but deteriorated overnight and was transferred to a hospital in Pretoria.
Mr Mandela led the fight against apartheid, became the country's first black president, and is regarded as the father of democratic South Africa.
He has recently suffered a series of health problems and this is his fifth visit to hospital in two years.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
As long as he is still alive... we still have hope. South Africa is nothing without him”
Mamoshomo Tswai
Trader, Pretoria
In April he was released from hospital after a 10-day stay caused by pneumonia.
His illness was described on Saturday as a recurrence of a lung infection, which has troubled him repeatedly.
Mr Mandela was taken to hospital, from his home in a suburb of Johannesburg, at about 01:30 local time (23:30 GMT Friday).
Mac Maharaj, South Africa's presidential spokesman, told the BBC he was receiving expert medical care.
Doctors were doing everything possible to make him comfortable and better, he added.
Mr Maharaj said at least one close member of Mr Mandela's family was with him in hospital.
"Naturally the immediate members of the family have access to him and it's always good for the patient that he has been accompanied by one or other of them, and that has happened," he said.
Damaged lungs
"President Jacob Zuma, on behalf of government and the nation, wishes Madiba a speedy recovery and requests the media and the public to respect the privacy of Madiba and his family," Mr Maharaj said in a statement, using the clan name by which Mr Mandela is often known.
On the streets of Pretoria, people expressed their affection for their former president and their concern.
Mamoshomo Tswai, a trader, said: "As long as Tata [father] is still alive then poor people like me, people who are down down, single mothers like me, we still have hope. South Africa is nothing without him."
But another informal trader in Pretoria, who did not want give their name, said: "We must just accept that he is old. We love him, we all do, but we must start to accept that he is a very old man."
Mr Mandela served as president from 1994 to 1999.
He was previously imprisoned for 27 years, and is believed to have suffered damaged lungs while working in a prison quarry.
He contracted tuberculosis in the 1980s while being held in jail on the windswept Robben Island.
He retired from public life in 2004 and has been rarely seen in public since.
There was a row in April when South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) - Mr Mandela's party - filmed a visit to see him and broadcast the pictures of him with President Zuma and other party figures.
Critics called it an invasion of his privacy.
Mr Mandela awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 jointly with former President FW de Klerk for ending apartheid and bringing democracy to South Africa.
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A file image of former South African president Nelson Mandela. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters |
A statement from President Jacob Zuma’s office said Mandela had a recurrence of the illness in the last few days, and that he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital after his condition deteriorated at about 1:30am this morning.
The statement said Mr Mandela, who is 94 years old, is in “serious but stable” condition and is receiving expert medical care..
The anti-apartheid leader became president in South Africa’s all-race elections in 1994. His health has been failing in recent years.
Mr Mandela’s medical condition was “serious this time”, a government spokesman told local television this morning.
“The situation is serious this time but doctors have assured us he is comfortable,” presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj told television station eNCA.
The African National Congress, the ruling party that has dominated politics in South Africa since the end of apartheid, said it hoped Mr Mandela, known affectionately by his clan name Madiba, would get better soon.
“We will keep president Mandela and his family in our thoughts and prayers at this time and call upon South Africans and the peoples of the globe to do the same for our beloved statesman and icon, Madiba,” the party said in a statement.
On April 29th, state television broadcast footage of a visit by Mr Zuma and other ANC leaders to Mr Mandela at his Johannesburg home. Mr Zuma said at the time that Mandela was in good shape, but the footage — the first public images of Mandela in nearly a year — showed him silent and unresponsive, even when Mr Zuma tried to hold his hand.
South Africans expressed hope that Mr Mandela would recover from his latest setback.
“He is going to survive,” said Willie Mokoena, a gardener in Johannesburg. “He’s a strong man.”
Another city resident, Martha Mawela, said she thought the former president would recover because: “Everybody loves Mandela.”
Mr Mandela was robust during his decades as a public figure, endowed with charisma, a powerful memory and an extraordinary talent for articulating the aspirations of his people and winning over many of those who opposed him.
In recent years, however, he has become more frail and last made a public appearance at the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament, where he didn’t deliver an address and was bundled against the cold.
In another recent illness, Mr Mandela was treated for a lung infection and had a procedure to remove gallstones in December. In March, he spent a night in a hospital for what authorities said was a scheduled medical test.
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, has expressed a desire in his blog to meet actor Aamir Khan. Gates, who met Aamir last year to discuss social issues in India, wants to have a meeting with the actor again as his charitable institution Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is conducting research on new vaccines for prevailing diseases in India.
“I’m looking forward to meeting Aamir Khan, the Bollywood star and activist. I want to hear about his work as a UNICEF ambassador for child nutrition. I also want to hear about his TV show, Satyamev Jayate .... And maybe, if I’m lucky, he’ll show me a few dance moves,” Gates wrote on his blog.
Gates also posted, "There’s a lot more on my plate. I want to say thanks in advance to everyone who’s making time to meet with me and making this trip happen".
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Bill Gates |
“I’m looking forward to meeting Aamir Khan, the Bollywood star and activist. I want to hear about his work as a UNICEF ambassador for child nutrition. I also want to hear about his TV show, Satyamev Jayate .... And maybe, if I’m lucky, he’ll show me a few dance moves,” Gates wrote on his blog.
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Amir Khan |
ISLAMABAD: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif all set to be elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan tomorrow (Wednesday) and will take oath the same evening.
President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to Mian Nawaz Sharif.
Polling will be held in the national assembly for election of the leader of the House and Muslim League-Nawaz (ML-N) president Nawaz Sharif is certain to get elected as leader of the House. The election of the Prime Minister would be through division.
Following election of the leader of the House, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will take oath as prime minister in the presidency. The oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected prime minister will be held at 5.00 P.M.
Invitation letters for the oath-taking ceremony have been issued by the presidency. Parliament members, superior court judges, chiefs of the armed forces, diplomats and other dignitaries will be attending the ceremony.
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President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to Mian Nawaz Sharif.
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Nawaz to take PM oath on Wednesday |
Polling will be held in the national assembly for election of the leader of the House and Muslim League-Nawaz (ML-N) president Nawaz Sharif is certain to get elected as leader of the House. The election of the Prime Minister would be through division.
Following election of the leader of the House, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will take oath as prime minister in the presidency. The oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected prime minister will be held at 5.00 P.M.
Invitation letters for the oath-taking ceremony have been issued by the presidency. Parliament members, superior court judges, chiefs of the armed forces, diplomats and other dignitaries will be attending the ceremony.
View the original article here
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