Nelson Mandela's getting worse

Wieder worried about Nelson Mandela : The health status of the South African national hero has deteriorated, according to the Presidential Office in Pretoria and is "critical".President Jacob Zuma had been informed by the doctors during a visit at the bedside of 94-year-olds, according to a statement issued on Sunday evening opinion of Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj. Zuma confirmed that Mandela's condition had deteriorated. In the last week was even reported that Mandela anspreche on the treatment of his pneumonia.

Zuma and members had reported last week that it Mandela go back a little better. A newspaper had reported even citing his grandson that he should be released soon from the hospital.Mandela was on Saturday two weeks ago with severe pneumoniabrought to a hospital in Pretoria been.

Mandela's condition worsened again last

The state of the Nobel Peace Prize has become worse in the last 24 hours, it was then on Sunday evening in the statement of the presidential office. "The doctors do everything possible to ensure that improved his condition, and they assure that Madiba (Mandela's clan name) will be well cared for and feel good. He is in good hands," said Zuma.

Mandela had been treated repeatedly in recent months in the hospital. Because of his struggle against the racist apartheid system he had been sitting for 27 years in detention. In 1994 he was elected the first President of a democratic South Africa. He paved the way for reconciliation between blacks and whites in his home country.

The U.S. government in Washington expressed concern about the state of Mandela. "We are in our thoughts and prayers to him and his family," said the spokeswoman for the National Security Council, Caitlin Hayde. In the White House to follow the situation closely. Obama breaks end the week on a trip to Africa, which will take him to South Africa.