Well Wishes For Nelson Mandela (Said To be Improving)

Bonnie Lamrock June 21, 2013 News

MJ-Upbeat would like to extend our continued prayers and well wishes to Nelson Mandela and his family. He’s been ill for some time now, but is said to be improving.

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Mandela was taken to a Pretoria hospital on June 8 to be treated for a recurring lung infection. It marked the fourth time he has been hospitalised since December.

Former President Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Mandela as president in 1999, said he remained in close contact with doctors about Mandela’s condition.

”Nelson Mandela is in fact improving, in terms of his health,” Mbeki said in a radio interview.

”I think we really need to feel comforted that we still have him with us now.”

The 94-year-old Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black president, is today spending his 14th day in hospital where he has been listed in serious condition.

Mbeki said on local PowerFM radio that he is in contact with the family and medical staff of the man he succeeded in 1999.

“Naturally … I maintain very close contact with the family and the doctors about Nelson Mandela’s condition,” he told the radio late Thursday.

“And I think that we need to understand what has been said publicly by government, which is that Nelson Mandela is in fact improving in terms of his health.

“I don’t think that anybody should kind of entertain some wrong notion, that Nelson Mandela is going to die tomorrow, he is not going to.”

Source: HeraldSun / MJ-Upbeat.com

Here’s a bit of information (and Photos) about this iconic figure below.

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in Transkei, South Africa. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, non-violent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies. In 1993, Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to dismantle the country’s apartheid system. In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president. In 2009, Mandela’s birthday(July 18) was declared Mandela Day to promote global peace and celebrate the South African leader’s legacy.