President Jacob Zuma has cancelled a trip to neighbouring Mozambique, intensifying speculation about a deterioration in the health of Nelson Mandela.
With journalists and support crews sitting idle as the world waits for updates on Nelson Mandela, some editors have become desperate for an exclusive.
The presidency has declined to discuss finer details of Nelson Mandela’s health, but the M&G has learnt that the former president is on life support.
CNN and Citizen report Nelson Mandela is on life support, and Mac Maharaj says commenting on the matter would break doctor/patient confidentiality.
President Jacob Zuma opened the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union conference with a rousing rendition of a song about Mandela.
Gauteng papers have reported that Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla stormed out of a meeting in Qunu after a disagreement over Madiba’s gravesite.
Nelson Mandela’s physician of many years, Vejaynand Ramlakan, has arrived at the hospital where the former president remains in a critical condition.
Visitors have been praying for Nelson Mandela and his family after no change in his critical condition was made public.
Bantu Holomisa says the Mandela family meeting called in Qunu was to brief the elders on Mandela’s condition, not talk about his funeral arrangements.
The SA government is ready to successfully host Barack Obama, despite fears that Nelson Mandela’s health might overshadow the US president’s visit.
US President Barack Obama’s South African schedule does not include a visit to former president Nelson Mandela, who is critically ill in hospital.
A few cars have been seen at the Mandela family gravesite in Qunu, while the relatives called an urgent meeting in the village to brief the elders.
Close relatives of former president Nelson Mandela and chiefs of the Abathembu royal family have gathered at his home in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape.
No update on his condition means Nelson Mandela will spend his third day in a critical condition, and his 18th day in total in a hospital in Pretoria.
President Jacob Zuma has updated SA on Madiba’s condition, while Mac Maharaj is unimpressed with the media’s reporting on Mandela’s health.
Mac Maharaj has chastised reporters seeking information on Mandela’s health after Jacob Zuma left an address to editors on the youth and the economy.
The theft of a painting of Nelson Mandela by South Africa-born artist Conor Mccreedy remains a mystery after it was stolen from a New York gallery.
VIDEO: For Nelson Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe Mandela, the former president’s declining health is not a global event but a deeply personal issue.
President Jacob Zuma on Monday morning confirmed to journalists and editors that former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition.
The M&G Newsroom radio show between 1pm and 2pm will take a look at the news that is on everyone’s lips: Nelson Mandela’s fast deteriorating health.
The notion that SA will dissolve into race riots at the news of Nelson Mandela’s death is so unlikely as to be ridiculous, writes Verashni Pillay.
Former president Nelson Mandela’s condition is now critical, the presidency has confirmed.
Numerous relatives of former president Nelson Mandela visited the Pretoria hospital on Saturday where the struggle icon was spending his 15th day.
The military ambulance that transported Nelson Mandela to hospital two weeks ago broke down due to "engine problems", says the presidency.
CBS has reported that Nelson Mandela has been "unresponsive and has not opened his eyes for days", despite government reports that he is recovering.
Ndaba Mandela has thanked people around the world for sending well-wishes to Madiba who, he says, is expected to be discharged soon.
Every time Nelson Mandela is admitted to hospital his state of health makes headlines around the world, and well-wishers arrive from far and wide.
After communication from Graça Machel and Nelson Mandela’s children, the focus seems to have shifted to his discharge from hospital this week.
Members of the Mandela family have for the first time gathered well-wishes from outside the Pretoria hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated.
Former president Nelson Mandela’s wife Graça Machel has thanked SA for the outpouring of "love and generosity" during Madiba’s stay in hospital.
An investigation has been opened after two church groups were turned away and some members temporarily arrested at Nelson Mandela’s home in Qunu.
President Jacob Zuma says Nelson Mandela continues to recover in hospital from a lung infection but remains in a serious condition.