Nelson Mandela’s health has deteriorated and he is in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday.
The office of President Jacob Zuma said that the president had visited the Mandela, the former president of the country who was imprisoned for nearly three decades as he battled the country’s apartheid system of racial separatism, Sunday evening.
Zuma’s office said he was informed by Mandela’s doctors that his condition had become critical in the last 24 hours.
Mandela, 94, has been intensive care for more than two weeks week. He was hospitalized on June 8 for what the government said was a recurring lung infection.
