Mandela Illness

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  'Fake' deaf signer at Nelson Mandela's event claims illness

  The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's funeral has said a schizophrenic episode was to blame for accusations that he was an imposter who gesticulated nonsense during the entire service.

• Nelson Mandela remains ill, can't speak: Ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

  South Africa's former president, Nelson Mandela, remains "quite ill" and unable to speak because of tubes that are keeping his lungs clear of fluid.

• Critically ill Nelson Mandela 'more alert' every day: daughter

  Nelson Mandela, who has been lying critically ill in hospital for just over two months, is becoming more alert and more responsive by the day, his youngest daughter said on Friday, adding that the anti-apartheid hero is "not going anywhere anytime soon".

• Nelson Mandela marks two months in hospital, South Africans offer prayers

  South African church leaders today led prayers in front of the hospital where critically ill former South African president Nelson Mandela is soon to mark two months in care.

• Nelson Mandela still 'critical' after reported operation, completes 50 days in hospital

  South Africa's presidency said today that Nelson Mandela was still critically ill in hospital but improving slightly, declining to comment on a report the anti-apartheid hero had undergone an operation.

• South Africans prepare for Nelson Mandela's birthday today

  South Africans are preparing to celebrate the 95th birthday of Nelson Mandela today, even as the former president remains critically ill in a hospital.

• Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday will be celebrated across the world

  Global celebrations and charity events will mark Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday Thursday, but the critically ill anti-apartheid hero himself may still be confined to his Pretoria hospital bed on life-support.

• Former South African president confident of Nelson Mandela's recovery

  Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday he was confident his predecessor Nelson Mandela's health would improve and the ailing anti-apartheid hero would be released to recuperate at home.

• Nelson Mandela family feud: South Africa's shocking 'soap opera'

  A grave-digging dispute has added to the bitter family feuding, over sex, money and power, among Nelson Mandela's heirs which has set South Africans on edge as the anti-apartheid icon lies critically ill in hospital.

• 'I have lived my life': Nelson Mandela mulled death in unseen video

  Nearly 15 years ago Nelson Mandela was unperturbed by his own death, telling a dying teenager that he had lived his life to the full.

• Nelson Mandela on death and dying

  Haunted by death during his long anti-apartheid struggle, Nelson Mandela looked toward his own "eternal sleep" as a man who fulfilled his duty to his people.

• Shops cash in on surging Nelson Mandela interest

  Nelson Mandela's prolonged illness has sparked intense interest in the anti-apartheid icon's life and times with books, shirts and other "Madiba merchandise" flying off the shelves.

• Ailing Nelson Mandela still able to unite South Africans

  A 10-year-old's note to Nelson Mandela, the prisoner who fought South African apartheid, or white racist rule, and became a global emblem of unity and humility, addresses him as "the greates president are land has ever had it is realy bad that you are in the hospital.

• Nelson Mandela's illness revives ex-wife Winnie's fading star

  Since the anti-apartheid hero was admitted to intensive care three weeks ago, his former spouse's black luxury German sedan has rolled through the guarded gates each day at the heart clinic in Pretoria where Mandela lies.

• Millions stand at vigil to honour Nelson Mandela's legacy

  As Nelson Mandela lingers in a hospital, yet another remarkable moment is helping to seal his legacy: Millions of people around the world, united by respect and gratitude, are preparing for this beloved man to die.