Mandela 'improving but still serious'
Nelson Mandela's condition continues to improve but remains serious, South African President Jacob Zuma said as the former president began his seventh day in hospital on Friday.
Mandela 'a good fighter': Zuma
South Africans continued to watch and wait as Nelson Mandela remained in hospital for a fifth day on Wednesday. President Jacob Zuma, speaking on national television on Tuesday night, said he was "sure, knowing him as I do, he's a good fighter and he'll be with us very soon".
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Mandela the boxer in Joburg once more
Nelson Mandela is boxing again, if only in art. A five-metre tall steel sculpture, based on Bob Gosani's 1953 photograph of the great man sparring with boxer Jerry Moloi, has been unveiled in downtown Johannesburg, outside the Magistrate's Courts where Mandela often represented clients as a lawyer.
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