JOHANNESBURG – The Pretoria hospital treating anti-apartheid
icon Nelson Mandela received thousands of litres in emergency water
deliveries on Thursday after a planned maintenance water cut lasted
longer than expected, radio reported.
Some 20,000 litres were rushed to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital,
where Mandela has been receiving treatment for a lung infection for
nearly two weeks, radio 702 reported late Thursday.
An additional 10,000 litres were put on standby.
The water cut had been planned, but “it was anticipated that it
wouldn’t be that long,” city spokesman Blessing Manale told radio 702.
There was no comment immediately available from the hospital.
South Africa’s first black president was rushed to a Pretoria
hospital on June 8 with a recurrent lung infection and remains in
serious condition although he is said to be improving.
Mandela, who is due to celebrate his 95th birthday on July 18, has been hospitalised four times since December.
On Monday one of his daughters, Zenani Mandela-Dlamini who is South
Africa’s ambassador to Argentina, told reporters gathered outside the
hospital that the Nobel peace laureate was doing “very well.”
The previous day South African President Jacob Zuma said
that Mandela was showing a “sustained” improvement after more than a
week in hospital although his condition remained serious. (AFP)
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