Mandela video causes offence

South African President Jacob Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela “in good shape and in good spirits” yesterday, but a video of his encounter with the ailing anti-apartheid icon belies those cheery words, showing him with a vacant look on his face.

It’s been more than three weeks since Mandela was released after a 10-day stay in the hospital, the third time in five months that he was hospitalised for a recurring lung infection.