Zuma makes Mandela hospital visit

South Africans prayed today for the health of former president Nelson Mandela and anxiously awaited further word about the anti-apartheid leader after he was admitted to a military hospital.

President Jacob Zuma visited Mr Mandela this morning at the hospital in Pretoria and found the 94-year-old to be “comfortable and in good care”, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement.