Mandela 'still putting up a fight'

Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is not “doing well” but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his “deathbed,” his family have said.

Mandela 'still putting up a fight'

Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is not “doing well” but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his “deathbed,” his family have said.

His daughter Makaziwe Mandela told South African Broadcasting television news: “Tata is still with us, strong, courageous. Even for a lack of a better word .... on his ’deathbed’ he is teaching us lessons; lessons in patience, in love, lessons of tolerance.

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