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President nelson mandela is not only a south african icon, he is an icon of the entire world, and therefore, we should, indeed, once the health professionals, doctors, surgeon general looking after his health indicate that he is to be hospitalized we should be able to communicate that up front. we will do that in the future. thank you. with regards to the question of whether madiba speaks and so on, when i walked in to the ward this morning, his exact words were that he's very happy to see me. he calls me kumana and even for

People here in south africa unfortunately expecting the worse. there's headlines like this saying prayers for madiba. he is mandela's clan name. another one, madiba, country holds its breath. i think the whole country tunes in to the acting president and the surgeon general of the army and really a very keen to know exactly what kind of information they're going to tell the nation in just, you know, under 20 minutes' time. >> this stage, before the press conference, what do we know about what's wrong with him? >> reporter: okay. what do we know? nothing officially, zain. i mean, literally no o...

General will give you the medical reports and -- but from now on, we'll keep you posted if there's any developments of whatever kind. and that we should remain calm and continue with our prayers and well wishes that madiba should be with us to celebrate his 93rd birthday in july and beyond. thank you very much for your attendance. over to you. >> we just want to check the sound, please. >> can we just -- [ inaudible ] >> okay.

Foundation and madiba himself would like to convey our appreciation for all those south africans as well as other people across the world who have sent their words of support to the family, well wishers for mabida's speedy recovery and their prayers. and to thank you all as members of the estate, the media for conveying all these concerns and prayers to madiba and family, as well as the government.

Madiba is well. the surgeon general will give you a report on his health from the point of view of the professors who are looking after him. what i can convey is that he is receiving the best treatment from the best available health professionals in this country. and that should reassure all of us that there is no need for us to panic. there is no need for us to fear for madiba's health. he is in good hands, and all we're saying is that the surgeon