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August 24th, 2013 
Peter Nolan “But he’s stable,” he added.
In late June, President Jacob Zuma cancelled a trip abroad after Mr
Mandela’s health deteriorated but on Saturday he will travel to
Malaysia for an official visit as planned.
While there, he will also receive a peace award on Mandela’s behalf.
Mr Zuma urged South Africans to continue praying for Mandela and to keep the
country’s first black president constantly in their thoughts.
The presidency is the official channel for public updates about Mr Mandela’s
health, and had not issued a statement since August 11.
Then, Mandela was said to be making “a slow but steady improvement”
but that he remained critically ill.
His youngest daughter Zindzi Mandela said two days earlier that he was able to
sit up unaccompanied and was “more alert, more responsive”.
At the end of July, Mr Zuma’s office said Mandela was continuing to show signs
of improvement after scares were reported.
His current hospitalisation is his longest since he walked free from jail in
1990 and went on to become the country’s first leader to be elected in
all-race elections.
Edited by Chris Irvine
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