NELSON MANDELA
"The situation is serious this time but doctors have assured us he is comfortable," presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj told television station eNCA.
Fears: Members of the press were gathering today outside the Pretoria hospital where the former leader is believed to have been taken in the early hours of this morning
Prayers: An ambulance was seen leaving the Mediclinic Hospital in Pretoria today accompanied by presidential security - it was not clear who was inside and Mandela is understood to be still in hospital
Former South African president Nelson Mandela was rushed to hospital in a 'serious' condition today following a recurrence of the lung infection that has plagued him in recent months.
The 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader, whose health has been failing in recent years, has been hospitalised three times since December.
Mandela was said to be in 'good spirits' but the situation was 'serious this time', a government spokesman told a South African news channel today.
Mr Maharaj said members of Mandela's family had accompanied him to the hospital in Pretoria and remained at his bedside.
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