Kakakin shugaban kasar, Mac Maharaj, ya ce likitoci sun fadawa shugaba Jacob Zuma cewa lafiyar Mr. Mandela ta kara tabarbarewa daga ranar asabar zuwa jiya lahadin.
Shugaba Zuma ya samu labarin halin da Mr. Mandela yake ciki ne jiya lahadi da maraice, a lokacin da ya kai ziyara zuwa wani asibitin Pretoria inda aka kwantar da tsohon shugaban ana yi masa jinya. Mukaddashin shugaban jam'iyyar ANC mai mulkin Afirka ta Kudu, Cyril Ramaphosa, ya rufa ma shugaba Zuma baya zuwa asibitin.
Maharaj ya fadawa VOA cewa Mr. Zuma yana son tabbatarwa da al'umma cewa likitoci su na bakin kokarinsu domin kyautata lafiyar Mr. Mandela. Shugaba Zuma yace ana lura sosai da Madiba, watau sunan Me. Mandela na gargajiya.