South African President Nelson Mandela celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa. (AP)
April 29, 2013 - In this image taken from video, South African President Jacob Zuma, left, sits with the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela, more than three weeks after being released from the hospital. (AP)
July 11, 2010: In this photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, with his wife Graca Machel, right, attends the final of theFIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament inJohannesburg, Mandela's last public appearance. Mandela, now old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. (AP)
JOHANNESBURG – Former President Nelson Mandela's condition remained serious but stable on Monday, his third day in a Pretoria hospital, the South African government said.
"His condition is unchanged," the office of President Jacob Zuma said ina brief statement. It urged South Africans to pray for Mandela and his family.
Mandela, who is 94 years old, was taken to a hospital in the capital early Saturday to be treated for a recurring lung infection. At that time, Zuma's office described the anti-apartheid leader's condition as"serious but stable."
On Sunday, members of Mandela's family were seen visiting the hospital where the anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate is believed to be staying.
The African National Congress, SouthAfrica's ruling party, dismissed as false a report in Monday's edition of The Star newspaper that Mandela's family had barred senior party leaders and government officials from visiting the hospital.
"We have spoken to the family about this report and they deny that they issued such an instruction or (have) spoken to the media on barring the ANC and government from visiting Madiba," the party said in a statement, using Mandela's clan name.
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