Michelle Obama visits Nelson Mandela at home: official

US First Lady Michelle Obama called on Nelson Mandela at his home, in a rare visit with the ageing rights icon whose legacy in the fight against apartheid frames her tour of South Africa.The meeting with the 92-year-old South African Nobel Peace Prize winner was discreetly arranged after Obama and her daughters visited archives chronicling some of his 27 years as a political prisoner.

JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela received visits from family members on Sunday at a hospital where the former president and anti-apartheid leader was being treated for a recurring lung infection, while South Africans expressed their appreciation for a man widely regarded as the father of the nation. There was no official update on 94-year-old Mandela after his second night in the hospital. His condition was described as “serious but stable” on Saturday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in “serious but stable” condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a lung infection, the government said Saturday, prompting an outpouring of concern from admirers of a man who helped to end white racist rule.

Nelson Mandela, who was admitted to hospital earlier for a recurrent respiratory infection, is breathing on his own, a spokesman for the South African presidency has said.

JOHANNESBURG — South African President Jacob Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela “in good shape and in good spirits” Monday, but a video of his encounter with the ailing anti-apartheid icon belies those cheery words, showing him with a vacant look on his face. It’s been more than three weeks since Mandela was released after a 10-day stay in the hospital, the third time in five months that he was hospitalized for a recurring lung infection.

JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela’s daughter attacked Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, Tuesday for inviting television cameras to record a visit to her father which showed him looking frail and bewildered by the politicians jostling around him. Maki Mandela said the public airing of the footage, which has prompted widespread condemnation from South Africans, was “undignified and in bad taste”.

Nelson Mandela is "doing very well" and is resting at home after a two-day stay in hospital for a respiratory infection, South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said Saturday.Motlanthe visited the 92-year-old anti-apartheid hero and found him "in good spirits and resting", his office said in a statement."Mr Mandela told acting President Motlanthe that he was pleased to be back at home and spending quality time with his loved ones," the statement said.Motlanthe is standing in for President Jacob Zuma, who is at an African Union summit in Ethiopia.

South Africa's ailing former president Nelson Mandela was on his way home to Johannesburg after a visit to his village home, following a health scare earlier this year, an official said Thursday."He is coming back to Johannesburg after spending time with his family in the Eastern Cape," said presidential spokesman Zizi Kodwa.The 10-day trip to Qunu, about 800 kilometres (500 miles) from Johannesburg, was the first since Mandela left hospital after a health scare in January."He is doing very well," Kodwa said, referring to Mandela's health.