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| Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung infection, the office of South African President Jacob Zuma says. | Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung infection, the office of South African President Jacob Zuma says. |
| In a statement on its website, it said the former president had had a lung infection for several days. | In a statement on its website, it said the former president had had a lung infection for several days. |
| His condition deteriorated on Saturday morning and he was transferred to a hospital in Pretoria. He is said to be in a "serious but stable condition". | |
| Mr Mandela, 94, has recently suffered a series of health problems. | Mr Mandela, 94, has recently suffered a series of health problems. |
| His illness is described as a recurrence of a lung infection, which has troubled him repeatedly over recent years. | |
| Mr Mandela, South Africa's first black president, was taken to hospital at about 01:30 local time. | |
| In April he was released from hospital after a 10-day stay caused by pneumonia. | |
| Mac Maharaj, South Africa's presidential spokesman, told the BBC he was receiving expert medical care. | |
| Doctors were doing everything possible to make him comfortable and better, he added. |